THE WALKING DEAD RENEWED FOR A SEVENTH SEASON BY AMC …. The Season Of Negan

Here’s an annual “No shit, Sherlock” update. AMC has renewed its mega-successful zombie drama The Walking Dead, along with its post-mortem talk show The Talking Dead. As usual, this was a no-brainer decision on the network’s part, as the series remains the hottest thing on cable (that isn’t football).

While it hasn’t quite kept up its record-breaking momentum (how could it?), The Walking Dead is still consistently holding a devoted audience. Obviously, people aren’t getting tired of seeing walkers being demolished in the least. The most recent episode, a highly controversial number that may have seen the demise of one of the show’s most popular characters (I’m not convinced), gobbled up 18.2 million total viewers and 12.0 million among adults 18-49.

As per usual, the next season of The Walking Dead will commence in mid-October of next year. Will it be the Season of Negan? Methinks so.

AMC announced today that it has renewed The Walking Dead. The No. 1 show on television among adults 18-49 for the last three years will return for a seventh season in October 2016. In addition, AMC has renewed Talking Dead, the live after-show hosted by Chris Hardwick that ranks in the top 10 across all television among adults 18-49, with new episodes to follow The Walking Dead.

“Thank goodness someone had a Magic 8-Ball with them in our many long internal meetings about these renewals. When, on the third shake, ‘without a doubt’ filled the murky blue screen, we knew we had to proceed with new seasons of The Walking Dead and Talking Dead,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. “All joking aside, we are so proud to share these shows with fans who have been so passionate, communicative and engaged. We are grateful for and continually impressed by the talent, effort and excellence on continuous display by Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Chris Hardwick and the many people with whom we partner to make these unique shows possible. The result: More Walking and Talking. Hooray.”

For Season 7, Scott M. Gimple will return as the series’ showrunner and executive producer, along with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse.

Around the world, season seven of The Walking Dead will again be “First on FOX,” with FOX International Channels (FIC) bringing the show to audiences globally in all of its 125+ markets as part of FIC’s continued commitment to broadcast the series day-and-date internationally. Following the U.S. trend, The Walking Dead continues to break records overseas and has more than tripled its numbers on FOX since its launch.

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