The Walking Dead Season Five Sets New Record
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Posted October 13, 2014 05:49 PM by Webmaster
17.3 million viewers (11 million among adults 18-49) tuned in to watch the Sunday premiere of Walking Dead: Season Five -- a new record for AMC's zombie show. The show's previous record was set by the premiere of Season Four, which was watched by 16.1 million viewers.
Last week, AMC ordered a new season for The Walking Dead.
Season Five plot outline: Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, AMC's The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back), who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, insteadof the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead. Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) plays Shane Walsh, Rick's sheriff's department partner before the apocalypse, and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), is Rick's wife, Lori Grimes. Additional cast include: Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey DeMunn, Chandler Riggs, Iron E. Singleton and Melissa McBride. Guest stars include: Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson and Pruitt Taylor Vince.
Note: Earlier this year, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment and AMC released on Blu-ray The Walking Dead: Season Four. You can see our listing and review of this release here.
Last week, AMC ordered a new season for The Walking Dead.
Season Five plot outline: Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, AMC's The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back), who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, insteadof the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead. Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) plays Shane Walsh, Rick's sheriff's department partner before the apocalypse, and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), is Rick's wife, Lori Grimes. Additional cast include: Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey DeMunn, Chandler Riggs, Iron E. Singleton and Melissa McBride. Guest stars include: Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson and Pruitt Taylor Vince.
Note: Earlier this year, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment and AMC released on Blu-ray The Walking Dead: Season Four. You can see our listing and review of this release here.
