“Fear the Walking Dead” is a prequel to “The Walking Dead” series that shows us how the zombie apocalypse begun!
It is currently in its fifth season. So it is the perfect time to dive into some trivia and facts about this TV series!
- Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series
- It is created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson
- The show premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015
- It is a companion series and prequel to The Walking Dead
- Which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard
- In July 2018, AMC renewed the series for a fifth season
- Which premiered on June 2, 2019
- Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg have been the showrunners since the fourth season
- Set initially in Los Angeles, California and then later in Mexico
- The series follows a dysfunctional, blended family composed of high school guidance counselor Madison Clark, her English teacher fiancé Travis Manawa, her daughter Alicia, her drug addict son Nick, Travis’s son from a previous marriage, Chris, Chris’s mother Liza Ortiz
- And others who join their group at the onset of the apocalypse
- They must reinvent themselves, learning new skills and adopting new attitudes in order to survive as civilization collapses around them
- The first season consists of six episodes
- The second season, comprising 15 episodes
- It premiered on April 10, 2016
- On April 15, 2016, AMC announced the series had been renewed for a 16-episode third season
- Which premiered on June 4, 2017
- In April 2017, AMC renewed the series for a 16-episode fourth season
- And announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners
- The fourth season premiered on April 15, 2018
- On July 28, 2018, the series was renewed for a fifth season
- In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to The Walking Dead
- Which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman
- In September 2014, AMC ordered a pilot
- Which was written by Kirkman and Dave Erickson
- And directed by Adam Davidson
- And is executive produced by Kirkman, Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert
- With Erickson serving as showrunner
- The project was originally known as Cobalt
- Kirkman confirmed, in March 2015, that the series would be titled Fear the Walking Dead
- On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered Fear the Walking Dead to series
- With a two-season commitment
- On August 23, 2015, the series debuted simultaneously worldwide on: AMC in the U.S., AMC Global in major regional markets in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and FX in Australia
- Hulu holds the show’s video on demand rights in the U.S.
- While Amazon Instant Video owns the streaming rights in Austria and Germany
- And will make episodes available online one day after their original airing
- Streaming in the United Kingdom became available to Amazon Prime members in 2016
- The U.S. series premiere attracted 10.1 million total viewers
- With 6.3 million in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic
- Both cable television records for a series premiere
- Numerous international debuts of the pilot also set ratings records
- The first season averaged 11.2 million viewers in “live plus-3” ratings
- That includes VOD and DVR viewing within three days after initial telecast
- To become the highest-rated first season of any series in cable history
- It has been nominated for 11 awards since its debut
