Talking Dead

Television series
Original title	Talking Dead
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	since 2011
Production company	Embassy Row Sony Pictures Television
length	approx. 30-60 minutes
Episodes	184+ (+ 8 specials) + in 9 seasons
Broadcasting cycle	weekly (if in the program)
genre	Talk show
production	Sharon Lord
Moderation	Chris Hardwick
First broadcast	October 16, 2011 on AMC

Talking Dead is a talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick on the US TV channel AMC , which revolves around the television series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead . In the program, which will be broadcast after a new episode of the respective television series, Hardwick and his guests - including celebrity fans of the series, actors and other crew members - discuss the events of the current episode.

format

In addition to the discussion about the current episode, the talk show also offers insights into the creation of the series, as well as further background information. It also answers questions from fans on Facebook , Twitter or the official website. Another category is “In Memoriam”, in which the deaths of the previous episode are examined in more detail. In addition to the linear broadcast on television, other content is published exclusively online, which is between 5 and 20 minutes long and is entitled "Talking Talking Dead".

The talk show first aired on October 16, 2011, immediately following the premiere of the second season of The Walking Dead . On February 10, 2013, following the 9th episode of the third season, the airtime of the talk show was extended to 60 minutes for the first time.

Episode list

In addition to Robert Kirkman , the author of the series, many other crew members such as Glen Mazzara , Greg Nicotero , Gale Anne Hurd and Scott M. Gimple have been guests on the show.

Season 1 (2011-2012)

Season 1 of the talk show covers the second season of the television series.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Guests	First broadcast	Odds
1	1	Patton Oswalt , James Gunn and Robert Kirkman	Oct 16, 2011	1.16 million
2	2	Brian Posehn and Robert Kirkman	Oct 23, 2011	1.11 million
3	3	Felicia Day , Jon Heder and Gale Anne Hurd	Oct 30, 2011	1.00 million
4th	4th	Matt Mogk, Matt Besser, Steven Yeun and Lauren Cohan	Nov 6, 2011	1.00 million
5	5	Aisha Tyler and Michael Rooker	Nov 13, 2011	1.16 million
6th	6th	Kevin Smith and Paul F. Tompkins	Nov 20, 2011	-
7th	7th	Greg Nicotero , Robert Kirkman, Norman Reedus, and Laurie Holden	Nov 27, 2011	1.07 million
8th	8th	Dave Navarro and Glen Mazzara	Dec 2, 2011	-
9	9	Steven Yeun and Paget Brewster	Dec. 19, 2011	1.12 million
10	10	Michael Zegen, Kevin Smith and Scott Wilson	Feb. 26, 2012	0.96 million
11	11	Greg Nicotero, Scott Ian and Dana Gould	March 4, 2012	-
12	12	Lauren Cohan and Zachary Levi	March 11, 2012	1.33 million
13	13	Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara and Laurie Holden	March 18, 2012	4.30 million

Season 2 (2012-2013)

The second season covers the episodes of the third season. In July 2012, a special episode was broadcast to preview the third season.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Guests	First broadcast	Odds
-	-	Drew Carey , Glen Mazzara , Gale Anne Hurd , David Alpert, Robert Kirkman and Chandler Riggs	July 8, 2012	1.59 million
14th	1	Glen Mazzara and Danai Gurira	Oct 14, 2012	2.14 million
15th	2	Wil Wheaton and Nick Gomez	Oct 21, 2012	1.88 million
16	3	David Alpert and Bobak Ferdowsi	Oct 28, 2012	1.75 million
17th	4th	IronE Singleton and Gale Anne Hurd	Nov 4, 2012	2.00 million
18th	5	Greg Nicotero and Dalton Ross	Nov 11, 2012	1.93 million
19th	6th	Joel Madden and Sarah Silverman	Nov 18, 2012	1.92 million
20th	7th	CM Punk and Yvette Nicole Brown	Nov 25, 2012	1.99 million
21st	8th	Robert Kirkman and Damon Lindelof	Dec 2, 2012	2.25 million
22nd	9	Kevin Smith and Steven Yeun	Feb 10, 2013	4.14 million
23	10	Robert Kirkman, Joe Manganiello, and Lew Temple; Music: Baby Bee	Feb. 17, 2013	4.01 million
24	11	Retta, Scott Adsit and Emily Kinney	Feb. 24, 2013	3.50 million
25th	12	Aisha Tyler and Scott Porter	March 3, 2013	3.75 million
26th	13	Keegan-Michael Key , Eliza Dushku, and Lauren Cohan ; Music: Jamie N. Commons	March 10, 2013	3.43 million
27	14th	Kumail Nanjiani, Todd McFarlane, and Laurie Holden ; Music: Voxhaul Broadcast	17th March 2013	3.71 million
28	15th	Reggie Watts, Greg Nicotero, David Morrissey and Michael Rooker	March 24, 2013	4.49 million
29	16	Norman Reedus , Yvette Nicole Brown and Chad Coleman	March 31, 2013	5.16 million

