Talking Dead

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Talking Dead
File:Talking Dead logo.jpeg
Genre Talk show
Directed by Russell Norman
Mike Corey
Presented by Chris Hardwick
Composer(s) Freeplay Music
The Music Collective
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 84 (and 4 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Michael Davies
  • Jen Kelly Patton
  • Brandon Monk
Producer(s) Sharon Lord
Chris Hardwick
Cash Hartzell
Chris Smith
Production location(s) CBS Television City, Hollywood, California
Editor(s)
  • Eugene Baldovino
  • Life Garland
  • Todd Muscat
  • Jason Pauley
Production company(s) Embassy Row
AMC Studios
Release
Original network AMC
Original release October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) –
present
Chronology
Related shows The Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead
External links
Website

Talking Dead is a live talk show in which host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew from the series.[1][2]

Broadcast and format

The series features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with guests who are fans of the series. Cast and crew from The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead also appear on the talk show. Segments on Talking Dead include an "In Memoriam" highlighting the deaths from the episode, an online poll, episode trivia, behind-the-scenes footage, and questions from fans via phone, from the audience, Facebook, Twitter, or from the official Talking Dead website. After the on-air episode ends, a bonus 15–20 minute segment continues online for the 30 minute episodes; there would be a bonus 5- to 10-minute online segment for the 60 minute episodes; Hardwick refers to this bonus segment as "Talking Talking Dead".

The series premiered on October 16, 2011, following the encore presentation of the second season premiere of The Walking Dead. When the series returned on February 10, 2013 from the season three midseason finale, the series moved to 10:00 pm, directly following The Walking Dead and expanded to one hour.[3] Hardwick stated that having the show go an hour as opposed to half an hour allowed more "breathing room" and more time to discuss the topics with the guests/fans.

Producers that were regular guests of Talking Dead include: creator of The Walking Dead Robert Kirkman, seasons 2–3 showrunner Glen Mazzara, director and executive producer Greg Nicotero, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, and seasons 4–6 showrunner Scott M. Gimple. Guests listed after "with" were surprise guests for the episode.

On three of the episodes at the end of season 2 of Talking Dead, musicians featured on The Walking Dead's soundtrack performed at the end of the show. On the first half of season 3 of Talking Dead, the "Kill of the Week" feature was included; in addition, the show took questions from the studio audience. In season 3 of Talking Dead, "fan of the week" was introduced for fans who used the "Dead Yourself" mobile app. The show also introduced "Survival Tips", which gave tips on how to survive if a hypothetical zombie apocalypse really happened. Season 5 began showcasing fan art.

The series became known for often having members of the cast appear after the same episode their characters were killed off in (for example, Laurie Holden for "Welcome to the Tombs"). Recognizing that this may spoil viewers, the show now tries its best to avoid this, though the trend still appears from time to time. Notably Emily Kinney was not announced as the guest actor for the episode following "Coda" until the program's airtime due to her character's sudden death at the end of the accompanying episode.

Talking Dead also began to air after episodes of Fear the Walking Dead's second season, which premiered on April 10, 2016.[4]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
2 16 October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)
3 16 October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)
4 16 October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)
5 23 16 October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
7 April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2011–12)

