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The Walking Dead (TV series)

November 16, 2023

The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama 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. 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 chiefly known as "walkers" by the other characters. 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. The series is the first television series within The Walking Dead franchise.

The Walking Dead
Genre
Based on
Developed byFrank Darabont
Starring
Music byBear McCreary
Sam Ewing
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
No. of episodes177 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
Production locationsGeorgia, United States
Cinematography
Editors
  • Julius Ramsay
  • Hunter M. Via
  • Avi Youabian
  • Dan Liu
  • Nathan Gunn
  • Rachel Goodlett Katz
  • Kelley Dixon
Running time41–67 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAMC
ReleaseOctober 31, 2010 (2010-10-31) –
November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
Related

Andrew Lincoln played the lead character Rick Grimes until his departure in the ninth season. Other long-standing cast members included Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios in the state of Georgia, with most filming taking place in the outdoor spaces of Riverwood Studios near Senoia, Georgia. The series was initially adapted from the comic by Frank Darabont, who also served as showrunner for the first season. However, conflicts between Darabont and AMC forced his departure from the series and resulted in multiple lawsuits by Darabont and others. Glen Mazzara, Scott M. Gimple, and Angela Kang served as subsequent showrunners.

The series premiered on October 31, 2010, and is exclusively broadcast on cable channel AMC in the United States and internationally through the Fox Networks Group and Disney+. The eleventh and final season premiered on August 22, 2021, and concluded on November 20, 2022. Beginning with its third season, The Walking Dead attracted the most 18- to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series, although viewership declined in later seasons. In addition, the series has been overall positively received by critics.[3] It has been nominated for several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and the Writers Guild of America Award for New Series.[4][5]

AMC has created a franchise of related media, including the spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–present), The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021), Tales of the Walking Dead (2022), The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023–present) and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–present) as well as several webisodes and video games. A further spinoff has been announced: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

Series overview

Main article: List of The Walking Dead episodes

The Walking Dead takes place after the onset of a worldwide zombie apocalypse. The zombies, referred to as "walkers", shamble towards living humans and other creatures to eat them; they are attracted to noise, such as gunshots, and to different scents, e.g. humans. Although it initially seems that only humans that are bitten or scratched by walkers can turn into other walkers, it is revealed early in the series that all living humans carry the pathogen responsible for the mutation. The mutation is activated after the death of the pathogen's host, and the only way to permanently kill a walker is to damage its brain or destroy the body entirely, such as by cremating it.

The series centers on sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who wakes up from a coma. While in a coma, the world has been taken over by walkers. He becomes the leader of a group of survivors from the Atlanta, Georgia, region as they attempt to sustain and protect themselves not only against attacks by walkers but by other groups of survivors willing to use any means necessary to stay alive.

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
16October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31)December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)
213October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
316October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)
416October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)
516October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)
616October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
716October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
816October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)
916October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31)
1022October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04)
1124August 22, 2021 (2021-08-22)November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)

Season 1 (2010)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 1)

When sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes of King County, Georgia, wakes from a coma, he discovers the world has been overrun by zombies ("walkers"). After befriending Morgan Jones, Rick travels alone to Atlanta before finding his wife Lori, son Carl, and his police partner and best friend Shane Walsh in the woods with other survivors. After being attacked by walkers at night, the whole group travels back to Atlanta to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) building, but find from the sole remaining scientist that no cure yet exists for the pandemic.[6][7]

Season 2 (2011–12)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 2)

Rick's group, searching for Carol's missing daughter, Sophia, takes shelter at a farm run by Hershel Greene. Tensions with Hershel's family worsen after it is discovered that he has a barn full of walkers: former friends and family members. Rick learns that Shane and Lori were romantically involved while he was in a coma, and that Lori is pregnant. Shane and Rick's friendship deteriorates, until Rick is forced to kill Shane in self-defense. The commotion attracts walkers to the farm, forcing Rick's group and Hershel's family to evacuate.[8]

Season 3 (2012–13)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 3)

Eight months after fleeing the farm, Rick's group—sans Andrea—finds a remote prison, which they make their new home after clearing it of walkers. Lori dies from an emergency C section, and Rick starts to become unhinged and hallucinate. Andrea was rescued by Michonne and the two discover Woodbury, a fortified town led by a deceitful man known as "the Governor" who seeks to destroy the group at the prison. Conflict erupts between the two groups leading to the fall of Woodbury, but the Governor kills Andrea and escapes. The remaining citizens of Woodbury move into the prison.[9]

Season 4 (2013–14)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 4)

Several months after the Governor's attack, a deadly flu kills many of the people at the prison. The Governor finds Martinez, his former right-hand man and kills him, taking over his group before leading them into the prison. Rick's group is forced to separate and flee, while Hershel and the Governor are killed. The scattered survivors try to find each other and make new acquaintances. They all find numerous signs pointing to a safe haven called Terminus. Group by group, they reunite at Terminus, but Rick's group, sans Carol, is captured for an unknown purpose.[10]

Season 5 (2014–15)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 5)

The residents of Terminus have become cannibals. Carol leads a charge that frees Rick's group. Some of the group are captured by a group of corrupt cops based out of Grady Memorial Hospital. After the group migrates to Virginia, a stranger named Aaron approaches, inviting them to join the fortified community of Alexandria, led by Deanna Monroe. They quickly realize the residents are ill-prepared to do what it takes to survive. Rick becomes attracted to Jessie Anderson and discovers she has an abusive husband. Deanna orders Rick to execute the man after he kills her husband as Morgan arrives unexpectedly.[11]

Season 6 (2015–16)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 6)

Deanna gives Rick command of Alexandria to protect the town. A group known as the Wolves use a zombie horde to attack Alexandria, and Deanna and the entire Anderson family (among others) are killed. While recovering, Alexandria learns of a community called the Hilltop. Paul "Jesus" Rovia invites them to trade supplies with Hilltop if they can help end the threat of the extortionist Saviors led by a man named Negan. Although Rick's group decimate one Savior outpost, they are later caught by Negan and forced to submit to him.

Season 7 (2016–17)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 7)

Negan brutally murders Glenn and Abraham, initiating his rule over Alexandria. His actions initially lead Rick to submit, but Michonne persuades him to fight back. They encounter a community called the Scavengers and ask them for help. Carol and Morgan befriend King Ezekiel, the leader of the Kingdom, while Maggie and Sasha rally the Hilltop. Rosita and Eugene make a bullet to kill Negan. When the bullet is blocked by Lucille, Negan's baseball bat, Negan forcefully recruits Eugene as a Savior. The Saviors and turncoat Scavengers attack Alexandria but are repelled by Sasha's sacrifice and the aid of Kingdom and Hilltop soldiers.

Season 8 (2017–18)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 8)

Rick, Maggie, and Ezekiel rally their communities into war against Negan and the Saviors. Losses are heavy on both sides and many of the Kingdom's soldiers are killed. Alexandria falls to a Savior attack, and Carl is bitten by a walker. Before euthanizing himself, Carl convinces Rick to end the war peacefully and restart society anew. Negan attempts to wipe out Rick and his allies in a final battle, but Eugene thwarts his plan by sabotaging the Saviors' bullets. Rick wounds Negan, but against Maggie's wishes, spares and imprisons Negan, ending the war.

Season 9 (2018–19)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 9)

Eighteen months after Negan's downfall, Rick proposes building a bridge to ease trading, but this leads to more resentment. Rick is seemingly killed when he destroys the bridge to prevent an invasion of walkers. Six years later, his absence has caused estrangement between the communities, and a new walker-controlling threat named the Whisperers demand the survivors do not trespass in their territory. Their leader, Alpha, has acquired a large horde of walkers that she will unleash if they do so. After her daughter Lydia abandons her mother's group for the Kingdom's, Alpha disowns her and massacres many residents during a fair.

Season 10 (2019–21)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 10)

Alpha begins breaking down the communities with seemingly random walker attacks and acts of sabotage. Under Carol's orders, Negan infiltrates the Whisperers and assassinates Alpha. Her right-hand man Beta takes command of the Whisperers, but he and the horde are defeated by the survivors. Eugene leads a group to West Virginia to meet a new group of survivors. Meanwhile, Michonne travels north to search for Rick after finding evidence he survived his apparent death.

Season 11 (2021–22)

Main article: The Walking Dead (season 11)

Eugene's group convinces the Commonwealth, a large, prosperous community with a strict class system, to lend aid and refuge to the Coalition. However, autocratic governor Pamela Milton becomes hostile towards the Coalition after her corruption is exposed and her son Sebastian is killed. The Coalition leads a revolution against Pamela when she tries to sacrifice the lower classes to a horde containing more intelligent walker variants; in the aftermath, Rosita dies of a bite, Negan is accepted by Maggie as an ally, and Ezekiel takes over as governor. After the Coalition is rebuilt, Daryl leaves to find Rick and Michonne.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Walking Dead (TV series) characters
 
From left to right: Andrew Lincoln (Rick), Greg Nicotero (director/executive producer), Norman Reedus (Daryl), Melissa McBride (Carol), Lennie James (Morgan), Chandler Riggs (Carl), Danai Gurira (Michonne), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan), Lauren Cohan (Maggie), Alanna Masterson (Tara), and Seth Gilliam (Gabriel) on a panel for the series at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2017

The list below contains those that have been credited within the series' title sequence and those who are credited as "also starring". Recurring and guest stars are listed on the individual season pages.

Darabont connections

The series features several actors whom series developer Frank Darabont has worked with previously, including Laurie Holden (Andrea), Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale Horvath), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Juan Pareja (Morales) and Sam Witwer (the dead soldier in the tank where Rick Grimes hides in "Days Gone Bye"). All five appeared in his 2007 film The Mist,[110] along with Thomas Jane, who originally was set to star in the series as Rick Grimes when it was pitched to HBO.[111][112][113] Jane was in fall 2010 in talks with Darabont to possibly guest star on the series;[114] however, with Darabont's departure,[115] a guest appearance for Jane never materialized. Holden also appeared in the 2001 film The Majestic, which Darabont also directed. DeMunn has appeared in several of Darabont's films; in addition to The Mist and The Majestic, he appeared in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999). It was planned that Witwer (Private Jessup in Darabont's The Mist) would reprise his "Days Gone Bye" role in the original conception of the series' second-season premiere[116] and in a webisode,[117] but both plans were discarded.[118]

Production

Development

 
The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is also an executive producer and writer of the television series.

On January 20, 2010, AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from The Walking Dead comic book series, with Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd acting as executive producers and Darabont writing and directing.[119] The entire series was pre-ordered based just on the strength of the source material, the television scripts, and Darabont's involvement.[120] In January 2010 a review of the pilot episode's script attracted further attention.[121] The pilot began filming in Atlanta, Georgia on May 15, 2010[122] after AMC had officially ordered a six-episode first season.[123] The series's remaining episodes began filming on June 2, 2010, with Darabont serving as showrunner.[124][125] On August 31, 2010, Darabont reported that The Walking Dead had been picked up for a second season, with production to begin in February 2011. On November 8, 2010, AMC confirmed that there would be a second season consisting of 13 episodes.[126] He would also like to include some of the "environmental elements" that take place during Volume 2 of Kirkman's book.[127]

Crew

The first season writing staff consisted of series developer and executive producer Frank Darabont (who wrote/co-wrote four of the six episodes), executive producer Charles H. Eglee, executive producer and creator of the comic book Robert Kirkman, co-executive producer Jack LoGiudice, consulting producer Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara, all of whom contributed to one episode each. Along with Darabont, who directed the pilot episode, the remaining five were directed by Michelle MacLaren, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Johan Renck, Ernest Dickerson, and Guy Ferland, respectively.[128]

On December 1, 2010, Deadline Hollywood reported that Darabont had fired his writing staff, including executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee, and planned to use freelance writers for the second season.[129] Kirkman called the announcement "premature" and clarified that Eglee left to pursue other projects when Darabont decided to stay on as showrunner, and no definitive plans had been made regarding the writing staff for the second season.[130]

[Chic Eglee] was brought onto The Walking Dead with the idea that Frank was going to work on the first season and then go off and do movies [...] Chic didn't want to be second-in-command on a show when he's used to being a top dog, and so he decided to go off and do something else, which is something that happens and is not a big deal.

— Robert Kirkman, TV Guide[130]
 
 
 
After the departure of Frank Darabont, the role of showrunner was assumed by Glen Mazzara (left) for the second and third seasons, Scott M. Gimple (middle) from the fourth to the eighth season, and Angela Kang (right) from the ninth to the eleventh season.

On December 3, 2010, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd commented: "It's completely inaccurate. [In] the writers' room, there are people that have set up other projects that will be their first priority if their own series is picked up as a pilot or if it's a series. I think [Eglee] just decided that he wants to run his own show." She revealed that it would be likely for the series to return in October 2011, as Darabont and Kirkman planned on mapping out the next season early in 2011. She also confirmed that, "every one of the principal cast is signed up for multiple seasons."[131] In July 2011, series developer and showrunner Frank Darabont was fired from his position as showrunner for the series, over unethical business practices from AMC higher-ups (see Lawsuits below).[132]

Executive producer Glen Mazzara was appointed the new showrunner in Darabont's place.[133] New writers joined the writing staff in the second season, including co-executive producer Evan Reilly, producer Scott M. Gimple, story editor Angela Kang, and David Leslie Johnson. New writers in the third season included producers Nichole Beattie and Sang Kyu Kim, with Frank Renzulli contributing a freelance script.