Season 3 (2013-2014)

The third season of Talking Dead covers the events of the fourth season of the television series.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Guests	First broadcast	Odds
30th	1	Scott M. Gimple and Nathan Fillion	Oct 13, 2013	5.10 million
31	2	Doug Benson, Greg Nicotero and Hayley Williams	Oct 20, 2013	4.85 million
32	3	Gale Anne Hurd , Jack Osbourne and Marilyn Manson	Oct 27, 2013	4.09 million
33	4th	Chris Jericho and Gillian Jacobs	Nov 3, 2013	4.34 million
34	5	Adam Savage and Breckin Meyer	Nov 10, 2013	4.27 million
35	6th	Ike Barinholtz and David Morrissey	Nov 17, 2013	4.07 million
36	7th	Paul Scheer, Fred Armisen and Jose Pablo Cantillo	Nov 24, 2013	3.43 million
37	8th	Robert Kirkman , Lauren Cohan , Scott Wilson	Dec. 1, 2013	6.02 million
38	9	Greg Nicotero and Danai Gurira	Feb 9, 2014	5.85 million
39	10	Joe Kernen, Jim Gaffigan and Alanna Masterson	Feb 16, 2014	4.77 million
40	11	Michael Cudlitz and Mindy Kaling	23 Feb 2014	4.72 million
41	12	Norman Reedus , Emily Kinney and JB Smoove	March 2, 2014	5.01 million
42	13	Lauren Cohan and Sonequa Martin-Green	March 9, 2014	4.62 million
43	14th	Melissa McBride , CM Punk and Yvette Nicole Brown	March 16, 2014	5.42 million
44	15th	Josh McDermitt and Steven Yeun	March 23, 2014	5.29 million
45	16	Andrew Lincoln and Scott M. Gimple	March 30, 2014	7.34 million

Season 4 (2014-2015)

In the fourth season, the fifth season of The Walking Dead was discussed. In July 2014, a special episode was broadcast that previewed the upcoming season.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Guests	First broadcast	Odds
-	-	Scott M. Gimple and Aisha Tyler	7th July 2014	2.40 million
46	1	Greg Nicotero , Scott M. Gimple, and Conan O'Brien	Oct 12, 2014	6.88 million
47	2	Matt L. Jones and Chad L. Coleman	Oct. 19, 2014	5.13 million
48	3	Slash , Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Andrew J. West	Oct 26, 2014	5.32 million
49	4th	Emily Kinney , Ana Gasteyer and John Barrowman	Nov 2, 2014	5.98 million
50	5	Michael Cudlitz , Josh McDermitt and Gale Anne Hurd	Nov 9, 2014	5.63 million
51	6th	CM Punk , Yvette Nicole Brown and Tyler James Williams	Nov 16, 2014	5.36 million
52	7th	Paul F. Tompkins , Christian Serratos and Sonequa Martin-Green	23 Nov 2014	4.18 million
53	8th	Keegan-Michael Key , Robert Kirkman and Emily Kinney	Nov 30, 2014	6.57 million
54	9	Greg Nicotero and Chad L. Coleman	Feb 8, 2015	2.85 million
55	10	Robin Lord Taylor , Seth Gilliam and Lauren Cohan	Feb 15, 2015	5.07 million
56	11	Paul Feig and Danai Gurira	Feb 22, 2015	4.86 million
57	12	Alanna Masterson , Timothy Simons and Denise Huth	March 1, 2015	5.63 million
58	13	Kevin Smith , Ross Marquand and Alexandra Breckenridge	March 8, 2015	5.73 million
59	14th	Steven Yeun , Josh McDermitt and Tyler James Williams	March 15, 2015	5.93 million
60	15th	Chandler Riggs , Yvette Nicole Brown and Gale Anne Hurd	March 22, 2015	6.02 million
61	16	Norman Reedus , Melissa McBride and Lennie James	March 29, 2015	7.53 million

