AMC renews The Walking Dead for a sixth season.
Recognizing a good thing when it sees it, AMC has renewed fan-favourite, The Walking Dead for a sixth season, even before the fifth season has started to air.
The Walking Dead is the highest rated program in cable TV history, and, for the past two years, has been the #1 show with adults 18-49, so its no surprise AMC wanted to lock it down.
We could not be more excited for October 12th as we share new episodes of The Walking Dead with fans around the globe, said AMC President Charlie Collier in a press release.
In advance of Sundays season five premiere, AMC proudly confirms a sixth season order of this extraordinary series.
Thank you to Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, the terrific executive producers, and the entire team who brings this compelling world and these rich characters to life. Theres plenty more Dead ahead thanks to their impressive, collective effort.
The Walking Dead, season five, premieres, Sunday, Oct. 12, at 9 PM and is followed by the live season premiere of Talking Dead at 10 PM when host Chris Hardwick welcomes this weeks guests, showrunner and writer, Scott M. Gimple; executive producer and special effects make-up supervisor, Greg Nicotero and superfan Conan OBrien
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