After the conclusion of the third season, Glen Mazzara stepped down from his position as showrunner and executive producer for the series, per a mutual agreement between Mazzara and AMC. The press release read, "Both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward, and conclude that it is best to part ways."[134] Scott M. Gimple succeeded Mazzara as showrunner for the fourth season,[135] with new writers joining the writing staff, such as Curtis Gwinn, Channing Powell, and Matt Negrete.[136] In January 2018, it was announced that Gimple would be promoted to the newly created position of Chief Content Officer of the entire Walking Dead franchise, and that Angela Kang would replace him as showrunner beginning with the ninth season.[137][138]

Writing

The television series generally tends to follow Kirkman's comic series across major characters and plots; for instance, events of the premiere episode of the seventh season correlate to events in issue #100 of the comics.[139][140] The series does not attempt to go step-by-step with the comics, and has leeway in the narrative. In particular, the series's writers, along with Kirkman, often "transfer" how a character has died in the comics to a different character in the series. For example, in the fourth season, where Hershel Greene is beheaded by the Governor in the standoff with Rick's group at the prison; in the comic, Tyreese is the one who suffers this fate.[139] Some of the television characters, like Carol, have far outlived their comic counterparts, while others that have already been killed off, like Sophia and Andrea, remained alive for some time in the ongoing comic series.[140] In addition, the writers have included characters wholly novel to the series such as Daryl Dixon, which producer Gale Anne Hurd says helps to create a new dynamic for the series, and keeps the audience guessing from what had already been established in the comic series.[141]

Casting

The Walking Dead has featured a large rotating ensemble cast. In most cases, because of the nature of the show, departure of actors from the show are determined by the writing, with characters either killed off or written off the show as necessary to develop the story. Cast members are generally told ahead of time if they have been written off the show, but otherwise kept to secrecy. For example, Steven Yeun, who played Glenn Rhee since the pilot through the season seven premiere, knew of his character's death for a year but had to keep quiet,[142] while Chandler Riggs, playing Carl Grimes through the eighth season, was told of his character's departure during the filming in the weeks leading into his final episodes.[143]

A few actors have left the show under their own terms due to other commitments or changes, with the writings adopting the plot around these changes:

  • Andrew Lincoln played the series's protagonist Rick Grimes since the pilot. Lincoln announced his plan to leave the show at the start of the ninth season, finding that having to spend half a year in the United States for filming left him missing out on his family in the United Kingdom.[144] Lincoln completed five episodes in the season to close out Rick's storyline within the series, and was originally planned to be continued in three films.[145] In July 2022, it was announced that Lincoln, along with Gurira, will star in a six-episode miniseries in the place of the three films.[146]
  • Lauren Cohan played Maggie Greene since the second season. As contract negotiations began for the ninth season, Cohan had been given the opportunity to star in Whiskey Cavalier, limiting how much time she would be able to give to the show. Cohan appeared as Maggie for the first five episodes of the season.[147][148] In October 2019, it was confirmed that Cohan would return as a series regular for the eleventh season.[149]
  • Danai Gurira played Michonne since the third season, and announced that she would be leaving the show after the tenth season, participating in a handful of episodes balanced against her other acting commitments.[150][151]
  • Both Lennie James (as Morgan Jones) and Austin Amelio (as Dwight) were transferred from the main series after season eight to the spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead. James joined the cast of Fear the Walking Dead in season four and Amelio joined the cast in season five.[152][153]

Casting salaries for the principal actors have grown significantly over the course of the show, up through the seventh season. Overall, the salaries had been lower compared to other similar dramas, including AMC's own Mad Men, but this was justified due to the volatility of any character being potentially written off the show. Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride, playing Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier respectively, had made around US$9,500 per episode during the first season, and by the seventh season, had gotten up to US$80,000 per episode. Lincoln himself was only earning US$90,000 per episode in the seventh season.[154] By season nine, with the departure of Lincoln, Reedus had repeated secured a US$350,000 per episode pay plus additional incentives, potentially earning him US$50–90 million over three seasons. McBride similarly had gotten an extended contract in season nine worth US$20 million over three seasons. Both of these were intended to secure the pair as central figures for the show going forward in Lincoln's absence.[155]

Music

 
Bear McCreary composes The Walking Dead score

Bear McCreary was hired to compose the score for the series. McCreary stated that the main theme was based on his viewing of production designs for the opening title sequence. Instead of doing a full theme song as with his earlier works, McCreary chose to use a simple, repeating motif from the strings section.[156]

It repeats over and over, and in fact in the pilot episode, you start hearing it before the main title begins, and this is something that continues episode to episode. You hear the main title music before the main title begins, so you know it's coming. That, to me, was the little hook – that little thing that, whenever you hear it, it takes you to the series.

— Bear McCreary[156]

Soundtracks

Four soundtracks for The Walking Dead have been released to date. The Walking Dead: AMC Original Soundtrack, Vol. 1 was released on March 17, 2013.[157] The second volume was released on March 25, 2014.[158] Songs of Survival is a soundtrack for the third season and it was released on August 27, 2013, by Republic Records as a Walmart exclusive for the special edition release of the third season.[159] Songs of Survival, Vol. 2 is a soundtrack for the fourth season and it was released on August 26, 2014, by Republic Records as a Walmart exclusive of the fourth season release.[160]

Makeup

Greg Nicotero is an executive producer and the key special effects makeup artist on the series. Each walker is put through "zombie school" and is taught how to move like a zombie. There are three levels of zombie makeup: Hero, Midground, and Deep Background. Hero zombies are featured walkers and are completely made over from head to toe. Midground zombies get highlights and shadows on the face, but do not get close enough to the camera to require full makeup. Deep background zombies often wear masks and are only meant to be used as a backdrop.[161]

Filming

 
Downtown Senoia, Georgia was used as the setting for Woodbury during the third season

The Walking Dead is predominantly filmed in Georgia.[162] Since 2002, the state has offered a tax incentive for large film productions to drive producers to the state and bolster its economy.[163]

The first season was shot primarily in Atlanta, but required a great deal of coordination with the city to shut down streets and parks for filming.[163] Production for subsequent seasons moved mainly to Riverwood Studios (doing business as Raleigh Studios Atlanta), a plot of land covering approximately 120 acres (0.49 km2), located outside of Senoia, Georgia. Some existing buildings were used here, such as a subdivision that is used by several families, which serves as the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Other buildings are constructed as sets, such as the exterior shots of the main Hilltop mansion, the trash heaps used by the Scavengers, or Father Gabriel's church. Sets are torn down when no longer needed; the church, after its use in the fifth season, was removed and its spot used for the iconic setting for the first meeting between Rick's group and Negan in the seventh season. The property includes sound stages constructed for interior shots, which then may be reused; the interior sets for the prison during the third season were reused to serve as the buildings and sets for the Savior's Sanctuary in the seventh season.[164][165] In July 2017, AMC purchased the studio lot from Riverwood for $8.25 million.[166]

Some scenes are shot outside of the studio. Woodbury, during the third season, was filmed in downtown Senoia. Other exceptions include the Kingdom, which is filmed at the former military base Fort McPherson, now converted to studios for Tyler Perry.[164][165]

The series was shot on 16 mm film up until the end of the tenth season before it transitioned to digital for the series' final 30 episodes. The change was due to the COVID-19 pandemic with there being fewer "touch points" with digital than film.[167] David Tattersall was the director of photography for the pilot episode with David Boyd as the director of photography on the remainder of the episodes. Production design is done by Greg Melton and Alex Hajdu. The effects team includes veteran special effects makeup designers Greg Nicotero and Toby Sells,[168] special effects coordinator Darrell Pritchett, and visual effects supervisors Sam Nicholson and Jason Sperling.[169] Greg Nicotero also served as the primary director for the series, directing 35 episodes up until 2021.[170][171]

Marketing

The Walking Dead debuted during the same week in 120 countries. As part of an expansive campaign to advertise and heighten anticipation for the premiere, AMC and Fox International Channels coordinated a worldwide zombie invasion event on October 26, 2010. The stunt involved invading 26 major cities within a 24-hour period, starting with Taipei and Hong Kong, and ending in Los Angeles for the U.S. premiere.[172]

The series's official website released, just prior to the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010, a motion comic based on Issue No. 1 of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr.[173] The site also posted a making-of documentary primarily about the first episode, as well as a number of other behind-the-scenes videos and interviews. In the documentary, comic series creator and television series executive producer Robert Kirkman, as well as artist Charlie Adlard, say they are pleased with how faithful the series is to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic's original character drawings.[174]

Action figures of characters from the series were created for release in November 2011 and have continued throughout the years with eight line-ups. The figures, which are manufactured by McFarlane Toys, are designed to resemble the actors on the series. Figures created to resemble the characters as drawn in the comic book were released in September 2011.[175] In December 2020, it was announced by AMC that Chris Hardwick would host a special for the show featuring the appearances of various cast members, titled The Walking Dead Holiday Special, to promote the show and "reminisce on the franchise series' past".[176] The special was released on December 13, 2020.[177]

Green initiatives

With a primary objective of reducing the environmental impacts of film and television productions, including The Walking Dead, producer Gale Anne Hurd has directed the cast, crew, production team, suppliers, and bloggers about her series to adopt the Doddle app to make the production almost paper-free; this works by digitally transmitting interactive call sheets and other intra-team and team-supplier communications (such as directions, images, menus, and updates) to people's cell phones and tablets. Hurd said of using Doddle: in addition to conserving paper, "It's also easier, and it's better for security. People are less likely to leave their smartphone or tablet lying around for someone else to pick up."[178][179]

Hurd describes additional steps taken to increase efficiency and cut production costs: "If you use vehicles that get better gas mileage, that are electric or hybrids, you're going to pay a lot less in fuel. If you use compact fluorescent bulbs, you're going to save a lot of money in utilities. If you recycle even your own sets, and use them again, that's going to save money. You don't have to buy new lumber. So there are cost savings, absolutely."[178] Additionally, the production team aims to reduce vehicle idling, which decreases carbon dioxide emissions.[178][179][180]

Hurd also cuts down on plastic waste by personally using a refillable, stainless steel EcoUsable water bottle and promoting its use among her colleagues. She shared: "on a lot of my projects I give them as crew gifts before we start production, and have water stations available, but you can't force people to use them."[178]

Franchise and spinoffs

Main article: The Walking Dead (franchise)

Webisodes

To date, four web series based on The Walking Dead have been released via AMC's website–Torn Apart (2011), Cold Storage (2012), The Oath (2013)[181] and Red Machete (2017).[182]

Talking Dead

Main article: Talking Dead

A live television aftershow titled Talking Dead premiered on AMC on October 16, 2011, following the encore presentation of The Walking Dead's second-season premiere. Talking Dead features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with fans, actors, and producers of The Walking Dead.[183]

Television series

Fear the Walking Dead

Main article: Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead is a companion series to The Walking Dead, developed by AMC. AMC started development of the series around September 2013 and committed to a two-season broadcast by March 2015.[184][185][186] Fear the Walking Dead first premiered on August 23, 2015.[187] The series will end in 2023 after the conclusion of the eighth season.[188]

Fear the Walking Dead features a different set of characters, developed by Kirkman. The series starts at the onset of the zombie apocalypse, and follows several people that escape Los Angeles as the military attempts to quarantine the city, and seek refuge along the west coast of the United States and Mexico. The fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead features a crossover with The Walking Dead, specifically through the character Morgan Jones (played by Lennie James) who joins the cast of Fear the Walking Dead after the events of the eighth season of The Walking Dead.[189][190] Similarly, Dwight, played by Austin Amelio, joined Fear the Walking Dead for its fifth season in 2019.[191]

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Main article: The Walking Dead: World Beyond

In April 2019, AMC officially announced it had ordered a 10-episode limited series created by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete. The series focuses on the first generation of children that have grown up during the zombie apocalypse who call themselves "Endlings",[192] and are aware of how to survive if confronted by them, but have otherwise been raised behind walls and have never actually experienced survival.[193] Production began in July 2019 in Richmond, Virginia, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts originally attached to direct the pilot before Magnus Martens took over on account of a new series direction as more season episodes were developed.[194][195] The series stars Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond.[196] The series premiered on October 4, 2020, and ended on December 5, 2021, after two seasons.[197][198][199]

Tales of the Walking Dead

Main article: Tales of the Walking Dead

In October 2021, AMC officially greenlit a six-episode series which premiered on August 14, 2022 and ended on September 18, 2022. Channing Powell, who wrote for both The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, served as showrunner. It is an episodic anthology series that features new and existing characters within The Walking Dead universe.[200]

