AMC announced today that it has renewed its original drama series The Walking Dead for a seventh season. In addition, the network has also renewed Talking Dead, the live after-show hosted by Chris Hardwick.
The October 25 episode of The Walking Dead delivered 18.2 million viewers, 12 million adults 18-49 and 11.5 million adults 25-54 in Live+3 ratings - each growing compared to last season's corresponding episode. Last Sunday's Talking Dead was its highest rated episode ever that was not a premiere or a finale, delivering 7.3 million viewers, 4.6 million adults 18-49 and 4.7 million adults 25-54 in Live+3.
"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.
Series regulars for the drama's sixth season include Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Alanna Masterson, Seth Gilliam, Alexandra Breckenridge, Ross Marquand, Austin Nichols and Tovah Feldshuh.