Season 5 (2015-2016)

The first 16 episodes of the fifth season of the talk show revolve around the sixth season of The Walking Dead , the remaining 15 episodes around the second season of Fear the Walking Dead . Furthermore, in August 2015 a special episode with a preview of the future season The Walking Dead and on October 4, 2015 a special episode for the season finale of the first season of Fear the Walking Dead was broadcast.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Guests	First broadcast	Odds
-	-	Scott M. Gimple and Jorge Garcia	23 Aug 2015	4.18 million
-	-	Kim Dickens , Cliff Curtis and Dave Erickson	Oct 4, 2015	2.38 million
62	1	Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, and Ethan Embry	Oct 11, 2015	5.66 million
63	2	Kevin Smith , Paul Bettany and Katelyn Nacon	Oct 18, 2015	4.31 million
64	3	Yvette Nicole Brown and Damon Lindelof	Oct 25, 2015	6.20 million
65	4th	Lennie James , John Carroll Lynch and Josh Gad	Nov 1, 2015	4.64 million
66	5	Alexandra Breckenridge and Zachary Levi	Nov 8, 2015	4.94 million
67	6th	Michael Rooker , Paget Brewster and Doug Benson	Nov 15, 2015	3.11 million
68	7th	Ken Jeong , Gale Anne Hurd , Steven Yeun, and Scott M. Gimple	Nov 22, 2015	3.21 million
69	8th	Jason Alexander , Robert Kirkman and Tovah Feldshuh	Nov 29, 2015	2.73 million
70	9	Carrie Underwood , Greg Nicotero and Benedict Samuel	Feb 14, 2016	6.44 million
71	10	Danai Gurira , Austin Nichols and Nathan Fillion	Feb 21, 2016	5.69 million
72	11	Kid Cudi , Lauren Cohan and Tom Payne	Feb 28, 2016	4.89 million
73	12	Alanna Masterson , Ross Marquand and JB Smoove	6th Mar 2016	4.84 million
74	13	Paul Feig , Melissa McBride and Alicia Witt	13 Mar 2016	5.06 million
75	14th	Christian Serratos , Josh McDermitt and Greg Raewiski	20 Mar 2016	5.33 million
76	15th	Yvette Nicole Brown , Denise Huth and Sonequa Martin-Green	27 Mar 2016	5.00 million
77	16	Norman Reedus , Scott M. Gimple, Robert Kirkman, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan	Apr 3, 2016	6.38 million
78	17th	Cliff Curtis , Dave Erickson and Hozier	Apr 10, 2016	2.36 million
79	18th	Kim Dickens , Lou Diamond Phillips and Lyndie Greenwood	Apr 17, 2016	1.94 million
80	19th	Chris Jericho , Lorenzo James Henrie and Michelle Ang	Apr 24, 2016	1.69 million
81	20th	Yvette Nicole Brown and Colman Domingo	May 1, 2016	1.64 million
82	21st	Alycia Debnam-Carey , Jesse McCartney and Daniel Zovatto	May 8, 2016	1.60 million
83	22nd	Mercedes Mason , Jim Gaffigan and Tamera Mowry-Housley	May 15, 2016	1.60 million
84	23	Gale Anne Hurd, Cliff Curtis , Marlene Forte and Rubén Blades	May 22, 2016	0.96 million
85	24	Kim Dickens, Dave Erickson and Danay García	Aug 21, 2016	1.35 million
86	25th	Kim Dickens, Colman Domingo and Ethan Embry	28 Aug 2016	0.96 million
87	26th	Jonah Ray, Kelly Blatz and Karen Bethzabe	4th Sep 2016	1.13 million
88	27	Reggie Watts, Danay Garcia and Paul Calderón	Sep 11 2016	1.06 million
89	28	Mercedes Mason, Dylan Sprayberry and David Alpert	Sep 18 2016	1.11 million
90	29	Drew Scott, Lorenzo James Henrie and Elizabeth Rodriguez	25 Sep 2016	1.14 million
91	30th	Alycia Debnam-Carey and two surprise guests	Oct 2, 2016	1.28 million