The Walking Dead: Dead City

Main article: The Walking Dead: Dead City

In March 2022, AMC officially greenlit Isle of the Dead, starring Cohan and Morgan as their characters Maggie and Negan respectively. They are also executive producing with Eli Jorné, who is serving as showrunner. The series is set in Manhattan. In August 2022, the series was retitled as The Walking Dead: Dead City.[201] The series premiered on June 18, 2023.[202] In July 2023, it was renewed for a second season.[203]

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Main article: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

A spinoff series created by Angela Kang and Scott M. Gimple to star Reedus and McBride as their characters Daryl and Carol, respectively, was also announced in September 2020, with plans to air in 2023 after the conclusion of the eleventh season of the main show.[204] In April 2022, the project was retooled to be entirely Daryl-focused, and McBride departed the project. The series is set and to be filmed in Europe in mid-2022, which would make it logistically untenable for McBride.[205] David Zabel serves as showrunner, who replaces Kang.[206] In October 2022, the series' title was revealed to be Daryl Dixon.[207] The series premiered on September 10, 2023.[208] In July 2023, it was renewed for a second season.[203]

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Main article: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Following the departure of Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes during the ninth season, chief content officer Scott Gimple stated that they plan to create three AMC Original Films to explore events related to Rick's character in the future, starring Lincoln, and with the first expected to begin production in 2019. Besides Lincoln, Danai Gurira (Michonne) and Pollyanna McIntosh (Jadis / Anne) were also slated to star in these films. Gimple stated that these would not simply be extended episodes, nor attempt to adapt any of the comic stories, but would heavily involve Kirkman in their development.[145][209][210] The films were slated to release in theaters by Universal Pictures.[211] However at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the films are now being reworked into a six-episode miniseries starring Lincoln and Gurira. The series will conclude Rick and Michonne's storyline following the main series' conclusion.[212] The series takes place after the events of the fifth episode of the ninth season, "What Comes After" and the thirteenth episode of the tenth season "What We Become", and presents an "epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world".[146] The series was set to begin filming in January 2023 and Gurira confirmed she would be a writer on the series and be credited as a co-creator alongside Gimple.[213] The six-episode series is set to premiere in 2024.[214]

Others

Wizards of the Coast worked with AMC to include characters and elements of The Walking Dead, into Magic: The Gathering as part of a 2020 "Secret Lair" card set.[215]

Parodies and spoofs

Due to its popularity, The Walking Dead has inspired dozens of parodies and spoofs featured on YouTube channels like Bad Lip Reading and television series such as Saturday Night Live[216][217] and Mad TV.[218] Bad Lip Reading made a widely viewed parody involving Rick and the Governor, entitled "La-Bibbida-Bibba-Dum".[219] The series's cast was shown the parody at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2013, and David Morrissey—who portrays the Governor— reacted by saying he now understood why so many people would walk up to him on the street and blurt, "Hey, La-Bibbida-Bibba-Dum!" Until seeing the video, he had wondered, "what's wrong with these people?"[220] The Walking Dead has also been represented as a live comedy performance by English comedian Dan Willis at the Edinburgh Festival.[221] A parody film called The Walking Deceased was released in 2015.[222]

Release

 
Sarah Wayne Callies and Andrew Lincoln in 2010; Robert Kirkman is in the background on the left

Scenes from the pilot were screened July 23, 2010, as part of the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.[223] It premiered on AMC on October 31, 2010, and premiered internationally on Fox International Channels during the first week of November.[224][225] Almost two weeks before the official premiere on AMC, the pilot episode leaked online.[226]

International broadcast rights for the series were sold and announced on June 14, 2010.[227] The series airs on Fox International Channels in 126 countries in 33 languages. The fifth season debuted its first part on October 13, 2014.[228] The second part premiered on February 9, 2015.[229] On May 20, 2021, it was announced, following the closure of the Fox channel in the UK and Ireland, that the eleventh and final season would instead be released on the Star hub on Disney+ the day after episodes air in the United States.[230]

Home media

The first season DVD and Blu-ray was released on March 8, 2011.[231] A three-disc special edition of the first season—featuring new featurettes and audio commentaries—was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 4, 2011.[232] The European versions of the first season DVD and Blu-ray are edited for gore, with cuts to episode two ("Guts"),[233] episode three ("Tell It to the Frogs"),[234] episode four ("Vatos")[235] and episode five ("Wildfire").[236] Until eOne/WVG re-released the first season in D-A-CH in a Special Uncut Version on DVD and Blu-ray on May 31, 2013.[237]

The second season DVD and Blu-ray was released on August 28, 2012. It was also released as a limited edition Blu-ray, packaged as a miniature zombie head designed by McFarlane Toys. Special features include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, webisodes, and several featurettes.[238]

The third season DVD and Blu-ray was released on August 27, 2013. It was also released as a limited edition Blu-ray, packaged as a miniature version of the Governor's zombie head aquarium tank designed by Greg Nicotero and sculpted by McFarlane Toys. Special features include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and several featurettes.[239]

The fourth season DVD and Blu-ray was released on August 26, 2014. It was also released as a limited edition Blu-ray, packaged with a tree-walker designed by McFarlane Toys. Special features include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and several featurettes, as well as extended episodes which are exclusive to the Blu-ray.[240]

The fifth season DVD and Blu-ray was released on August 25, 2015,[241] the sixth season on August 23, 2016,[242] the seventh season on August 22, 2017,[243] the eighth season on August 21, 2018,[244] the ninth season on August 20, 2019,[245] the tenth season on July 20, 2021,[246] and the eleventh season on March 14, 2023.[247]

Home video release for the first six seasons was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment (under license from AMC Networks), with releases for the seventh season onwards distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in the United States. The international home video releases were distributed by Entertainment One.

Syndication

MyNetworkTV acquired the broadcast syndication rights to the series, premiering on October 1, 2014.[248] The version that airs on MyNetworkTV is edited to meet broadcast television standards.[249]

Reception

Critical reception

Critical response of The Walking Dead
SeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic
187% (100 reviews)[250]82 (25 reviews)[251]
280% (203 reviews)[252]80 (22 reviews)[253]
388% (327 reviews)[254]82 (19 reviews)[255]
481% (316 reviews)[256]75 (16 reviews)[257]
590% (374 reviews)[258]80 (11 reviews)[259]
676% (512 reviews)[260]79 (10 reviews)[261]
766% (620 reviews)[262]—
865% (447 reviews)[263]—
989% (364 reviews)[264]72 (4 reviews)[265]
1077% (392 reviews)[266]—
1181% (224 reviews)[267]—

The first six seasons and the ninth, tenth and eleventh seasons of The Walking Dead have been well reviewed by recognized critics, while the seventh and eighth seasons received more mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an average score of 80%.[268]

For the first season, 87% of 100 Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a positive review, with an average score of 7.35/10. That site's consensus states, "Blood-spattered, emotionally resonant, and white-knuckle intense, The Walking Dead puts an intelligent spin on the overcrowded zombie subgenre."[250] Metacritic scored the first season 82/100 based on 25 critic reviews, 23 of which were positive, two mixed, and none negative.[251]

For the second season, 80% of 203 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes were positive, with an average score of 8.05/10. The site's consensus states, "The second season of The Walking Dead fleshes out the characters while maintaining the grueling tension and gore that made the show a hit."[252] Of 22 Metacritic critic reviews, 18 were positive, four were mixed, and none were negative; their average score was 80/100.[253] Early criticism of the series focused on the slow pace of the second season, particularly the first half. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly, described the series as "a nighttime soap", comparing it to "a parody of a Samuel Beckett play" that had very little sense of direction and few appearances of walkers.[269] Nate Rawlings of Time's online entertainment section noted that "the pace during the first half of this season has been brutally slow. [...] They've tried to develop individual characters, but each subplot meant to add a layer to a character has been quickly resolved."[270] Later reviews from other critics, such as Scott Wampler of Collider.com, recognized the increased quality of the second half, stating it "seemed far more intense, more interesting, better written".[271] Recognizing the overall season, Kevin Yeoman of Screen Rant offered praise saying "the writers succeeded in unshackling themselves from the intermittent monotony brought about by the serial nature of the show".[272]

The third season had 88% of Rotten Tomatoes' 327 critics giving it a positive review, with an average score of 7.85/10. The site's consensus states, "The palpable terror and visceral thrills continue in the third season of The Walking Dead, along with a deeper sense of the people who inhabit its apocalyptic landscape."[254] Metacritic's 19 critics rated the season 82/100, all of whom gave a positive review.[255]

For the fourth season, 81% of Rotten Tomatoes' 316 critic reviews were positive, with an average score of 7.60/10. The site's consensus states, "Consistently thrilling, with solid character development and enough gore to please grindhouse fans, this season of The Walking Dead continues to demonstrate why it's one of the best horror shows on television".[256] Metacritic scored the season 75/100 based on 16 critic reviews, 13 of which were positive, three mixed, and none negative.[257]

The fifth season had 90% of Rotten Tomatoes' 374 critic reviews rating it positively, with an average score of 6.95/10. The site's consensus states, "Thanks to a liberal dose of propulsive, bloody action and enough compelling character moments to reward longtime fans, The Walking Dead's fifth season continues to deliver top-notch entertainment."[258] Metacritic scored the fifth season 80/100 based on 11 critic reviews, all of which were positive.[259]

For the sixth season, 76% of Rotten Tomatoes' 512 critic reviews were positive, with an average score of 7.40/10. The site's consensus states, "Six seasons in, The Walking Dead is still finding ways to top itself, despite slow patches that do little to advance the plot."[260] Metacritic scored the sixth season 79/100 based on 10 critic reviews, nine of which were positive, one mixed, and none negative.[261]

For the seventh season, 66% of Rotten Tomatoes' 620 critic reviews rated it positively, with an average score of 6.85/10. The site's consensus is, "Increased character depth and effective world-building helps The Walking Dead overcome a tiresome reliance on excessive, gratuitous violence."[262] After the controversial season premiere episode was aired, critic Matt Zoller Seitz criticized the series' consistently cynical use of violence, stating that "The longer this series goes on, the more obvious it becomes that the violence is the point, and everything else is an intellectual fig leaf."[273]

For the eighth season, 65% of Rotten Tomatoes' 447 critic reviews rated it positively, with an average score of 6.65/10. The site's consensus states "The Walking Dead's eighth season energizes its characters with some much-needed angst and action, though it's still occasionally choppy and lacking forward-moving plot progression."[263]

For the ninth season, 89% of Rotten Tomatoes' 365 critic reviews were positive, with an average score of 7.15/10. The site's consensus states, "Nine seasons in, The Walking Dead feels more alive than ever, with heightened tension and a refreshed pace that rejuvenates this long-running franchise."[264] Metacritic scored the ninth season 72/100 based on 4 critic reviews, 3 of which were positive, one mixed, and none negative.[265]

For the tenth season, 77% of Rotten Tomatoes' 392 critic reviews were positive, with an average score of 7/10. The site's consensus states, "A few changes in front of and behind the camera allow TWD create space for compelling new stories and some seriously scary new adversaries."[266]

For the eleventh season, 81% of Rotten Tomatoes' 224 critic reviews were positive, with an average score of 5.7/10. The site's consensus states, "While the sense of finality is diminished by the promise of even more spinoffs, The Walking Dead's eleventh conclusion is a solid enough conclusion to an epic tale of zombies that never had a clear offramp to begin with.[267]

In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Walking Dead as the #8 sci-fi show.[274]

Comments about diversity

Some critics have commented on the increasing diversity of the series.[275][276][277] This approach was initially applauded by commentators.[275][276] In 2015, Lindsay Putnam of the New York Post questioned whether the show was in danger of becoming "too diverse" as the show "seemingly reached critical mass for its nonwhite, nonmale survivors — and now has no choice but to kill them off".[275] Robert Kirkman has discussed the increasing diversity of the show and the comic books. He has described how he regrets the lack of diversity in the early issues of the comic book series and explained how they would have been "vastly more diverse" if he were to have started them now.[278]

Ratings

During its first season, The Walking Dead attracted between four and six million viewers.[279] Viewership began to increase in its second season. During seasons three to seven, it attracted ten to seventeen million viewers.[279] In 2012, during its third season, it became the first cable series in television history to have the highest total viewership of any series during the fall season among 18- to 49-year-old adults.[279][280] In 2014, total viewership for the show's fifth-season premiere was 17.3 million, making it the most-watched series episode in cable history.[281][282] In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 television series with the most Facebook likes found that like most other zombie series, The Walking Dead "is most popular in rural areas, particularly southern Texas and eastern Kentucky".[283] Ratings began to decline during season seven and have continued to steadily drop, which was blamed on a variety of factors, including Rick's presumed death. By the end of season nine, fewer viewers were watching than at any time since the show's first season.[284]

