AMC ANNOUNCES LIVE, 90-MINUTE SPECIAL EDITION OF
“TALKING DEAD” FEATURING 12 CAST MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SCOTT M. GIMPLE AND ROBERT KIRKMAN
Over 2,000 Fans Will Have the Opportunity to Win Free Tickets
to a Screening of “The Walking Dead” Season 7 Premiere Episode and
“Talking Dead” Taping at Los Angeles’ Iconic Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sunday, October 23
The “Talking Dead at Hollywood Forever” Ticket Sweepstakes Opens on
“The Walking Dead” Season 7 Debuts Sunday, October 23rd at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with “Talking Dead” to Follow at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on AMC
New York, NY – October 3, 2016 – AMC
announced today a live, 90-minute special edition of “Talking Dead,”
featuring 12 cast members – everyone in the final gut-wrenching scene
from the Season 6 finale – and executive producers Scott M. Gimple and
Robert Kirkman, on Sunday, October 23.
Over 2,000 “Dead” fans will have the opportunity to win free tickets to
a screening of “The Walking Dead” Season 7 premiere episode at 6:00 p.m. PT
(live with the East Coast airing) and “Talking Dead” taping, hosted by
Chris Hardwick, at Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The
“Talking Dead at Hollywood Forever” ticket sweepstakes opens on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00 a.m. ET at www.TalkingDeadSweeps.com .
In addition to Gimple and Kirkman, “Talking Dead” will feature guests
Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira,
Michael Cudlitz, Sonequa Martin-Green, Chandler Riggs, Josh McDermitt,
Christian Serratos, Ross Marquand and Jeffery Dean Morgan.
“As
‘The Walking Dead’ returns with one of the most powerful and highly
anticipated episodes in series history, it feels fitting to literally
share this night with the fans whose support have made this show what it
is today,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC
Studios. “As a fan myself, even I crave a supersized ‘Talking Dead’ to
do what it does best – serve as a focal point for fans – along with
Chris, the producers and the largest cast the show has ever assembled –
to experience, discuss and process together this emotional episode.”
Based
on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by
Image Comics, “The Walking Dead” reigns as television’s most watched
drama for adults 18-49 for the last four years. “The Walking Dead” tells
the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie
apocalypse, and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick
Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The series,
which has been heralded by critics as “an honest-to-God phenomenon” (Variety), is executive produced by Gimple, Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse.
AMC’s
first live after show, “Talking Dead,” launched in October 2011 as a
way to immediately discuss and recap new episodes of “The Walking Dead.”
Over the second half of the last season, “Talking Dead averaged 6.4
million viewers, including 3.8 million adults 18-49 and 4.1 million
adults 25-54 in Nielson Live +3 ratings* The series is executive
produced by Michael Davies, Jen Patton and Brandon Monk.
About AMC
AMC
is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on
television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the Emmy®
Award for Outstanding Drama Series with “Mad Men” in 2008, which then
went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before “Breaking
Bad” won it in 2013 and 2014. The network’s series “The Walking Dead” is
the highest-rated series in cable history and the number one show on
television among adults 18-49 for the last four years. AMC’s other
current original drama series include “Better Call Saul,” “Hell on
Wheels,” “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Humans,”
“Fear the Walking Dead,” “Into the Badlands,” “The Night Manager,”
“Preacher,” and forthcoming “The
Son” and “The Terror.” AMC also explores authentic worlds and
discussion with original shows like “Talking Dead,” “The Making of The
Mob,” “Comic Book Men,”
“Ride with Norman Reedus” and “The American West.” AMC is owned and
operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC,
SundanceTV, BBC America and WE tv. AMC is available across all
platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.
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