--- description: The series will debut in late summer title: 'The Walking Dead' Spinoff Series Has a Title Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2bd4000f2872253/6987859f2dce014fe89de3fd/screen-shot-2015-03-27-at-3-16-58-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Walking Dead_ Spinoff Series Has a Title Now by [Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2015 7:22 PM CUT  Danai Gurira (L) and Andrew Lincoln (R) in episode 13 of AMC's 'The Walking Dead.' Danai Gurira (L) and Andrew Lincoln (R) in episode 13 of AMC's 'The Walking Dead.'Gene Page—AMC by [Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2015 7:22 PM CUT _Walking Dead_ creator Robert Kirkman just broke some big news, confirming the title of AMC’s upcoming _The Walking Dead_ companion series. And that title is…_Fear the Walking Dead_. [As previously reported](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/09/amc-announces-walking-dead-companion-series "undefined"), the new version is scheduled to debut in late summer with a six episode first season, and season 2 airing in 2016\. The new show will take place in Los Angeles and stars Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, and Alycia Debnam. And now it has it’s title. Here’s Kirkman’s tweet breaking the news. All that’s left is to figure out what they will call the inevitable Chris Hardwick companion talk show to follow: _Talking Fear the Walking Dead?_ > [](https://twitter.com/RobertKirkman/status/581526796958584832) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/27/walking-dead-companion-series-fear-walking-dead "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. HBO; De Agostini—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3761911/fear-the-walking-dead-title/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3761911/fear-the-walking-dead-title/"},"headline":"The Walking Dead Spinoff Series Has a Title Now","datePublished":"2015-03-27T19:22:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:49.519Z","description":"The series will debut in late summer","url":"https://time.com/3761911/fear-the-walking-dead-title/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2bd4000f2872253/6987859f2dce014fe89de3fd/screen-shot-2015-03-27-at-3-16-58-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2bd4000f2872253/6987859f2dce014fe89de3fd/screen-shot-2015-03-27-at-3-16-58-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Danai Gurira (L) and Andrew Lincoln (R) in episode 13 of AMC's 'The Walking Dead.'","caption":"Danai Gurira (L) and Andrew Lincoln (R) in episode 13 of AMC's 'The Walking Dead.'","creditText":"Gene Page—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3761911/fear-the-walking-dead-title/","name":"The Walking Dead Spinoff Series Has a Title Now"}}]}] ```