Viewership and ratings per season of The Walking Dead
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Sunday 10:00 pm 6 October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31) 5.35[285] December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05) 5.97[286] 5.24[287]
2 Sunday 9:00 pm 13 October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) 7.26[288] March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18) 8.99[289] 6.90[290]
3 16 October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) 10.87[291] March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 12.40[292] 10.75[293]
4 16 October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) 16.11[294] March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30) 15.68[295] 13.33[296]
5 16 October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) 17.30[282] March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29) 15.78[297] 14.38[298]
6 16 October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) 14.63[299] April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) 14.19[300] 13.15[301]
7 16 October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23) 17.03[302] April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02) 11.31[303] 11.35[304]
8 16 October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) 11.44[305] April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) 7.92[306] 7.82[307]
9 16 October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) 6.08[308] March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) 5.02[309] 4.95[310]
10 22 October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) 4.00[311] April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04) 2.12[312] 3.04[313]
11 24 August 22, 2021 (2021-08-22) 2.22[314] November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20) 2.27[315] 1.69[316]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead was nominated for Best New Series by the Writers Guild of America Awards 2011[4] and Best Television Series Drama by the 68th Golden Globe Awards.[5] The series was named one of the top 10 television programs of 2010 by the American Film Institute Awards 2010.[317] For the 37th Saturn Awards, the series received six nominations—for Best Television Presentation, Andrew Lincoln for Best Actor in Television, Sarah Wayne Callies for Best Actress on Television, Steven Yeun for Best Supporting Actor in Television, Laurie Holden for Best Supporting Actress in Television, and Noah Emmerich for Best Guest Starring Role in Television.[318] The series was nominated for Best Drama Series by the inaugural 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards.[319] The pilot episode "Days Gone Bye" received three nominations from the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards—for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series[320] and won for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special.[321] For the 41st Saturn Awards, the series received its highest number of nominations, with a total of seven, including for the series itself, Andrew Lincoln for Best Actor on Television, Norman Reedus for Best Supporting Actor on Television, Emily Kinney and Melissa McBride for Best Supporting Actress on Television, Andrew J. West for Best Guest Star on Television, and Chandler Riggs for Best Young Performer on Television.[322]

Lawsuits

Breach of contract suits

Frank Darabont's departure as showrunner in July 2011 during the second season came as surprise to many, as it came shortly after the season's premiere and a few days after that year's Comic-Con, where Darabont helped to promote the series.[323] It was speculated that he was unable to adjust to the schedule of running a television series;[324] however, The Hollywood Reporter reported that AMC had fired him. There had been reported difficulties in the production of the second season, including disputes over planned budget cuts and executive meddling, and it was known that Darabont and AMC had several discussions relating to these factors. Neither Darabont, AMC, nor the cast nor crew of The Walking Dead spoke about the reasons for his firing.[325]

In December 2013, Darabont and his agents from Creative Artists Agency (CAA) filed a lawsuit against AMC in a New York court, citing breach of contract. A central part of Darabont's lawsuit accuses AMC of denying him and the CAA the promised profits from the success of the series, based on how AMC had used vertical integration in producing and distributing The Walking Dead.[323] As stated in Darabont's filing, he had initially entered into a contract with AMC to have a third-party studio produce the series, from which he would have obtained 12.5% of that entity's profits, after standard deductions. AMC wanted to produce the series in-house, and for the first season, Darabont's lawyers had been assured that Darabont would be protected from self-dealing fees by having AMC commit to imputed license fees equivalent to those of other independent studios, with Darabont earning profit from that. Darabont's suit contends that when the series's popularity took off, AMC presented a license fee deal to Darabont around February 2011 that used "an unconscionably low license fee formula" such that AMC could report the series running at a loss and ensuring that Darabont would never see any profit from the series; as an example, the suit references statements in 2012, following the second season, that AMC claimed the series was running at a $49 million deficit, despite being one of the most popular series in broadcast.[323] Darabont's suit contends he was fired just at the start of the second season so that AMC would avoid having to pay him.[323]

Initial discovery phase hearings were held in 2014. Darabont's lawyers sought to gain information from AMC on their other series, specifically Breaking Bad and Mad Men, to obtain a "fair market value" for The Walking Dead. AMC asserted it had done no wrongdoing, had already paid Darabont $3 million upfront for two seasons, and was able to properly set the imputed license fee that worked into the profit formula for Darabont. The network resisted the request to provide otherwise confidential information on the other series.[326] The court granted Darabont's lawyers access to the requested information as part of the discovery phase.[327] Darabont described "crisis-level problems" during the series's production while under deposition, claiming that AMC had cut the per-episode budget from $3.4 million to $3 million while keeping the tax credit offered by the state of Georgia for filming there, effectively reducing the production budget by 25%.[328]

In August 2015, Darabont requested to amend his original complaint that AMC further reduced his profits from the second season as his firing mid-season meant he was not fully vested in the season, allowing AMC to reduce the profits paid him. Darabont's amended request points out that he had written and produced all the episodes in that season already and was entitled to the proper profit share.[329] The judge granted this amendment in February 2016, partially influenced by concerns raised in Darabont's deposition.[330]

At the end of the discovery phase in September 2016, Darabont's lawyers stated they were seeking damages of over $280 million; AMC stated they would "vigorously" defend against the lawsuit.[331] Summary judgement statements were completed in July 2017.[332] While waiting for summary judgement, Darabont and the CAA filed a second lawsuit against AMC, based on further evaluation of material from the discovery phase. The second suit contended that AMC purposely manipulated some of its licensing fees that should go to Darabont, such as revenue from digital sales and from overseas markets, and sought an addition US$10 million in damages.[333] Though AMC had initially refused to provide necessary documents for discovery for this new case, AMC did offer to willingly provide them after Darabont's attorneys threatened further legal action during October 2018.[334] By December 2018, the presiding judge ruled against issuing summary judgement in the case, setting up for a jury trial to hear the full case.[335] Due to the retirement of the judge that had overseen the previous cases, a new judge was assigned to the case in February 2019, who joined both the initial 2013 suit and the 2018 suit into a single case, expected to be heard in May 2020.[336] AMC filed a new request for summary judgement of the case in December 2019.[337] The summary judgement was denied, and the jury trial for the case started on February 10, 2020.[338] The judge also denied AMC summary judgement in the second suit for the additional US$10 million in April 2020, determining that should also go to jury.[339]

By July 2021, AMC reported they had settled with Darabont and CAA for $200 million and future royalty payments.[340]

In August 2017, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Charles Eglee, Glen Mazzara and David Alpert filed similar lawsuits against AMC, citing breach of contract over profits owed to them as a result of AMC's vertical integration. As with Darabont, each had been given a certain percentage of the series's profits based on whether the series was produced by a third party, but when it was transitioned to AMC Studios, their share was dramatically reduced. The Hollywood Reporter estimated that if the four sought similar damages to Darabont's, the lawsuit could be as high as $1 billion.[341] The suits, filed separately in Los Angeles and New York City, were consolidated into a single case heard in a Los Angeles court.[342] Initial hearings over the contractual terms of the "modified adjusted gross receipts" were held in February and March 2020, and the court ruled in July 2020 that AMC had followed the contractual terms in calculating these amounts, giving the network a preliminary victory in the trial.[343] The court issued its final ruling in April 2022, granting summary judgment in favor of AMC, with the judge ruling that there was no contractual language in the plaintiffs' contract dealing with the "modified adjusted gross receipts" and thus there was no actionable claims they could make.[344] Kirkman and the others said that despite the lawsuit, they will continue to work as "partners" with AMC to assure continued success of The Walking Dead and its spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead.[345]

Stuntman death

During filming of season 8 in July 2017, stuntman John Bernecker was performing a 21-foot drop but ended up missing padded cushions and instead fell onto the concrete floor, sustaining a serious head injury. Though rushed to a hospital, his injuries were too severe and he was taken off life support the next day. AMC and the show's cast and crew expressed remorse for the accident, shutting down production for several days to deal with Bernecker's funeral. The Atlanta Occupational Safety and Health Administration branch launched an investigation of the incident.[346] Bernecker's mother filed a lawsuit in January 2018 against AMC asserting that the production had not taken sufficient precautions to protect Bernecker, including lack of sufficient padding, lack of rehearsal, and not having an ambulance ready to treat his injury.[347] The judge presiding the lawsuit dismissed AMC's claims that it was not responsible since Bernecker was in full control of setting up the stunt, allowing the case to proceed to a jury trial.[348] The trial was held during December 2019,[349] with the jury awarding Bernecker's family US$8.6 million in damages on December 19 after finding that TWD 8, the AMC entity managing production, and the production company Stalwart Films were negligent in Bernecker's death, while clearing AMC itself of any wrongdoing.[350]