These episodes discuss season two of The Walking Dead.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Episode discussed Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "What Lies Ahead" Patton Oswalt and James Gunn with Robert Kirkman via satellite October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16) 1.16[5]
2 2 "Bloodletting" Brian Posehn and Robert Kirkman October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23) 1.11[6]
3 3 "Save the Last One" Felicia Day and Jon Heder with Gale Anne Hurd October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30) 1.00[7]
4 4 "Cherokee Rose" Matt Mogk and Matt Besser with Steven Yeun and Lauren Cohan via satellite November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06) 1.00[8]
5 5 "Chupacabra" Aisha Tyler and Michael Rooker November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13) 1.16[9]
6 6 "Secrets" Kevin Smith and Paul F. Tompkins November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20) N/A
7 7 "Pretty Much Dead Already" Greg Nicotero, Robert Kirkman and Norman Reedus with Laurie Holden via phone November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27) 1.07[10]
8 8 "Nebraska" Dave Navarro and Glen Mazzara February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12) N/A
9 9 "Triggerfinger" Steven Yeun and Paget Brewster February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19) 1.12[11]
10 10 "18 Miles Out" Michael Zegen and Kevin Smith with Scott Wilson February 26, 2012 (2012-02-26) 0.96[12]
11 11 "Judge, Jury, Executioner" Greg Nicotero, Scott Ian and Dana Gould March 4, 2012 (2012-03-04) N/A
12 12 "Better Angels" Lauren Cohan and Zachary Levi March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) 1.33[13]
13 13 "Beside the Dying Fire" Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara and Laurie Holden March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18) 4.30[14]

Season 2 (2012–13)

These episodes discuss season three of The Walking Dead. This season featured a special "season 3 preview" episode which aired in July 2012.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Episode discussed Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
14 1 "Seed" Glen Mazzara and Danai Gurira October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) 2.14[15]
15 2 "Sick" Wil Wheaton with Nick Gomez October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21) 1.88[16]
16 3 "Walk with Me" David Alpert and Bobak Ferdowsi October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28) 1.75[17]
17 4 "Killer Within" IronE Singleton and Gale Anne Hurd November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04) 2.00[18]
18 5 "Say the Word" Greg Nicotero and Dalton Ross November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) 1.93[19]
19 6 "Hounded" Joel Madden and Sarah Silverman November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18) 1.92[20]
20 7 "When the Dead Come Knocking" CM Punk and Yvette Nicole Brown November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25) 1.99[21]
21 8 "Made to Suffer" Robert Kirkman and Damon Lindelof December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02) 2.25[22]
22 9 "The Suicide King" Kevin Smith and Steven Yeun February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10) 4.14[23]
23 10 "Home" Robert Kirkman and Joe Manganiello with Lew Temple and musical guest Baby Bee February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17) 4.01[24]
24 11 "I Ain't a Judas" Retta and Scott Adsit with Emily Kinney February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24) 3.50[25]
25 12 "Clear" Aisha Tyler and Scott Porter March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03) 3.75[26]
26 13 "Arrow on the Doorpost" Keegan-Michael Key and Eliza Dushku with Lauren Cohan and musical guest Jamie N Commons March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10) 3.43[27]
27 14 "Prey" Kumail Nanjiani and Todd McFarlane with Laurie Holden and musical guest Voxhaul Broadcast March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17) 3.71[28]
28 15 "This Sorrowful Life" Reggie Watts, Greg Nicotero and David Morrissey with Michael Rooker March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24) 4.49[29]
29 16 "Welcome to the Tombs" Norman Reedus, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chad L. Coleman March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 5.16[30]

Season 3 (2013–14)

These episodes discuss season four of The Walking Dead.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Episode discussed Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
30 1 "30 Days Without an Accident" Scott M. Gimple and Nathan Fillion October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13) 5.10[31]
31 2 "Infected" Doug Benson, Greg Nicotero and Hayley Williams October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20) 4.85[32]
32 3 "Isolation" Gale Anne Hurd, Jack Osbourne and Marilyn Manson October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) 4.09[33]
33 4 "Indifference" Chris Jericho and Gillian Jacobs November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03) 4.34[34]
34 5 "Internment" Adam Savage and Breckin Meyer November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10) 4.27[35]
35 6 "Live Bait" Ike Barinholtz and David Morrissey November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17) 4.07[36]
36 7 "Dead Weight" Paul Scheer, Fred Armisen and Jose Pablo Cantillo November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24) 3.43[37]
37 8 "Too Far Gone" Robert Kirkman, Lauren Cohan with Scott Wilson December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01) 6.02[38]
38 9 "After" Greg Nicotero and Danai Gurira February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09) 5.85[39]
39 10 "Inmates" Joe Kernen, Jim Gaffigan with Alanna Masterson February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16) 4.77[40]
40 11 "Claimed" Michael Cudlitz and Mindy Kaling February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23) 4.72[41]
41 12 "Still" Norman Reedus, Emily Kinney and J. B. Smoove March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02) 5.01[42]
42 13 "Alone" Lauren Cohan and Sonequa Martin-Green March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09) 4.62[43]
43 14 "The Grove" Melissa McBride, CM Punk and Yvette Nicole Brown March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16) 5.42[44]
44 15 "Us" Josh McDermitt and Steven Yeun March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23) 5.29[45]
45 16 "A" Andrew Lincoln and Scott M. Gimple March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30) 7.34[46]

