The Walking Dead Renewed for a 5th Season
October 29, 2013Surprised? Didn’t think so.
With a 4th season premiere draw on viewers that beat out Sunday Night Football ratings (over 16 million same day viewers and 20.2 million factoring in DVR use), it certainly isn’t any surprise that AMC has renewed their hit series The Walking Dead for another season. The announcement came today on the AMC website:
“We are very happy to make what has to be one of the most anti-climactic renewal announcements ever: The Walking Dead is renewed for a fifth season,” said Charlie Collier, AMC president. “This is a show that has erased traditional distinctions between cable and broadcast. Its expanding base of passionate fans has grown every season, most recently – and most notably – with the season four premiere earlier this month, which broke viewership records for the series and became the biggest non-sports telecast in cable history. On behalf of the incredible team on both sides of the camera, thank you to the fans and here’s to more Dead.”
For season five, Scott Gimple will return as the series’ showrunner along with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse. AMC also recently announced that it is developing a companion series to The Walking Dead, based on a new story and new characters from Robert Kirkman.
Do you think the series has gone on long enough and has lost it’s touch or are you in favor of another season? I’m a huge Walking Dead fan so it won’t shock any of you if I said I was excited. How about you?
