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| Genre | Aftershow |
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| Presented by | Chris Hardwick |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 229 (and 13 specials)(list of episodes) |
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| Network | AMC |
| Release | October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) – November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20) |
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Talking Dead is alive televisionaftershow in which hostChris Hardwick discusses episodes of theAMC television seriesThe Walking Dead,Fear the Walking Dead andThe Walking Dead: World Beyond with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew from the series.[1][2]
The series features hostChris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with guests who are fans of the series. Cast and crew fromThe Walking Dead andFear the Walking Dead also appear on the talk show. Segments onTalking Dead include an "In Memoriam" highlighting the deaths from the episode, an online poll, episode trivia, behind-the-scenes footage, and questions from fans via phone, from the audience,Facebook,Twitter, or from the officialTalking Dead website. After the on-air episode ends, a bonus 15– 20-minute segment continues online for the 30-minute episodes; there would be a bonus 5- to 10-minute online segment for the 60-minute episodes; Hardwick refers to this bonus segment as "Talking Talking Dead".
The series premiered on October 16, 2011, following the encore presentation of thesecond-season premiere ofThe Walking Dead. When the series returned on February 10, 2013, from the season three mid-season finale, the series moved to 10:00 pm, directly followingThe Walking Dead and expanded to one hour.[3] Hardwick stated that having the show go an hour as opposed to half an hour allowed more "breathing room" and more time to discuss the topics with the guests/fans.
Producers that were regular guests ofTalking Dead include: creator ofThe Walking DeadRobert Kirkman, seasons 2–3 showrunnerGlen Mazzara, director and executive producerGreg Nicotero, executive producerGale Anne Hurd, and seasons 4–8 showrunnerScott M. Gimple. Guests listed after "with" were surprise guests for the episode. Robert Kirkman and Greg Nicotero have the most appearances of any crew member at 10 episodes each.Lauren Cohan is the most featured cast member with 7 episodes.Yvette Nicole Brown is the outside guest with the most appearances at 10 episodes.
On three of the episodes at the end of season 2 ofTalking Dead, musicians featured onThe Walking Dead'ssoundtrack performed at the end of the show. On the first half of season 3 ofTalking Dead, the "Kill of the Week" feature was included; in addition, the show took questions from the studio audience. In season 3 ofTalking Dead, "fan of the week" was introduced for fans who used the "Dead Yourself" mobile app. The show also introduced "Survival Tips", which gave tips on how to survive if a hypothetical zombie apocalypse really happened. Season 5 began showcasing fan art.
The series became known for often having members of the cast appear after the episode in which their characters were killed (for example,Laurie Holden for "Welcome to the Tombs"). Recognizing that this may spoil viewers, the show now tries its best to avoid this, though the trend still appears from time to time. NotablyEmily Kinney was not announced as the guest actor for the episode following "Coda" until the program's airtime due to her character's sudden death at the end of the accompanying episode.
Talking Dead also began airing after episodes ofFear the Walking Dead's second season, which premiered on April 10, 2016.[4]
On July 13, 2018, it was announced that longtime guest Yvette Nicole Brown would temporarily take over Hardwick's role as host forTalking Dead beginning on August 5 forThe Walking Dead season 9 preview special. The decision was made to replace Hardwick because AMC was completing their assessment related to Hardwick who was accused of sexual harassment by his ex-girlfriendChloe Dykstra.[5] On July 25, AMC announced that Hardwick would be reinstated as host beginning with the August 12 broadcast, and that Brown would guest host the August 5 broadcast. AMC made the following statement, "Following a comprehensive assessment by AMC, working with Ivy Kagan Bierman of the firm Loeb & Loeb, who has considerable experience in this area, Chris Hardwick will return to AMC as the host ofTalking Dead andTalking with Chris Hardwick. We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work is the appropriate step."[6] An executive producer and several staffers left the show due to the decision to allow his return.[7]
In June 2019, it was confirmed thatTalking Dead would not be broadcast after every episode ofFear the Walking Dead's fifth season. An episode was broadcast following the season premiere, and it returned after the mid-season finale ofFear the Walking Dead.[8]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 13 | October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) | March 18, 2012 (2012-3-18) | |
| 2 | 16 | October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) | March 31, 2013 (2013-3-31) | |
| 3 | 16 | October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) | March 30, 2014 (2014-3-30) | |
| 4 | 16 | October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) | March 29, 2015 (2015-3-29) | |
| 5 | 30 | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) | October 2, 2016 (2016-10-2) | |
| 6 | 28 | October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23) | October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) | |
| 7 | 31 | October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) | September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30) | |
| 8 | 20 | October 7, 2018 (2018-10-7) | September 29, 2019 (2019-9-29) | |
| 9 | 30 | October 6, 2019 (2019-10-6) | June 13, 2021 (2021-6-13) | |
| 10 | 29 | August 22, 2021 (2021-8-22) | November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20) | |
AMC officially counts the first season ofTalking Dead as season 2 and each subsequent season one number higher than is listed here. This is so that the season numbers for episodes ofTalking Dead match the season numbers for episodes ofThe Walking Dead that they discuss.
For the67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Interactive Program.[9] It was nominated again the year after.[10]
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