“FEAR THE WALKING DEAD” SET FOR PREMIERE IN CENTRAL EUROPE SIMULTANEUOSLY WITH THE U.S. PREMIERE
Extended Episode to Debut on Monday, August 24th at 3 a.m. & 22:00 p.m. CET
AMC and AMC Global, the international AMC-branded television network, announced from Comic-Con International in San Diego that the worldwide premiere of summer’s most anticipated new series “Fear the Walking Dead” will air Sunday, August 23rd at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The extended episode will debut on AMC Global channels around the world simultaneously with the U.S. premiere, on Monday, August 24th at 3 a.m. CET and will then re-air during primetime, at 22:00 CET.
Each subsequent installment will air live simultaneously with AMC U.S. and repeat during primetime at 22:00 CET for the six-episode run of the first season. The season finale will premiere on October 5th in the Central and Eastern European territories.
“Anticipation around the world for ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is reaching a crescendo and we are ecstatic about delivering the series to worldwide fans at the exact same time as the U.S.,” said Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC and Sundance Channel Global. “Whether you’re in Hong Kong, Budapest, Prague or São Paulo, AMC viewers will be able to join the journey and experience the start of the zombie apocalypse together.”
“Robert Kirkman, Dave Erickson and the fantastic writers, producers, cast and crew responsible for bringing ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ to life have been hard at work creating an entirely distinct and compelling new series,” said Charlie Collier, AMC and SundanceTV U.S. President. “We join ‘Fear’ before the rise of the zombie apocalypse with an interesting family dynamic as its entry point. After years of planning, that we are now only six weeks from sharing ‘Fear’ with the world is truly exciting.”
A companion series to “The Walking Dead,” the #1 show on U.S. television among adults 18-49, “Fear the Walking Dead” takes us back to the beginning of the zombie apocalypse – a time when the world was changing rapidly for reasons unknown, before anyone understood exactly what was happening, when life as everyone knew it was upended and altered in ways no one could have ever imagined. “Fear the Walking Dead” is executive produced by Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert and showrunner David Erickson and produced by AMC Studios. The series, set in Los Angeles, stars Kim Dickens as Madison, Cliff Curtis as Travis, Frank Dillane as Nick, Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia, Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza, Ruben Blades as Daniel, Mercedes Mason as Ofelia and Lorenzo James Henrie as Chris.
