The Walking Dead
Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Battle Zombies in ‘Walking Dead: Dead City’ Trailer
The zombie kill count is predictably sky-high in the newest trailer for The Walking Dead: Dead City, which sees Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprising their roles from the flagship series to navigate a post-apocalyptic New York City. “How do we find our way out?” Maggie Greene, played by Cohan, asks as she surveys […]
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2023 Tribeca Festival TV Lineup Includes New Shows From Steven Soderbergh, Kenya Barris, Justina Machado
The 2023 Tribeca Festival has announced the lineups for its TV and Now programs. The TV lineup includes world premieres of Steven Soderbergh’s Max series Full Circle, starring Dennis Quaid, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Zazie Beetz, and Jharrel Jerome; the Kenya Barris-executive produced Diarra From Detroit for BET+, written and starring Diarra Kilpatrick; and Prime […]
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21 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History
[Warning: Spoilers ahead. Yes, some of these episodes aired years ago, but others are from more recent — very recent — history.] For fans, TV characters sometimes feel like old friends. That’s why their death often hits hard — even in the fictional world they live in. Over the years, several hit shows have killed […]
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‘The Last of Us’ Premiere Pulls in Strong Streaming Numbers
Zombies had a big week in the streaming rankings for Jan. 9-15. HBO’s The Last of Us, while it didn’t make the top 10 original series for the week, nonetheless had a strong debut on HBO Max. The Walking Dead, meanwhile, moved into second overall following the Netflix debut of its final episodes. Ginny & […]
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‘Walking Dead’ Andrew Lincoln-Danai Gurira Series Set for 2024
AMC will continue its Walking Dead franchise into 2024 — which will mark the return of Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira to the brand. The cable outlet has set a release slate for the next four shows in its Walking Dead universe, beginning with the eighth — and final, AMC says — season of Fear the Walking […]
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TV Ratings: ‘Walking Dead’ Gets Finale Bump, ‘Yellowstone’ Stays High
The series finale of The Walking Dead got a decent ratings bump on Sunday, delivering the show’s biggest same-day audience in almost two years. Yellowstone cooled some from its record-setting fifth season premiere but still drew the night’s largest non-sports audience, and the World Cup got off to a solid start for Fox Sports and […]
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‘The Walking Dead’ Stars React to Series Finale and Tease Upcoming Spinoffs: “The End of the Beginning”
The Walking Dead capped off an 11-season run on Sunday night, with the stars of AMC’s zombie hit celebrating the series finale at a fan event in Los Angeles. Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan and Melissa McBride, alongside their costars of past and present, walked the carpet at downtown’s Orpheum Theatre and weighed in […]
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Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Resurrects Fan-Favorite ‘Walking Dead’ Characters
Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort partnered with AMC Network’s Content Room to produce custom ads for The Walking Dead series finale that resurrected four fan-favorite characters. Fans of the long-running series were surprised Sunday when their screens were filled with shots of Milton Mamet (Dallas Roberts), Andrea Harrison (Laurie Holden), Rodney (Joe Ando-Hirsh) and Gareth (Andrew […]
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‘The Walking Dead’ by the Numbers: One of Cable’s Biggest Ever Series Bows Out
The Walking Dead closes its epic, record-setting run on AMC on Sunday. The show’s extended universe will live on, but the flagship series — one of the biggest in cable history — will wrap up at 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday. Going by recent Nielsen data, about 1.4 million people — save a possible series-ending bump in viewership — will […]
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Austin Amelio Joins Richard Linklater’s ‘Hitman’ (Exclusive)
The Walking Dead actor Austin Amelio has jumped on board Richard Linklater’s action comedy Hitman. Amelio will appear in the film based on true events opposite Adria Arjona and Glen Powell, who will play a Houston cop working undercover as an in-demand hitman. Amelio, who is also a pro skateboarder, is also a series regular […]
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As AMC Seeks Its Next Hit, President Reiterates Plan to Hit 20M-25M Subs By 2025
Even with The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul and Killing Eve all ending their runs this year, Dan McDermott, president of AMC Studios and entertainment, still said this will be the biggest year for original content in the history of AMC Networks. As for how the network will replace the departing series, McDermott, who was […]
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This Week in TV: ‘Ghosts,’ ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘SNL’
The fall premiere crush abates somewhat in the coming week, but the Sept. 28-Oct. 4 period still features more than a dozen broadcast debuts — including that of last season’s biggest new comedy, Ghosts. The final run of The Walking Dead and a significantly recast Saturday Night Live are also on tap. Below is The Hollywood Reporter‘s rundown of […]
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