'Walking Dead' Final Season Will Air Early
by EG
The Walking Dead will come to an end sooner than expected. The series' final season will begin in August, instead of October as has been the tradition. The final season will also be significantly longer than previous seasons. TWD was, at one time, the most watched scripted series on cable TV, but its ratings have plummeted in recent years. Read on for details.
The end of The Walking Dead is closer than you think.
AMC on Sunday announced that the 11th and final season of The Walking Dead would return Aug. 22. That's two months earlier than the show's traditional October debut and the first time the flagship zombie drama has launched outside of the Halloween season.
The final season will consist of 24 episodes — essentially a season and a half — and stretch through late 2022 on AMC as the basic cable network plans to spinoff stars Norman Reedus (Daryl) and Melissa McBride (Carol) into their own as yet untitled series.
The news was announced Sunday via a teaser that aired during the 10th season finale. (Watch that, below.) Season 10 was expanded with six additional episodes that were filmed during the pandemic.
"Coming off of the six additional episodes for season 10, which focused on smaller, character-driven stories, we're excited to kick off season 11 bigger than ever,” showrunner Angela Kang said in a statement Sunday. "The stakes will be high — we'll see more zombies, tons of action, intriguing new stories, never-before-seen locations and our groups together in one community for the first time, trying to rebuild what the Whisperers took from them."
In September, after months of deliberations, AMC announced that the flagship Walking Dead would wrap with its expanded 11th season. Sources say executives involved with the franchise had debated between ending the show with either the 11th or 12th season, but ultimately a decision was made to wrap with an expanded 11th season.
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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