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walking, dead, series, walking, dead, american, post, apocalyptic, horror, drama, television, series, based, comic, book, series, same, name, robert, kirkman, tony, moore, charlie, adlard, together, forming, core, walking, dead, franchise, series, features, la. The Walking Dead is an American post apocalyptic horror drama 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 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 chiefly known as walkers by the other characters 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 The series is the first television series within The Walking Dead franchise The Walking DeadGenreHorror 1 Serial drama 2 Zombie apocalypseBased onThe Walking Dead by Robert KirkmanTony MooreCharlie AdlardDeveloped byFrank DarabontStarringAndrew Lincoln Jon Bernthal Sarah Wayne Callies Laurie Holden Jeffrey DeMunn Steven Yeun Chandler Riggs Norman Reedus Lauren Cohan Danai Gurira Michael Rooker David Morrissey Melissa McBride Scott Wilson Michael Cudlitz Emily Kinney Chad L Coleman Lennie James Sonequa Martin Green Jeffrey Dean Morgan Alanna Masterson Josh McDermitt Christian Serratos Seth Gilliam Ross Marquand Katelyn Nacon Tom Payne Khary Payton Samantha Morton Ryan Hurst Cooper Andrews Callan McAuliffe Eleanor Matsuura Lauren Ridloff Cailey Fleming Nadia Hilker Cassady McClincy Angel Theory Paola Lazaro Michael James Shaw Josh Hamilton Laila RobinsMusic byBear McCrearySam EwingCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons11No of episodes177 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersFrank Darabont Gale Anne Hurd David Alpert Robert Kirkman Charles H Eglee Glen Mazzara Scott M Gimple Greg Nicotero Tom Luse Denise Huth Angela Kang Joseph IncapreraProducersJolly Dale Caleb Womble Paul Gadd Heather BellsonProduction locationsGeorgia United StatesCinematographyRohn Schmidt David Boyd Michael E Satrazemis Stephen Campbell David TattersallEditorsJulius Ramsay Hunter M Via Avi Youabian Dan Liu Nathan Gunn Rachel Goodlett Katz Kelley DixonRunning time41 67 minutesProduction companiesIdiot Box Productions Circle of Confusion Skybound Entertainment Valhalla Entertainment AMC StudiosOriginal releaseNetworkAMCReleaseOctober 31 2010 2010 10 31 November 20 2022 2022 11 20 RelatedThe Walking Dead franchise Talking DeadAndrew Lincoln played the lead character Rick Grimes until his departure in the ninth season Other long standing cast members included Norman Reedus Steven Yeun Chandler Riggs Melissa McBride Lauren Cohan Danai Gurira Josh McDermitt Christian Serratos Seth Gilliam Ross Marquand and Jeffrey Dean Morgan The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios in the state of Georgia with most filming taking place in the outdoor spaces of Riverwood Studios near Senoia Georgia The series was initially adapted from the comic by Frank Darabont who also served as showrunner for the first season However conflicts between Darabont and AMC forced his departure from the series and resulted in multiple lawsuits by Darabont and others Glen Mazzara Scott M Gimple and Angela Kang served as subsequent showrunners The series premiered on October 31 2010 and is exclusively broadcast on cable channel AMC in the United States and internationally through the Fox Networks Group and Disney The eleventh and final season premiered on August 22 2021 and concluded on November 20 2022 Beginning with its third season The Walking Dead attracted the most 18 to 49 year old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series although viewership declined in later seasons In addition the series has been overall positively received by critics 3 It has been nominated for several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama and the Writers Guild of America Award for New Series 4 5 AMC has created a franchise of related media including the spin off series Fear the Walking Dead 2015 present The Walking Dead World Beyond 2020 2021 Tales of the Walking Dead 2022 The Walking Dead Dead City 2023 present and The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon 2023 present as well as several webisodes and video games A further spinoff has been announced The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live Contents 1 Series overview 1 1 Season 1 2010 1 2 Season 2 2011 12 1 3 Season 3 2012 13 1 4 Season 4 2013 14 1 5 Season 5 2014 15 1 6 Season 6 2015 16 1 7 Season 7 2016 17 1 8 Season 8 2017 18 1 9 Season 9 2018 19 1 10 Season 10 2019 21 1 11 Season 11 2021 22 2 Cast and characters 2 1 Darabont connections 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Crew 3 3 Writing 3 4 Casting 3 5 Music 3 5 1 Soundtracks 3 6 Makeup 3 7 Filming 3 8 Marketing 3 9 Green initiatives 4 Franchise and spinoffs 4 1 Webisodes 4 2 Talking Dead 4 3 Television series 4 3 1 Fear the Walking Dead 4 3 2 The Walking Dead World Beyond 4 3 3 Tales of the Walking Dead 4 3 4 The Walking Dead Dead City 4 3 5 The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon 4 3 6 The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live 4 4 Others 4 5 Parodies and spoofs 5 Release 5 1 Home media 5 2 Syndication 6 Reception 6 1 Critical reception 6 2 Comments about diversity 6 3 Ratings 6 4 Awards and nominations 7 Lawsuits 7 1 Breach of contract suits 7 2 Stuntman death 8 References 9 External linksSeries overviewMain article List of The Walking Dead episodes The Walking Dead takes place after the onset of a worldwide zombie apocalypse The zombies referred to as walkers shamble towards living humans and other creatures to eat them they are attracted to noise such as gunshots and to different scents e g humans Although it initially seems that only humans that are bitten or scratched by walkers can turn into other walkers it is revealed early in the series that all living humans carry the pathogen responsible for the mutation The mutation is activated after the death of the pathogen s host and the only way to permanently kill a walker is to damage its brain or destroy the body entirely such as by cremating it The series centers on sheriff s deputy Rick Grimes who wakes up from a coma While in a coma the world has been taken over by walkers He becomes the leader of a group of survivors from the Atlanta Georgia region as they attempt to sustain and protect themselves not only against attacks by walkers but by other groups of survivors willing to use any means necessary to stay alive SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired16October 31 2010 2010 10 31 December 5 2010 2010 12 05 213October 16 2011 2011 10 16 March 18 2012 2012 03 18 316October 14 2012 2012 10 14 March 31 2013 2013 03 31 416October 13 2013 2013 10 13 March 30 2014 2014 03 30 516October 12 2014 2014 10 12 March 29 2015 2015 03 29 616October 11 2015 2015 10 11 April 3 2016 2016 04 03 716October 23 2016 2016 10 23 April 2 2017 2017 04 02 816October 22 2017 2017 10 22 April 15 2018 2018 04 15 916October 7 2018 2018 10 07 March 31 2019 2019 03 31 1022October 6 2019 2019 10 06 April 4 2021 2021 04 04 1124August 22 2021 2021 08 22 November 20 2022 2022 11 20 Season 1 2010 Main article The Walking Dead season 1 When sheriff s deputy Rick Grimes of King County Georgia wakes from a coma he discovers the world has been overrun by zombies walkers After befriending Morgan Jones Rick travels alone to Atlanta before finding his wife Lori son Carl and his police partner and best friend Shane Walsh in the woods with other survivors After being attacked by walkers at night the whole group travels back to Atlanta to the Centers for Disease Control CDC building but find from the sole remaining scientist that no cure yet exists for the pandemic 6 7 Season 2 2011 12 Main article The Walking Dead season 2 Rick s group searching for Carol s missing daughter Sophia takes shelter at a farm run by Hershel Greene Tensions with Hershel s family worsen after it is discovered that he has a barn full of walkers former friends and family members Rick learns that Shane and Lori were romantically involved while he was in a coma and that Lori is pregnant Shane and Rick s friendship deteriorates until Rick is forced to kill Shane in self defense The commotion attracts walkers to the farm forcing Rick s group and Hershel s family to evacuate 8 Season 3 2012 13 Main article The Walking Dead season 3 Eight months after fleeing the farm Rick s group sans Andrea finds a remote prison which they make their new home after clearing it of walkers Lori dies from an emergency C section and Rick starts to become unhinged and hallucinate Andrea was rescued by Michonne and the two discover Woodbury a fortified town led by a deceitful man known as the Governor who seeks to destroy the group at the prison Conflict erupts between the two groups leading to the fall of Woodbury but the Governor kills Andrea and escapes The remaining citizens of Woodbury move into the prison 9 Season 4 2013 14 Main article The Walking Dead season 4 Several months after the Governor s attack a deadly flu kills many of the people at the prison The Governor finds Martinez his former right hand man and kills him taking over his group before leading them into the prison Rick s group is forced to separate and flee while Hershel and the Governor are killed The scattered survivors try to find each other and make new acquaintances They all find numerous signs pointing to a safe haven called Terminus Group by group they reunite at Terminus but Rick s group sans Carol is captured for an unknown purpose 10 Season 5 2014 15 Main article The Walking Dead season 5 The residents of Terminus have become cannibals Carol leads a charge that frees Rick s group Some of the group are captured by a group of corrupt cops based out of Grady Memorial Hospital After the group migrates to Virginia a stranger named Aaron approaches inviting them to join the fortified community of Alexandria led by Deanna Monroe They quickly realize the residents are ill prepared to do what it takes to survive Rick becomes attracted to Jessie Anderson and discovers she has an abusive husband Deanna orders Rick to execute the man after he kills her husband as Morgan arrives unexpectedly 11 Season 6 2015 16 Main article The Walking Dead season 6 Deanna gives Rick command of Alexandria to protect the town A group known as the Wolves use a zombie horde to attack Alexandria and Deanna and the entire Anderson family among others are killed While recovering Alexandria learns of a community called the Hilltop Paul Jesus Rovia invites them to trade supplies with Hilltop if they can help end the threat of the extortionist Saviors led by a man named Negan Although Rick s group decimate one Savior outpost they are later caught by Negan and forced to submit to him Season 7 2016 17 Main article The Walking Dead season 7 Negan brutally murders Glenn and Abraham initiating his rule over Alexandria His actions initially lead Rick to submit but Michonne persuades him to fight back They encounter a community called the Scavengers and ask them for help Carol and Morgan befriend King Ezekiel the leader of the Kingdom while Maggie and Sasha rally the Hilltop Rosita and Eugene make a bullet to kill Negan When the bullet is blocked by Lucille Negan s baseball bat Negan forcefully recruits Eugene as a Savior The Saviors and turncoat Scavengers attack Alexandria but are repelled by Sasha s sacrifice and the aid of Kingdom and Hilltop soldiers Season 8 2017 18 Main article The Walking Dead season 8 Rick Maggie and Ezekiel rally their communities into war against Negan and the Saviors Losses are heavy on both sides and many of the Kingdom s soldiers are killed Alexandria falls to a Savior attack and Carl is bitten by a walker Before euthanizing himself Carl convinces Rick to end the war peacefully and restart society anew Negan attempts to wipe out Rick and his allies in a final battle but Eugene thwarts his plan by sabotaging the Saviors bullets Rick wounds Negan but against Maggie s wishes spares and imprisons Negan ending the war Season 9 2018 19 Main article The Walking Dead season 9 Eighteen months after Negan s downfall Rick proposes building a bridge to ease trading but this leads to more resentment Rick is seemingly killed when he destroys the bridge to prevent an invasion of walkers Six years later his absence has caused estrangement between the communities and a new walker controlling threat named the Whisperers demand the survivors do not trespass in their territory Their leader Alpha has acquired a large horde of walkers that she will unleash if they do so After her daughter Lydia abandons her mother s group for the Kingdom s Alpha disowns her and massacres many residents during a fair Season 10 2019 21 Main article The Walking Dead season 10 Alpha begins breaking down the communities with seemingly random walker attacks and acts of sabotage Under Carol s orders Negan infiltrates the Whisperers and assassinates Alpha Her right hand man Beta takes command of the Whisperers but he and the horde are defeated by the survivors Eugene leads a group to West Virginia to meet a new group of survivors Meanwhile Michonne travels north to search for Rick after finding evidence he survived his apparent death Season 11 2021 22 Main article The Walking Dead season 11 Eugene s group convinces the Commonwealth a large prosperous community with a strict class system to lend aid and refuge to the Coalition However autocratic governor Pamela Milton becomes hostile towards the Coalition after her corruption is exposed and her son Sebastian is killed The Coalition leads a revolution against Pamela when she tries to sacrifice the lower classes to a horde containing more intelligent walker variants in the aftermath Rosita dies of a bite Negan is accepted by Maggie as an ally and Ezekiel takes over as governor After the Coalition is rebuilt Daryl leaves to find Rick and Michonne Cast and charactersMain article List of The Walking Dead TV series characters nbsp From left to right Andrew Lincoln Rick Greg Nicotero director executive producer Norman Reedus Daryl Melissa McBride Carol Lennie James Morgan Chandler Riggs Carl Danai Gurira Michonne Jeffrey Dean Morgan Negan Lauren Cohan Maggie Alanna Masterson Tara and Seth Gilliam Gabriel on a panel for the series at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2017The list below contains those that have been credited within the series title sequence and those who are credited as also starring Recurring and guest stars are listed on the individual season pages Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes The series protagonist and a former sheriff s deputy Rick is the leader of a group of survivors who becomes the leader of the Alexandria Safe Zone seasons 1 9 special guest star season 11 12 13 Jon Bernthal as Shane Walsh Rick s former police partner and best friend In the second season he forms an intense rivalry with Rick seasons 1 2 special guest star seasons 3 9 14 15 Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes Rick s wife who has an affair with Shane when she believed Rick was dead seasons 1 3 16 17 Laurie Holden as Andrea A former civil rights attorney and member of the original Atlanta group of survivors seasons 1 3 18 19 Jeffrey DeMunn as Dale Horvath An older member of the group who owned the RV in which a group of survivors traveled Often the voice of reason within the group seasons 1 2 20 21 Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee A former pizza delivery boy who saved Rick s life Glenn begins a relationship with Maggie Greene and later marries her Over the course of the series Glenn becomes an integral member of the group known for his character and resourcefulness seasons 1 7 22 23 Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes Rick and Lori s young son Carl is forced to mature and learn to survive in the deadly new post apocalyptic world seasons 1 8 24 25 Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon The group s primary hunter Daryl becomes a key member of the group and Rick s trusted lieutenant seasons 2 11 recurring season 1 26 27 Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier Originally a meek housewife Carol overcomes domestic abuse to become a skilled resourceful fighter capable of making difficult decisions seasons 2 11 recurring season 1 28 29 Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene The eldest daughter of the Greene family Maggie marries Glenn becomes pregnant with their child and becomes the leader of the Hilltop Colony seasons 3 11 recurring season 2 30 31 Danai Gurira as Michonne A fierce katana wielding woman who joins Rick s group Michonne eventually becomes Rick s romantic partner and a mother figure to his son Carl She is also the mother figure to Judith daughter of Lori and Shane seasons 3 10 special guest star season 11 32 33 Scott Wilson as Hershel Greene A veterinarian and farmer who maintains his faith and acts as the group s primary moral compass Hershel is the father of Maggie and Beth Greene seasons 3 4 special guest star season 9 recurring season 2 31 34 Michael Rooker as Merle Dixon The racist and volatile older brother of Daryl Dixon In the third season he is the right hand man to the Governor season 3 guest seasons 1 2 35 36 David Morrissey as Philip The Governor Blake The antagonistic leader of the town of