Hungry for more? Good, because there is great news for fans of THE WALKING DEAD – the hit TV shows has been renewed for a seventh season by AMC after latest shocking episode pulls in 18million viewers.
AMC announced on Friday that the hit zombie show will return at least once more when its current season concludes, as will its companion chat show, TALKING DEAD.
Last Sunday’s episode – which may or may not have featured the death of one of the show’s most beloved characters – attracted more than 18million viewers. Fans of the show are nervously awaiting the next episode in the current season, to see if Glenn Rhee really was eaten alive, or if he’s just stuck under the eviscerated corpse of his suicidal Alexandrian frenemy.
The following TALKING DEADÂ also hung on to an impressive 7.3million, its highest ever rated episode that was not a premiere or a finale.
For season seven, Scott M. Gimple will return as the series’ showrunner and executive producer, along with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse.
It’s currently unclear which of the cast will survive all the way to season seven and no doubt we can expect some cast twists and emotional exits, but the series currently includes Andrew Lincoln as Rick, Chandler Riggs as Carl, Danai Gurira as Michonne, Melissa McBride as Carol, Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha, Lauren Cohan as Maggie, Norman Reedus as Daryl, Lennie James as Morgan, Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel, Michael Cudlitz as Abraham, Josh McDermitt as Eugene, Alanna Masterson as Tara, Christian Serratos as Rosita, Tovah Feldshuh as Deanna, Ross Marquand as Aaron, Alexandra Breckenridge as Jesse, and Austin Nichols as Spencer. The new episodes will premiere in October of 2016.
You can stay up to date on the sixth season of The Walking Dead by reading our weekly reviews here: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3.
