In addition, the series has been overall positively received by critics.
In 2020, two further spinoffs were announced: one focused on Reedus' and McBride's characters, and an anthology series to feature individual character backstories.īeginning with its third season, The Walking Dead has attracted the most 18- to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series, though viewership has declined in later seasons. AMC announced plans for three films to follow Rick's story after Lincoln's departure. A second spinoff, a two-season limited series, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, premiered on October 4, 2020. AMC have also further developed the series into related media a spinoff series, Fear the Walking Dead, premiered on August 23, 2015, and is currently airing its seventh season. The eleventh and final season premiered on August 22, 2021, and is expected to air until 2022. The series premiered on October 31, 2010. The series is exclusively broadcast on cable channel AMC in the United States and internationally through the Fox Networks Group and Disney+. Gimple, and Angela Kang served as subsequent showrunners. However, conflicts between Darabont and AMC forced his departure from the series and resulted in multiple lawsuits by Darabont and others. The series was initially adapted from the comic by Frank Darabont, who also served as the showrunner for the first season. The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios within the state of Georgia, with most filming taking place in the large outdoor spaces of Riverwood Studios near Senoia, Georgia. Other long-standing cast members have included Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam and Ross Marquand. However, with the collapse of modern civilization, these survivors must confront other human survivors who have formed groups and communities with their own sets of laws and morals, sometimes leading to open, hostile conflict between them.Īndrew Lincoln played the lead character of Rick Grimes until his departure in the ninth season. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies known as "walkers" (among other nicknames). Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook.The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard-together forming the core of The Walking Dead franchise. They should also use that to answer the burning question of which "Friends" character would die first in the zombie apocalypse. So now they - The Woodcreek Faction, who made this video - should reverse the process and give "Friends" the creepy "Walking Dead" intro. Plus, it is kinda funny to hear the "Your love life's DOA" line as perpetually single Daryl pulls up in his motorcycle. But it's still funny to see them here, proving how editing can completely change the tone of any scene. "The Walking Dead" has had some genuinely funny moments over the years, but Carol shooting Lizzie, Hershel getting his neck chopped off, and Noah enduring the revolving door of death are not among them. So no one told you the zombie apocalypse was gonna be this way. But Daryl Dixon and his friends from "The Walking Dead" will be there for him, as shown in this creative mashup with the AMC show getting the "Friends" theme song over its credits: You know, it really hasn't been Rick Grimes' day, his week, his month, or even his year.