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Seidman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Doubles NLCS + NJ Housewives, 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Talking Dead,' 'Dexter' & Much More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 18, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
2. ^ Bill Gorman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Slips, Still Tops; + NJ Housewives, 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Homeland,' 'Dexter' & Much More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 25, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
3. ↑ Robert Seldman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Drops, Still Tops; + 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Homeland,' 'Dexter' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
4. ↑ Robert Seldman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead,' 'Hell On Wheels' Lead AMC + 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Homeland,' 'Dexter' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 8, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
5. ↑ Bill Gorman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Stays On Top + 'Housewives Atl,' 'Hell On Wheels,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Homeland,' 'Dexter' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
6. ↑ Robert Seidman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Goes Out on Top + Kardashians, 'Housewives' 'Soul Train Awards,' 'Hell On Wheels,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Homeland,' 'Dexter' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
7. ↑ Robert Seidman: Sunday Cable Ratings: More Cable Beats Broadcast - 'The Walking Dead' Down, But Still Dominates + 'Ax Men', 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'Shameless,' 'House Of Lies' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2012. 
8. ↑ Bill Gorman: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Rises + 'NBA All-Star Game,' 'Ax Men', Oscar's Red Carpet & More . In: TV by the Numbers . February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 28, 2012. 
9. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Dominates, 'Oprah's Next Chapter' Sees Series High . In: TV by the Numbers . March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
10. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Season Finale Laps the Field + 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'Frozen Planet,' 'Army Wives' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
11. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians',' Falling Skies', 'Army Wives',' The Newsroom ',' Drop Dead Diva ',' Longmire ',' Walking Dead Marathon '& More . In: TV by the Numbers . July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
12. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Dominates Night, Space Jump, 'Dexter', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Homeland,' 'Breaking Amish', & More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 16, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 16, 2012. 
13. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Kills it Again, + 'Breaking Amish', 'Dexter', 'Long Island Medium', 'NFL Countdown', & More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 23, 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2012. 
14. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Breaking Amish', 'Dexter', 'Homeland', 'Long Island Medium', 'Boardwalk Empire' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 30, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 31, 2012. 
15. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Easily Wins Night, + 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Breaking Amish', 'Talking Dead', 'Long Island Medium' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
16. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Breaking Amish', 'Dexter', 'Homeland', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
17. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'Breaking Amish', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Dexter', 'Sofia the First' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
18. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Dominates Night, 'Soul Train Awards', 'Liz & Dick', 'Dexter', 'Homeland', 'Boardwalk Empire' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
19. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Midseason Finale Dominates Night + 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Shahs of Sunset', 'Dexter', 'Sister Wives' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . December 4, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
20. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Kills the Competition + 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Live from the Red Carpet' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . February 12, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
21. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'NBA All Star Game', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Ax Men', 'Shameless', 'Bar Rescue' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
22. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'Live From the Red Carpet', 'Ax Men', 'Bar Rescue', 'Shameless' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
23. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'The Bible,' Vikings', 'Shameless',' Real Housewives of Atlanta ',' Pawn Stars' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
24. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'The Bible', 'Vikings', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'The Client List' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
25. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'The Bible', 'Vikings', 'The Client List', 'Shameless', 'Army Wives' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
26. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'The Bible', 'Talking Dead', NCAA Basketball, 'Vikings' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
27. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Game of Thrones', 'The Bible', 'Vikings', 'Shameless', 'The Client List' & More . April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
28. ↑ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'Witches of East End', 'Homeland,' Boardwalk Empire '& More . In: TV by the Numbers . October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.