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DEAD
THE SERIES IS EXCLUSIVELY BROADCAST ON AMC IN
THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY
THROUGH THE FOX NETWORKS GROUP. THE SERIES
PREMIERED ON OCTOBER 31, 2010. THE TENTH
SEASON PREMIERED ON OCTOBER 6, 2019 AND HAS
BEEN RENEWED FOR AN ELEVENTH AND FINAL
SEASON. AMC HAVE ALSO FURTHER DEVELOPED THE
SERIES INTO RELATED MEDIA; A SPINOFF SERIES,
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, PREMIERED ON AUGUST
23, 2015, AND IS RENEWED FOR A SIXTH SEASON. A
SECOND SPINOFF,
THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND, IS SET TO
PREMIERE IN 2020. AMC ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR
THREE FILMS TO FOLLOW RICK'S STORY AFTER
LINCOLN'S DEPARTURE. IN 2020, TWO FURTHER
SPINOFFS WERE ANNOUNCED: ONE FOCUSED ON
REEDUS' AND MCBRIDE'S CHARACTERS AND AN
ANTHOLOGY SERIES TO FEATURE INDIVIDUAL
CHARACTER BACKSTORIES.
HISTORY OF THE
WALKING DEAD
THE WALKING DEAD (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WALKING DEAD: THE GAME
AND THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON ONE
THE GAME TAKES PLACE IN THE SAME FICTIONAL WORLD AS THE
COMIC, WITH EVENTS OCCURRING SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF THE
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN GEORGIA. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE
CHARACTERS ARE ORIGINAL TO THIS GAME, WHICH CENTERS ON
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND CONVICTED CRIMINAL LEE EVERETT,
WHO RESCUES AND SUBSEQUENTLY TAKES CARE OF A YOUNG GIRL
NAMED CLEMENTINE. LEE BECOMES A PROTECTIVE FIGURE TO HER TO
HELP REUNITE HER WITH HER PARENTS. KIRKMAN PROVIDED
OVERSIGHT FOR THE GAME'S STORY TO ENSURE IT CORRESPONDED
TO THE TONE OF THE COMIC, BUT ALLOWED TELLTALE TO HANDLE THE
BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL WORK AND STORY SPECIFICS. SOME
CHARACTERS FROM THE ORIGINAL COMIC BOOK SERIES ALSO MAKE IN-
GAME APPEARANCES.