Woodbury the Governor is ruthless paranoid and dangerous seasons 3 4 special guest star season 5 37 38 Emily Kinney as Beth Greene A soft spoken teenage girl who enjoys singing Beth is Hershel s younger daughter and Maggie s younger half sister seasons 4 5 recurring seasons 2 3 39 40 Chad L Coleman as Tyreese Williams Tough and compassionate Tyreese places an emphasis on moral reasoning He struggles to cope with the immoral nature of some of the group s survival tactics and finds it difficult to kill in defense of the group seasons 4 5 recurring season 3 41 42 Sonequa Martin Green as Sasha Williams Tyreese s fiery younger sister and a former firefighter Sasha is the group s sharpshooter After several personal losses she suffers from PTSD seasons 4 7 special guest star season 9 recurring season 3 43 44 Lawrence Gilliard Jr as Bob Stookey A former army medic and recovering alcoholic who develops a close relationship with Sasha seasons 4 5 45 46 Michael Cudlitz as Abraham Ford A former military sergeant on a mission to bring Eugene to Washington D C to find a cure for the walker virus seasons 5 7 recurring season 4 47 48 Josh McDermitt as Eugene Porter A man who claims to know a cure for the walker virus Eugene is cowardly and inefficient when dealing with walkers but is very intelligent seasons 5 11 recurring season 4 48 49 Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa A tough focused and very capable survivor and also Abraham s girlfriend seasons 5 11 recurring season 4 48 50 Alanna Masterson as Tara Chambler A former police academy student and lesbian Tara joins Rick s group after having initially been affiliated with the Governor She serves as a primary supply runner seasons 5 9 recurring season 4 51 52 53 Andrew J West as Gareth The cannibalistic leader of Terminus who captures and coerces Rick s group into submission before being executed by Rick season 5 guest season 4 54 55 Seth Gilliam as Gabriel Stokes A priest who joins Rick s group He lacks experience with walkers and struggles with his faith in the new world seasons 5 11 56 57 Lennie James as Morgan Jones The first survivor Rick encounters in the first season After suffering a psychological breakdown he comes to peace with the world around him seasons 6 8 recurring season 5 special guest star season 3 guest season 1 58 59 Alexandra Breckenridge as Jessie Anderson An Alexandria resident who develops a relationship with Rick season 6 recurring season 5 60 61 Ross Marquand as Aaron A recruiter who invites Rick s group to Alexandria seasons 6 11 recurring season 5 62 63 Austin Nichols as Spencer Monroe Deanna s son and a guard of Alexandria seasons 6 7 recurring season 5 64 65 Tovah Feldshuh as Deanna Monroe A former Congresswoman and original leader of Alexandria season 6 recurring season 5 66 67 Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan The totalitarian sociopathic leader of the Saviors seasons 7 11 special guest star season 6 68 69 Austin Amelio as Dwight A ruthless and reluctant member of the Saviors who forms an intense rivalry with Daryl seasons 7 8 recurring season 6 70 71 Tom Payne as Paul Jesus Rovia A scout and member of the Hilltop Colony seasons 7 9 recurring season 6 72 73 Xander Berkeley as Gregory The selfish and treacherous leader of the Hilltop Colony seasons 7 9 guest season 6 74 75 Khary Payton as Ezekiel The king of a community known as the Kingdom Ezekiel is a former zookeeper with a pet Bengal tiger called Shiva seasons 8 11 recurring season 7 76 77 Steven Ogg as Simon A high ranking member of the Saviors serving as Negan s right hand man season 8 recurring season 7 guest season 6 78 79 Katelyn Nacon as Enid An isolated teenager in Alexandria who forms a close bond with Carl seasons 8 9 recurring seasons 6 7 guest season 5 80 81 Pollyanna McIntosh as Anne Jadis The impassive enigmatic leader of the Scavengers seasons 8 9 recurring season 7 82 83 Callan McAuliffe as Alden A former member of the Saviors who later switches his allegiance to the Hilltop seasons 9 11 recurring season 8 84 85 Avi Nash as Siddiq A former vagabond and doctor who is rescued by Carl and brought to Alexandria seasons 9 10 recurring season 8 86 87 Samantha Morton as Alpha The leader of the Whisperers a mysterious group of survivors who wear the skins of walkers to mask their presence seasons 9 10 88 89 Ryan Hurst as Beta The second in command of the Whisperers and Alpha s right hand man season 10 recurring season 9 90 91 Eleanor Matsuura as Yumiko Magna s girlfriend who is a proficient archer and former criminal defense lawyer seasons 10 11 recurring season 9 92 93 Cooper Andrews as Jerry A member of the Kingdom and Ezekiel s steward seasons 10 11 recurring seasons 7 9 94 95 Nadia Hilker as Magna The feisty leader of a small group of roaming survivors and Yumiko s girlfriend seasons 10 11 recurring season 9 96 97 Cailey Fleming as Judith Grimes The biological daughter of Lori and Shane who was adopted by Rick after she was born seasons 10 11 recurring season 9 98 99 Cassady McClincy as Lydia Alpha s daughter and former Whisperer seasons 10 11 recurring season 9 100 101 Lauren Ridloff as Connie A deaf member of Magna s group and Kelly s sister seasons 10 11 recurring season 9 102 103 Paola Lazaro as Juanita Princess Sanchez A quirky and flamboyant survivor who has suffered various traumas in her past and later joins Eugene s group season 11 recurring 10 104 Michael James Shaw as Michael Mercer A resident of the Commonwealth who serves as the general of the Commonwealth military season 11 105 Lynn Collins as Leah Shaw A member of the Reapers and former owner of Dog who formed a loving connection with Daryl while searching for Rick after his disappearance season 11 guest season 10 106 Josh Hamilton as Lance Hornsby The deputy governor and director of operations to the Commonwealth season 11 107 Margot Bingham as Maxxine Stephanie Mercer A resident of the Commonwealth who communicated with Eugene over the radio She is also Mercer s younger sister season 11 guest season 10 108 Laila Robins as Pamela Milton The governor of the Commonwealth season 11 107 Angel Theory as Kelly Connie s alert and protective sister who has a gradual hearing loss season 11 recurring seasons 9 10 109 Darabont connections The series features several actors whom series developer Frank Darabont has worked with previously including Laurie Holden Andrea Jeffrey DeMunn Dale Horvath Melissa McBride Carol Peletier Juan Pareja Morales and Sam Witwer the dead soldier in the tank where Rick Grimes hides in Days Gone Bye All five appeared in his 2007 film The Mist 110 along with Thomas Jane who originally was set to star in the series as Rick Grimes when it was pitched to HBO 111 112 113 Jane was in fall 2010 in talks with Darabont to possibly guest star on the series 114 however with Darabont s departure 115 a guest appearance for Jane never materialized Holden also appeared in the 2001 film The Majestic which Darabont also directed DeMunn has appeared in several of Darabont s films in addition to The Mist and The Majestic he appeared in The Shawshank Redemption 1994 and The Green Mile 1999 It was planned that Witwer Private Jessup in Darabont s The Mist would reprise his Days Gone Bye role in the original conception of the series second season premiere 116 and in a webisode 117 but both plans were discarded 118 ProductionDevelopment nbsp The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is also an executive producer and writer of the television series On January 20 2010 AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from The Walking Dead comic book series with Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd acting as executive producers and Darabont writing and directing 119 The entire series was pre ordered based just on the strength of the source material the television scripts and Darabont s involvement 120 In January 2010 a review of the pilot episode s script attracted further attention 121 The pilot began filming in Atlanta Georgia on May 15 2010 122 after AMC had officially ordered a six episode first season 123 The series s remaining episodes began filming on June 2 2010 with Darabont serving as showrunner 124 125 On August 31 2010 Darabont reported that The Walking Dead had been picked up for a second season with production to begin in February 2011 On November 8 2010 AMC confirmed that there would be a second season consisting of 13 episodes 126 He would also like to include some of the environmental elements that take place during Volume 2 of Kirkman s book 127 Crew The first season writing staff consisted of series developer and executive producer Frank Darabont who wrote co wrote four of the six episodes executive producer Charles H Eglee executive producer and creator of the comic book Robert Kirkman co executive producer Jack LoGiudice consulting producer Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara all of whom contributed to one episode each Along with Darabont who directed the pilot episode the remaining five were directed by Michelle MacLaren Gwyneth Horder Payton Johan Renck Ernest Dickerson and Guy Ferland respectively 128 On December 1 2010 Deadline Hollywood reported that Darabont had fired his writing staff including executive producer Charles Chic Eglee and planned to use freelance writers for the second season 129 Kirkman called the announcement premature and clarified that Eglee left to pursue other projects when Darabont decided to stay on as showrunner and no definitive plans had been made regarding the writing staff for the second season 130 Chic Eglee was brought onto The Walking Dead with the idea that Frank was going to work on the first season and then go off and do movies Chic didn t want to be second in command on a show when he s used to being a top dog and so he decided to go off and do something else which is something that happens and is not a big deal Robert Kirkman TV Guide 130 nbsp nbsp nbsp After the departure of Frank Darabont the role of showrunner was assumed by Glen Mazzara left for the second and third seasons Scott M Gimple middle from the fourth to the eighth season and Angela Kang right from the ninth to the eleventh season On December 3 2010 in an interview with Entertainment Weekly executive producer Gale Anne Hurd commented It s completely inaccurate In the writers room there are people that have set up other projects that will be their first priority if their own series is picked up as a pilot or if it s a series I think Eglee just decided that he wants to run his own show She revealed that it would be likely for the series to return in October 2011 as Darabont and Kirkman planned on mapping out the next season early in 2011 She also confirmed that every one of the principal cast is signed up for multiple seasons 131 In July 2011 series developer and showrunner Frank Darabont was fired from his position as showrunner for the series over unethical business practices from AMC higher ups see Lawsuits below 132 Executive producer Glen Mazzara was appointed the new showrunner in Darabont s place 133 New writers joined the writing staff in the second season including co executive producer Evan Reilly producer Scott M Gimple story editor Angela Kang and David Leslie Johnson New writers in the third season included producers Nichole Beattie and Sang Kyu Kim with Frank Renzulli contributing a freelance script After the conclusion of the third season Glen Mazzara stepped down from his position as showrunner and executive producer for the series per a mutual agreement between Mazzara and AMC The press release read Both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward and conclude that it is best to part ways 134 Scott M Gimple succeeded Mazzara as showrunner for the fourth season 135 with new writers joining the writing staff such as Curtis Gwinn Channing Powell and Matt Negrete 136 In January 2018 it was announced that Gimple would be promoted to the newly created position of Chief Content Officer of the entire Walking Dead franchise and that Angela Kang would replace him as showrunner beginning with the ninth season 137 138 Writing The television series generally tends to follow Kirkman s comic series across major characters and plots for instance events of the premiere episode of the seventh season correlate to events in issue 100 of the comics 139 140 The series does not attempt to go step by step with the comics and has leeway in the narrative In particular the series s writers along with Kirkman often transfer how a character has died in the comics to a different character in the series For example in the fourth season where Hershel Greene is beheaded by the Governor in the standoff with Rick s group at the prison in the comic Tyreese is the one who suffers this fate 139 Some of the television characters like Carol have far outlived their comic counterparts while others that have already been killed off like Sophia and Andrea remained alive for some time in the ongoing comic series 140 In addition the writers have included characters wholly novel to the series such as Daryl Dixon which producer Gale Anne Hurd says helps to create a new dynamic for the series and keeps the audience guessing from what had already been established in the comic series 141 Casting The Walking Dead has featured a large rotating ensemble cast In most cases because of the nature of the show departure of actors from the show are determined by the writing with characters either killed off or written off the show as necessary to develop the story Cast members are generally told ahead of time if they have been written off the show but otherwise kept to secrecy For example Steven Yeun who played Glenn Rhee since the pilot through the season seven premiere knew of his character s death for a year but had to keep quiet 142 while Chandler Riggs playing Carl Grimes through the eighth season was told of his character s departure during the filming in the weeks leading into his final episodes 143 A few actors have left the show under their own terms due to other commitments or changes with the writings adopting the plot around these changes Andrew Lincoln played the series s protagonist Rick Grimes since the pilot Lincoln announced his plan to leave the show at the start of the ninth season finding that having to spend half a year in the United States for filming left him missing out on his family in the United Kingdom 144 Lincoln completed five episodes in the season to close out Rick s storyline within the series and was originally planned to be continued in three films 145 In July 2022 it was announced that Lincoln along with Gurira will star in a six episode miniseries in the place of the three films 146 Lauren Cohan played Maggie Greene since the second season As contract negotiations began for the ninth season Cohan had been given the opportunity to star in Whiskey Cavalier limiting how much time she would be able to give to the show Cohan appeared as Maggie for the first five episodes of the season 147 148 In October 2019 it was confirmed that Cohan would return as a series regular for the eleventh season 149 Danai Gurira played Michonne since the third season and announced that she would be leaving the show after the tenth season participating in a handful of episodes balanced against her other acting commitments 150 151 Both Lennie James as Morgan Jones and Austin Amelio as Dwight were transferred from the main series after season eight to the spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead James joined the cast of Fear the Walking Dead in season four and Amelio joined the cast in season five 152 153 Casting salaries for the principal actors have grown significantly over the course of the show up through the seventh season Overall the salaries had been lower compared to other similar dramas including AMC s own Mad Men but this was justified due to the volatility of any character being potentially written off the show Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride playing Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier respectively had made around US 9 500 per episode during the first season and by the seventh season had gotten up to US 80 000 per episode Lincoln himself was only earning US 90 000 per episode in the seventh season 154 By season nine with the departure of Lincoln Reedus had repeated secured a US 350 000 per episode pay plus additional incentives potentially earning him US 50 90 million over three seasons McBride similarly had gotten an extended contract in season nine worth US 20 million over three seasons Both of these were intended to secure the pair as central figures for the show going forward in Lincoln s absence 155 Music nbsp Bear McCreary composes The Walking Dead scoreBear McCreary was hired to compose the score for the series McCreary stated that the main theme was based on his viewing of production designs for the opening title sequence Instead of doing a full theme song as with his earlier works McCreary chose to use a simple repeating motif from the strings section 156 It repeats over and over and in fact in the pilot episode you start hearing it before the main title begins and this is something that continues episode to episode You hear the main title music before the main title begins so you know it s