--- title: The Walking Dead Spinoff Coming This Summer description: AMC announced a two-season order of companion show for the zombie horror drama canonical: https://time.com/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-09T19:49:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:01:32.853Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Walking Dead Spinoff Series Coming This Summer og:description: AMC orders up two seasons of companion show to zombie horror drama og:url: https://time.com/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt027aee5df57abf02/698782d6a988ca47eb6acda5/cliff-curtis.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 26th Annual Producers Guild Of America Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Walking Dead Spinoff Series Coming This Summer twitter:description: AMC orders up two seasons of companion show to zombie horror drama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt027aee5df57abf02/698782d6a988ca47eb6acda5/cliff-curtis.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Walking Dead_ Spinoff Coming This Summer by [Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly Mar 9, 2015 7:49 PM CUT  Cliff Curtis attends the 26th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Jan. 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, Calif. Cliff Curtis attends the 26th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Jan. 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, Calif.David Livingston—Getty Images by [Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dalton Ross / Entertainment Weekly Mar 9, 2015 7:49 PM CUT The still-untitled Walking Dead companion series set in Los Angeles has received a two-season order from AMC, the network announced today. The first season will debut in late summer and consist of six one-hour episodes. The second season will air in 2016. The show—which will be produced by Walking Dead execs Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert, along with Sons of Anarchy’s Dave Erickson (who will act as showrunner)—has been a shoo-in to be greenlit ever since it was first announced, and the two-season order mirrors what the network eventually did with its Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. “We feel empowered by this two-season commitment, a serious show of faith from our network partner AMC,” Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman said in a statement. “I personally take it as a sign that they believe, like we do, that we’ve accomplished our goal of developing something original that can pay tribute to the original show and expand the world I created while at the same time having something new to say with this story. I’m very grateful that we now have the opportunity to tell this amazing story and show the fans that we really haven’t scratched the surface yet when it comes to The Walking Dead.” Showrunner Erickson echoed his enthusiasm: “This vote of confidence from our partners at AMC is gratifying, to say the least. We’ve been blessed with amazing writers and a stellar cast—and we can’t wait to build this apocalyptic drama over the next two seasons and hopefully beyond.” Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, and Alycia Debnam will headline the companion series, which will also air internationally through AMC Global with plans to air within 24 hours of the U.S. premiere. Dickens spoke with EW recently about her character, saying, “I like the role. I like that she was this bad-ass, Sigourney Weaver-type character. It was so fun, and the stakes are so high. It’s just so exciting, a fun sort of fantasy world to be in when I’ve done some other very grounded pieces lately. It’s always good to keep it exciting. Apparently there are more zombies that need killing.” And now they will get killed in Los Angeles…for at least two seasons. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/09/amc-announces-walking-dead-companion-series "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/"},"headline":"The Walking Dead Spinoff Coming This Summer","datePublished":"2015-03-09T19:49:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:01:32.853Z","description":"AMC orders up two seasons of companion show to zombie horror drama","url":"https://time.com/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/","keywords":["Television","AMC","The Walking Dead"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt027aee5df57abf02/698782d6a988ca47eb6acda5/cliff-curtis.jpg?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/blt027aee5df57abf02/698782d6a988ca47eb6acda5/cliff-curtis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"26th Annual Producers Guild Of America Awards - Arrivals","caption":"26th Annual Producers Guild Of America Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"David Livingston—Getty Images","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/3737874/walking-dead-companion-show/","name":"The Walking Dead Spinoff Coming This Summer"}}]}] ```