Walking Dead Wins Second Season
Frank Darabont's TV series is a huge hit for AMC.
The Walking Dead has been renewed for a second season, following its hugely successful pilot episode.
Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont has adapted the zombie comic series for the small screen, with 5.3 million tuning in for the first episode, and an impressive 4.7 million returning for the second. FX are currently broadcasting it in the UK on Friday nights.
British actor Andrew Lincoln stars as the small town sheriff who awakens in a hospital to find the country in the middle of a zombie outbreak. He sets off to find his missing wife and daughter, meeting other survivors on the way. Amazingly, for a television production, it features some of the goriest and most imaginative zombie action seen in years.
With only six episodes initially made, AMC have comissioned a 13-episode second season.
“The Dead has spread!” said Charlie Collier, President of AMC. “No other cable series has ever attracted as many Adults 18-49 as The Walking Dead. This reaffirms viewers’ hunger for premium television on basic cable. We are so proud to be bringing back The Walking Dead again, across the globe.”
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