coming That to me was the little hook that little thing that whenever you hear it it takes you to the series Bear McCreary 156 Soundtracks Four soundtracks for The Walking Dead have been released to date The Walking Dead AMC Original Soundtrack Vol 1 was released on March 17 2013 157 The second volume was released on March 25 2014 158 Songs of Survival is a soundtrack for the third season and it was released on August 27 2013 by Republic Records as a Walmart exclusive for the special edition release of the third season 159 Songs of Survival Vol 2 is a soundtrack for the fourth season and it was released on August 26 2014 by Republic Records as a Walmart exclusive of the fourth season release 160 Makeup Greg Nicotero is an executive producer and the key special effects makeup artist on the series Each walker is put through zombie school and is taught how to move like a zombie There are three levels of zombie makeup Hero Midground and Deep Background Hero zombies are featured walkers and are completely made over from head to toe Midground zombies get highlights and shadows on the face but do not get close enough to the camera to require full makeup Deep background zombies often wear masks and are only meant to be used as a backdrop 161 Filming nbsp Downtown Senoia Georgia was used as the setting for Woodbury during the third seasonThe Walking Dead is predominantly filmed in Georgia 162 Since 2002 the state has offered a tax incentive for large film productions to drive producers to the state and bolster its economy 163 The first season was shot primarily in Atlanta but required a great deal of coordination with the city to shut down streets and parks for filming 163 Production for subsequent seasons moved mainly to Riverwood Studios doing business as Raleigh Studios Atlanta a plot of land covering approximately 120 acres 0 49 km2 located outside of Senoia Georgia Some existing buildings were used here such as a subdivision that is used by several families which serves as the Alexandria Safe Zone Other buildings are constructed as sets such as the exterior shots of the main Hilltop mansion the trash heaps used by the Scavengers or Father Gabriel s church Sets are torn down when no longer needed the church after its use in the fifth season was removed and its spot used for the iconic setting for the first meeting between Rick s group and Negan in the seventh season The property includes sound stages constructed for interior shots which then may be reused the interior sets for the prison during the third season were reused to serve as the buildings and sets for the Savior s Sanctuary in the seventh season 164 165 In July 2017 AMC purchased the studio lot from Riverwood for 8 25 million 166 Some scenes are shot outside of the studio Woodbury during the third season was filmed in downtown Senoia Other exceptions include the Kingdom which is filmed at the former military base Fort McPherson now converted to studios for Tyler Perry 164 165 The series was shot on 16 mm film up until the end of the tenth season before it transitioned to digital for the series final 30 episodes The change was due to the COVID 19 pandemic with there being fewer touch points with digital than film 167 David Tattersall was the director of photography for the pilot episode with David Boyd as the director of photography on the remainder of the episodes Production design is done by Greg Melton and Alex Hajdu The effects team includes veteran special effects makeup designers Greg Nicotero and Toby Sells 168 special effects coordinator Darrell Pritchett and visual effects supervisors Sam Nicholson and Jason Sperling 169 Greg Nicotero also served as the primary director for the series directing 35 episodes up until 2021 170 171 Marketing The Walking Dead debuted during the same week in 120 countries As part of an expansive campaign to advertise and heighten anticipation for the premiere AMC and Fox International Channels coordinated a worldwide zombie invasion event on October 26 2010 The stunt involved invading 26 major cities within a 24 hour period starting with Taipei and Hong Kong and ending in Los Angeles for the U S premiere 172 The series s official website released just prior to the San Diego Comic Con in 2010 a motion comic based on Issue No 1 of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr 173 The site also posted a making of documentary primarily about the first episode as well as a number of other behind the scenes videos and interviews In the documentary comic series creator and television series executive producer Robert Kirkman as well as artist Charlie Adlard say they are pleased with how faithful the series is to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic s original character drawings 174 Action figures of characters from the series were created for release in November 2011 and have continued throughout the years with eight line ups The figures which are manufactured by McFarlane Toys are designed to resemble the actors on the series Figures created to resemble the characters as drawn in the comic book were released in September 2011 175 In December 2020 it was announced by AMC that Chris Hardwick would host a special for the show featuring the appearances of various cast members titled The Walking Dead Holiday Special to promote the show and reminisce on the franchise series past 176 The special was released on December 13 2020 177 Green initiatives With a primary objective of reducing the environmental impacts of film and television productions including The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd has directed the cast crew production team suppliers and bloggers about her series to adopt the Doddle app to make the production almost paper free this works by digitally transmitting interactive call sheets and other intra team and team supplier communications such as directions images menus and updates to people s cell phones and tablets Hurd said of using Doddle in addition to conserving paper It s also easier and it s better for security People are less likely to leave their smartphone or tablet lying around for someone else to pick up 178 179 Hurd describes additional steps taken to increase efficiency and cut production costs If you use vehicles that get better gas mileage that are electric or hybrids you re going to pay a lot less in fuel If you use compact fluorescent bulbs you re going to save a lot of money in utilities If you recycle even your own sets and use them again that s going to save money You don t have to buy new lumber So there are cost savings absolutely 178 Additionally the production team aims to reduce vehicle idling which decreases carbon dioxide emissions 178 179 180 Hurd also cuts down on plastic waste by personally using a refillable stainless steel EcoUsable water bottle and promoting its use among her colleagues She shared on a lot of my projects I give them as crew gifts before we start production and have water stations available but you can t force people to use them 178 Franchise and spinoffsMain article The Walking Dead franchise Webisodes To date four web series based on The Walking Dead have been released via AMC s website Torn Apart 2011 Cold Storage 2012 The Oath 2013 181 and Red Machete 2017 182 Talking Dead Main article Talking Dead A live television aftershow titled Talking Dead premiered on AMC on October 16 2011 following the encore presentation of The Walking Dead s second season premiere Talking Dead features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with fans actors and producers of The Walking Dead 183 Television series Fear the Walking Dead Main article Fear the Walking Dead Fear the Walking Dead is a companion series to The Walking Dead developed by AMC AMC started development of the series around September 2013 and committed to a two season broadcast by March 2015 184 185 186 Fear the Walking Dead first premiered on August 23 2015 187 The series will end in 2023 after the conclusion of the eighth season 188 Fear the Walking Dead features a different set of characters developed by Kirkman The series starts at the onset of the zombie apocalypse and follows several people that escape Los Angeles as the military attempts to quarantine the city and seek refuge along the west coast of the United States and Mexico The fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead features a crossover with The Walking Dead specifically through the character Morgan Jones played by Lennie James who joins the cast of Fear the Walking Dead after the events of the eighth season of The Walking Dead 189 190 Similarly Dwight played by Austin Amelio joined Fear the Walking Dead for its fifth season in 2019 191 The Walking Dead World Beyond Main article The Walking Dead World Beyond In April 2019 AMC officially announced it had ordered a 10 episode limited series created by Scott M Gimple and Matthew Negrete The series focuses on the first generation of children that have grown up during the zombie apocalypse who call themselves Endlings 192 and are aware of how to survive if confronted by them but have otherwise been raised behind walls and have never actually experienced survival 193 Production began in July 2019 in Richmond Virginia with Jordan Vogt Roberts originally attached to direct the pilot before Magnus Martens took over on account of a new series direction as more season episodes were developed 194 195 The series stars Aliyah Royale Alexa Mansour Annet Mahendru Nicolas Cantu Hal Cumpston Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond 196 The series premiered on October 4 2020 and ended on December 5 2021 after two seasons 197 198 199 Tales of the Walking Dead Main article Tales of the Walking Dead In October 2021 AMC officially greenlit a six episode series which premiered on August 14 2022 and ended on September 18 2022 Channing Powell who wrote for both The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead served as showrunner It is an episodic anthology series that features new and existing characters within The Walking Dead universe 200 The Walking Dead Dead City Main article The Walking Dead Dead City In March 2022 AMC officially greenlit Isle of the Dead starring Cohan and Morgan as their characters Maggie and Negan respectively They are also executive producing with Eli Jorne who is serving as showrunner The series is set in Manhattan In August 2022 the series was retitled as The Walking Dead Dead City 201 The series premiered on June 18 2023 202 In July 2023 it was renewed for a second season 203 The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon Main article The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon A spinoff series created by Angela Kang and Scott M Gimple to star Reedus and McBride as their characters Daryl and Carol respectively was also announced in September 2020 with plans to air in 2023 after the conclusion of the eleventh season of the main show 204 In April 2022 the project was retooled to be entirely Daryl focused and McBride departed the project The series is set and to be filmed in Europe in mid 2022 which would make it logistically untenable for McBride 205 David Zabel serves as showrunner who replaces Kang 206 In October 2022 the series title was revealed to be Daryl Dixon 207 The series premiered on September 10 2023 208 In July 2023 it was renewed for a second season 203 The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live Main article The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live Following the departure of Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes during the ninth season chief content officer Scott Gimple stated that they plan to create three AMC Original Films to explore events related to Rick s character in the future starring Lincoln and with the first expected to begin production in 2019 Besides Lincoln Danai Gurira Michonne and Pollyanna McIntosh Jadis Anne were also slated to star in these films Gimple stated that these would not simply be extended episodes nor attempt to adapt any of the comic stories but would heavily involve Kirkman in their development 145 209 210 The films were slated to release in theaters by Universal Pictures 211 However at the 2022 San Diego Comic Con it was announced that the films are now being reworked into a six episode miniseries starring Lincoln and Gurira The series will conclude Rick and Michonne s storyline following the main series conclusion 212 The series takes place after the events of the fifth episode of the ninth season What Comes After and the thirteenth episode of the tenth season What We Become and presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world 146 The series was set to begin filming in January 2023 and Gurira confirmed she would be a writer on the series and be credited as a co creator alongside Gimple 213 The six episode series is set to premiere in 2024 214 Others Wizards of the Coast worked with AMC to include characters and elements of The Walking Dead into Magic The Gathering as part of a 2020 Secret Lair card set 215 Parodies and spoofs Due to its popularity The Walking Dead has inspired dozens of parodies and spoofs featured on YouTube channels like Bad Lip Reading and television series such as Saturday Night Live 216 217 and Mad TV 218 Bad Lip Reading made a widely viewed parody involving Rick and the Governor entitled La Bibbida Bibba Dum 219 The series s cast was shown the parody at the San Diego Comic Con in 2013 and David Morrissey who portrays the Governor reacted by saying he now understood why so many people would walk up to him on the street and blurt Hey La Bibbida Bibba Dum Until seeing the video he had wondered what s wrong with these people 220 The Walking Dead has also been represented as a live comedy performance by English comedian Dan Willis at the Edinburgh Festival 221 A parody film called The Walking Deceased was released in 2015 222 Release nbsp Sarah Wayne Callies and Andrew Lincoln in 2010 Robert Kirkman is in the background on the leftScenes from the pilot were screened July 23 2010 as part of the San Diego Comic Con in 2010 223 It premiered on AMC on October 31 2010 and premiered internationally on Fox International Channels during the first week of November 224 225 Almost two weeks before the official premiere on AMC the pilot episode leaked online 226 International broadcast rights for the series were sold and announced on June 14 2010 227 The series airs on Fox International Channels in 126 countries in 33 languages The fifth season debuted its first part on October 13 2014 228 The second part premiered on February 9 2015 229 On May 20 2021 it was announced following the closure of the Fox channel in the UK and Ireland that the eleventh and final season would instead be released on the Star hub on Disney the day after episodes air in the United States 230 Home media The first season DVD and Blu ray was released on March 8 2011 231 A three disc special edition of the first season featuring new featurettes and audio commentaries was released on DVD and Blu ray on October 4 2011 232 The European versions of the first season DVD and Blu ray are edited for gore with cuts to episode two Guts 233 episode three Tell It to the Frogs 234 episode four Vatos 235 and episode five Wildfire 236 Until eOne WVG re released the first season in D A CH in a Special Uncut Version on DVD and Blu ray on May 31 2013 237 The second season DVD and Blu ray was released on August 28 2012 It was also released as a limited edition Blu ray packaged as a miniature zombie head designed by McFarlane Toys Special features include audio commentaries deleted scenes webisodes and several featurettes 238 The third season DVD and Blu ray was released on August 27 2013 It was also released as a limited edition Blu ray packaged as a miniature version of the Governor s zombie head aquarium tank designed by Greg Nicotero and sculpted by McFarlane Toys Special features include audio commentaries deleted scenes and several featurettes 239 The fourth season DVD and Blu ray was released on August 26 2014 It was also released as a limited edition Blu ray packaged with a tree walker designed by McFarlane Toys Special features include audio commentaries deleted scenes and several featurettes as well as extended episodes which are exclusive to the Blu ray 240 The fifth season DVD and Blu ray was released on August 25 2015 241 the sixth season on August 23 2016 242 the seventh season on August 22 2017 243 the eighth season on August 21 2018 244 the ninth season on August 20 2019 245 the tenth season on July 20 2021 246 and the eleventh season on March 14 2023 247 Home video release for the first six seasons was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment under license from AMC Networks with releases for the seventh season onwards distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in the United States The international home video releases were distributed by Entertainment One Syndication MyNetworkTV acquired the broadcast syndication rights to the series premiering on October 1 2014 248 The version that airs on MyNetworkTV is edited to meet broadcast television standards 249 ReceptionCritical reception Critical response of The Walking DeadSeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic187 100 reviews 250 82 25 reviews 