The Walking Dead (TV series)

The Walking Dead
Genre	Post-apocalyptic Zombie apocalypse Horror Drama
Developed by	Frank Darabont
Starring	Andrew Lincoln Jon Bernthal Sarah Wayne Callies Laurie Holden Jeffrey DeMunn Steven Yeun Chandler Riggs Norman Reedus Melissa McBride Jeffrey Dean Morgan Lauren Cohan Danai Gurira
Composer	Bear McCreary
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	177 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Frank Darabont Gale Anne Hurd David Alpert Robert Kirkman Charles H. Eglee Glen Mazzara
Production location	Atlanta, Georgia
Cinematography	David Boyd Rohn Schmidt
Running time	66 minutes (2 episodes) 45 minutes
Production companies	AMC Studios Circle of Confusion Darkwood Productions Valhalla Motion Pictures
Original release
Network	AMC
Release	October 31, 2010 (2010-10-31) – November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
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The Walking Dead is an American zombie horror television series. It was adapted and developed by Frank Darabont. The show is based on the comic book series, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.

The series follows Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, sheriff's deputy. Rick wakes up in a hospital after being in a coma to find the world is filled with "walkers". These walkers are similar to the zombies of George A. Romero's horror movies. He leaves to find his family and others who are still alive.

The Walking Dead was first broadcast on October 31, 2010. on the cable television channel AMC in the United States.The show concluded with its eleventh season in 2022.

The series has been acclaimed by critics^[1][2] and has been nominated for many awards. These include a Writers Guild of America Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Television Series Drama".^[3][4] It has won two Emmy Awards. The series has also had extremely good ratings. The most watched season to date is season 5, with an average of 14.38 million viewers. The most recent season averaged 7.82 million viewers, which is just over half of season 5's average.

1. ↑ "The Walking Dead: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Metacritic-S2 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ Reiher, Andrea (December 14, 2010). "2011 Golden Globes nominations: 'Glee,' '30 Rock' lead TV nominations". Zap2it. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
4. ↑ "AMC Garners Six WGA Award Nominations for Acclaimed Original Dramas "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead"" (Press release). AMC. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.