Exciting news here. AMC just announced that The Walking Dead is renewed for a fifth season with Scott Gimple returning as showrunner, along with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero, and Tom Luse.
I believe this is a first for the series to be renewed so early in a season, which has already set a new record with the premiere of Season 4, delivering 20.2 million viewers, live+3, and 13.2 million adults 18-49, a new record for any non-sports cable telecast.
AMC President Charlie Collier said:
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. 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 4 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.
Yell! Magazine will continue to review every episode of The Walking Dead. You can read our latest one on “Isolation” that aired on Sunday, and get a sneak peek at the next episode, entitled “Indifference“.