251 280 203 reviews 252 80 22 reviews 253 388 327 reviews 254 82 19 reviews 255 481 316 reviews 256 75 16 reviews 257 590 374 reviews 258 80 11 reviews 259 676 512 reviews 260 79 10 reviews 261 766 620 reviews 262 865 447 reviews 263 989 364 reviews 264 72 4 reviews 265 1077 392 reviews 266 1181 224 reviews 267 The first six seasons and the ninth tenth and eleventh seasons of The Walking Dead have been well reviewed by recognized critics while the seventh and eighth seasons received more mixed reviews On Rotten Tomatoes the series has an average score of 80 268 For the first season 87 of 100 Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a positive review with an average score of 7 35 10 That site s consensus states Blood spattered emotionally resonant and white knuckle intense The Walking Dead puts an intelligent spin on the overcrowded zombie subgenre 250 Metacritic scored the first season 82 100 based on 25 critic reviews 23 of which were positive two mixed and none negative 251 For the second season 80 of 203 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes were positive with an average score of 8 05 10 The site s consensus states The second season of The Walking Dead fleshes out the characters while maintaining the grueling tension and gore that made the show a hit 252 Of 22 Metacritic critic reviews 18 were positive four were mixed and none were negative their average score was 80 100 253 Early criticism of the series focused on the slow pace of the second season particularly the first half Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly described the series as a nighttime soap comparing it to a parody of a Samuel Beckett play that had very little sense of direction and few appearances of walkers 269 Nate Rawlings of Time s online entertainment section noted that the pace during the first half of this season has been brutally slow They ve tried to develop individual characters but each subplot meant to add a layer to a character has been quickly resolved 270 Later reviews from other critics such as Scott Wampler of Collider com recognized the increased quality of the second half stating it seemed far more intense more interesting better written 271 Recognizing the overall season Kevin Yeoman of Screen Rant offered praise saying the writers succeeded in unshackling themselves from the intermittent monotony brought about by the serial nature of the show 272 The third season had 88 of Rotten Tomatoes 327 critics giving it a positive review with an average score of 7 85 10 The site s consensus states The palpable terror and visceral thrills continue in the third season of The Walking Dead along with a deeper sense of the people who inhabit its apocalyptic landscape 254 Metacritic s 19 critics rated the season 82 100 all of whom gave a positive review 255 For the fourth season 81 of Rotten Tomatoes 316 critic reviews were positive with an average score of 7 60 10 The site s consensus states Consistently thrilling with solid character development and enough gore to please grindhouse fans this season of The Walking Dead continues to demonstrate why it s one of the best horror shows on television 256 Metacritic scored the season 75 100 based on 16 critic reviews 13 of which were positive three mixed and none negative 257 The fifth season had 90 of Rotten Tomatoes 374 critic reviews rating it positively with an average score of 6 95 10 The site s consensus states Thanks to a liberal dose of propulsive bloody action and enough compelling character moments to reward longtime fans The Walking Dead s fifth season continues to deliver top notch entertainment 258 Metacritic scored the fifth season 80 100 based on 11 critic reviews all of which were positive 259 For the sixth season 76 of Rotten Tomatoes 512 critic reviews were positive with an average score of 7 40 10 The site s consensus states Six seasons in The Walking Dead is still finding ways to top itself despite slow patches that do little to advance the plot 260 Metacritic scored the sixth season 79 100 based on 10 critic reviews nine of which were positive one mixed and none negative 261 For the seventh season 66 of Rotten Tomatoes 620 critic reviews rated it positively with an average score of 6 85 10 The site s consensus is Increased character depth and effective world building helps The Walking Dead overcome a tiresome reliance on excessive gratuitous violence 262 After the controversial season premiere episode was aired critic Matt Zoller Seitz criticized the series consistently cynical use of violence stating that The longer this series goes on the more obvious it becomes that the violence is the point and everything else is an intellectual fig leaf 273 For the eighth season 65 of Rotten Tomatoes 447 critic reviews rated it positively with an average score of 6 65 10 The site s consensus states The Walking Dead s eighth season energizes its characters with some much needed angst and action though it s still occasionally choppy and lacking forward moving plot progression 263 For the ninth season 89 of Rotten Tomatoes 365 critic reviews were positive with an average score of 7 15 10 The site s consensus states Nine seasons in The Walking Dead feels more alive than ever with heightened tension and a refreshed pace that rejuvenates this long running franchise 264 Metacritic scored the ninth season 72 100 based on 4 critic reviews 3 of which were positive one mixed and none negative 265 For the tenth season 77 of Rotten Tomatoes 392 critic reviews were positive with an average score of 7 10 The site s consensus states A few changes in front of and behind the camera allow TWD create space for compelling new stories and some seriously scary new adversaries 266 For the eleventh season 81 of Rotten Tomatoes 224 critic reviews were positive with an average score of 5 7 10 The site s consensus states While the sense of finality is diminished by the promise of even more spinoffs The Walking Dead s eleventh conclusion is a solid enough conclusion to an epic tale of zombies that never had a clear offramp to begin with 267 In 2013 TV Guide ranked The Walking Dead as the 8 sci fi show 274 Comments about diversity Some critics have commented on the increasing diversity of the series 275 276 277 This approach was initially applauded by commentators 275 276 In 2015 Lindsay Putnam of the New York Post questioned whether the show was in danger of becoming too diverse as the show seemingly reached critical mass for its nonwhite nonmale survivors and now has no choice but to kill them off 275 Robert Kirkman has discussed the increasing diversity of the show and the comic books He has described how he regrets the lack of diversity in the early issues of the comic book series and explained how they would have been vastly more diverse if he were to have started them now 278 Ratings During its first season The Walking Dead attracted between four and six million viewers 279 Viewership began to increase in its second season During seasons three to seven it attracted ten to seventeen million viewers 279 In 2012 during its third season it became the first cable series in television history to have the highest total viewership of any series during the fall season among 18 to 49 year old adults 279 280 In 2014 total viewership for the show s fifth season premiere was 17 3 million making it the most watched series episode in cable history 281 282 In 2016 a New York Times study of the 50 television series with the most Facebook likes found that like most other zombie series The Walking Dead is most popular in rural areas particularly southern Texas and eastern Kentucky 283 Ratings began to decline during season seven and have continued to steadily drop which was blamed on a variety of factors including Rick s presumed death By the end of season nine fewer viewers were watching than at any time since the show s first season 284 Viewership and ratings per season of The Walking Dead Season Timeslot ET Episodes First aired Last aired Avg viewers millions Date Viewers millions Date Viewers millions 1 Sunday 10 00 pm 6 October 31 2010 2010 10 31 5 35 285 December 5 2010 2010 12 05 5 97 286 5 24 287 2 Sunday 9 00 pm 13 October 16 2011 2011 10 16 7 26 288 March 18 2012 2012 03 18 8 99 289 6 90 290 3 16 October 14 2012 2012 10 14 10 87 291 March 31 2013 2013 03 31 12 40 292 10 75 293 4 16 October 13 2013 2013 10 13 16 11 294 March 30 2014 2014 03 30 15 68 295 13 33 296 5 16 October 12 2014 2014 10 12 17 30 282 March 29 2015 2015 03 29 15 78 297 14 38 298 6 16 October 11 2015 2015 10 11 14 63 299 April 3 2016 2016 04 03 14 19 300 13 15 301 7 16 October 23 2016 2016 10 23 17 03 302 April 2 2017 2017 04 02 11 31 303 11 35 304 8 16 October 22 2017 2017 10 22 11 44 305 April 15 2018 2018 04 15 7 92 306 7 82 307 9 16 October 7 2018 2018 10 07 6 08 308 March 31 2019 2019 03 31 5 02 309 4 95 310 10 22 October 6 2019 2019 10 06 4 00 311 April 4 2021 2021 04 04 2 12 312 3 04 313 11 24 August 22 2021 2021 08 22 2 22 314 November 20 2022 2022 11 20 2 27 315 1 69 316 Awards and nominations Main article List of awards and nominations received by The Walking Dead The Walking Dead was nominated for Best New Series by the Writers Guild of America Awards 2011 4 and Best Television Series Drama by the 68th Golden Globe Awards 5 The series was named one of the top 10 television programs of 2010 by the American Film Institute Awards 2010 317 For the 37th Saturn Awards the series received six nominations for Best Television Presentation Andrew Lincoln for Best Actor in Television Sarah Wayne Callies for Best Actress on Television Steven Yeun for Best Supporting Actor in Television Laurie Holden for Best Supporting Actress in Television and Noah Emmerich for Best Guest Starring Role in Television 318 The series was nominated for Best Drama Series by the inaugural 1st Critics Choice Television Awards 319 The pilot episode Days Gone Bye received three nominations from the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series 320 and won for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series Miniseries Movie or Special 321 For the 41st Saturn Awards the series received its highest number of nominations with a total of seven including for the series itself Andrew Lincoln for Best Actor on Television Norman Reedus for Best Supporting Actor on Television Emily Kinney and Melissa McBride for Best Supporting Actress on Television Andrew J West for Best Guest Star on Television and Chandler Riggs for Best Young Performer on Television 322 LawsuitsBreach of contract suits Frank Darabont s departure as showrunner in July 2011 during the second season came as surprise to many as it came shortly after the season s premiere and a few days after that year s Comic Con where Darabont helped to promote the series 323 It was speculated that he was unable to adjust to the schedule of running a television series 324 however The Hollywood Reporter reported that AMC had fired him There had been reported difficulties in the production of the second season including disputes over planned budget cuts and executive meddling and it was known that Darabont and AMC had several discussions relating to these factors Neither Darabont AMC nor the cast nor crew of The Walking Dead spoke about the reasons for his firing 325 In December 2013 Darabont and his agents from Creative Artists Agency CAA filed a lawsuit against AMC in a New York court citing breach of contract A central part of Darabont s lawsuit accuses AMC of denying him and the CAA the promised profits from the success of the series based on how AMC had used vertical integration in producing and distributing The Walking Dead 323 As stated in Darabont s filing he had initially entered into a contract with AMC to have a third party studio produce the series from which he would have obtained 12 5 of that entity s profits after standard deductions AMC wanted to produce the series in house and for the first season Darabont s lawyers had been assured that Darabont would be protected from self dealing fees by having AMC commit to imputed license fees equivalent to those of other independent studios with Darabont earning profit from that Darabont s suit contends that when the series s popularity took off AMC presented a license fee deal to Darabont around February 2011 that used an unconscionably low license fee formula such that AMC could report the series running at a loss and ensuring that Darabont would never see any profit from the series as an example the suit references statements in 2012 following the second season that AMC claimed the series was running at a 49 million deficit despite being one of the most popular series in broadcast 323 Darabont s suit contends he was fired just at the start of the second season so that AMC would avoid having to pay him 323 Initial discovery phase hearings were held in 2014 Darabont s lawyers sought to gain information from AMC on their other series specifically Breaking Bad and Mad Men to obtain a fair market value for The Walking Dead AMC asserted it had done no wrongdoing had already paid Darabont 3 million upfront for two seasons and was able to properly set the imputed license fee that worked into the profit formula for Darabont The network resisted the request to provide otherwise confidential information on the other series 326 The court granted Darabont s lawyers access to the requested information as part of the discovery phase 327 Darabont described crisis level problems during the series s production while under deposition claiming that AMC had cut the per episode budget from 3 4 million to 3 million while keeping the tax credit offered by the state of Georgia for filming there effectively reducing the production budget by 25 328 In August 2015 Darabont requested to amend his original complaint that AMC further reduced his profits from the second season as his firing mid season meant he was not fully vested in the season allowing AMC to reduce the profits paid him Darabont s amended request points out that he had written and produced all the episodes in that season already and was entitled to the proper profit share 329 The judge granted this amendment in February 2016 partially influenced by concerns raised in Darabont s deposition 330 At the end of the discovery phase in September 2016 Darabont s lawyers stated they were seeking damages of over 280 million AMC stated they would vigorously defend against the lawsuit 331 Summary judgement statements were completed in July 2017 332 While waiting for summary judgement Darabont and the CAA filed a second lawsuit against AMC based on further evaluation of material from the discovery phase The second suit contended that AMC purposely manipulated some of its licensing fees that should go to Darabont such as revenue from digital sales and from overseas markets and sought an addition US 10 million in damages 333 Though AMC had initially refused to provide necessary documents for discovery for this new case AMC did offer to willingly provide them after Darabont s attorneys threatened further legal action during October 2018 334 By December 2018 the presiding judge ruled against issuing summary judgement in the case setting up for a jury trial to hear the full case 335 Due to the retirement of the judge that had overseen the previous cases a new judge was assigned to the case in February 2019 who joined both the initial 2013 suit and the 2018 suit into a single case expected to be heard in May 2020 336 AMC filed a new request for summary judgement of the case in December 2019 337 The summary judgement was denied and the jury trial for the case started on February 10 2020 338 The judge also denied AMC summary judgement in the second suit for the additional US 10 million in April 2020 determining that should also go to jury 339 By July 2021 AMC reported they had settled with Darabont and CAA for 200 million and future royalty payments 340 In August 2017 Robert Kirkman Gale Anne Hurd Charles Eglee Glen Mazzara and David Alpert filed similar lawsuits against AMC citing breach of contract over profits owed to them as a result of AMC s vertical integration As with Darabont each had been given a certain percentage of the series s profits based on whether the series was produced by a third party but when it was transitioned to AMC Studios their share was dramatically reduced The Hollywood Reporter estimated that if the four sought similar damages to Darabont s the lawsuit could be as high as 1 billion 341 The suits filed separately in Los Angeles and New York City were consolidated into a single case heard in a Los Angeles court 342 Initial hearings over the contractual terms of the modified adjusted gross receipts were held in February and March 2020 and the court ruled in July 2020 that AMC had followed the contractual terms in calculating these amounts giving the network a preliminary victory in the trial 343 The court issued its final ruling in April 2022 granting summary judgment in favor of AMC with the judge ruling that there was no contractual language in the plaintiffs contract dealing with the modified adjusted gross receipts and thus there was no actionable claims they could make 344 Kirkman and the others said that despite the lawsuit they will continue to work as 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