Season 4 (2014–15)

These episodes discuss season five of The Walking Dead. This season featured a special "season 5 preview" episode which aired in July 2014. This season of Talking Dead introduced live polls as well as a live interactive quiz where fans compete online on their mobile phones, tablets, or computer.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Episode discussed Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
46 1 "No Sanctuary" Greg Nicotero, Scott M. Gimple and Conan O'Brien October 12, 2014 (2014-10-12) 6.88[47]
47 2 "Strangers" Matt L. Jones and Chad L. Coleman October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) 5.13[48]
48 3 "Four Walls and a Roof" Slash, Mary Lynn Rajskub with Andrew J. West October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) 5.32[49]
49 4 "Slabtown" Emily Kinney, Ana Gasteyer and John Barrowman November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02) 5.98[50]
50 5 "Self Help" Michael Cudlitz, Josh McDermitt and Gale Anne Hurd November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) 5.63[51]
51 6 "Consumed" CM Punk, Yvette Nicole Brown and Tyler James Williams November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16) 5.36[52]
52 7 "Crossed" Paul F. Tompkins, Christian Serratos and Sonequa Martin-Green November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23) 4.18[53]
53 8 "Coda" Keegan-Michael Key, Robert Kirkman with Emily Kinney November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30) 6.57[54]
54 9 "What Happened and What's Going On" Greg Nicotero and Chad L. Coleman February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08) 2.85[55]
55 10 "Them" Robin Lord Taylor, Seth Gilliam and Lauren Cohan February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) 5.07[56]
56 11 "The Distance" Paul Feig and Danai Gurira February 22, 2015 (2015-02-22) 4.86[57]
57 12 "Remember" Alanna Masterson, Timothy Simons and Denise Huth March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01) 5.63[58]
58 13 "Forget" Kevin Smith, Ross Marquand and Alexandra Breckenridge March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) 5.73[59]
59 14 "Spend" Steven Yeun, Josh McDermitt and Tyler James Williams March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) 5.93[60]
60 15 "Try" Chandler Riggs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Gale Anne Hurd March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22) 6.02[61]
61 16 "Conquer" Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride and Lennie James March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29) 7.53[62]

Season 5 (2015–16)

These episodes discuss season six of The Walking Dead and season two of Fear the Walking Dead. This season featured a special "season 6 preview" episode which aired in August 2015. Additionally, a special episode for the Fear the Walking Dead season one finale aired in October 2015.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Episode discussed Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
The Walking Dead season 6
62 1 "First Time Again" Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero and Ethan Embry October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) 5.66[63]
63 2 "JSS" Kevin Smith, Paul Bettany and Katelyn Nacon October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18) 4.31[64]
64 3 "Thank You" Yvette Nicole Brown and Damon Lindelof October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) 6.20[65]
65 4 "Here's Not Here" Lennie James, John Carroll Lynch and Josh Gad November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) 4.64[66]
66 5 "Now" Alexandra Breckenridge and Zachary Levi November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) 4.94[67]
67 6 "Always Accountable" Michael Rooker, Paget Brewster and Doug Benson November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) 3.11[68]
68 7 "Heads Up" Ken Jeong and Gale Anne Hurd with Steven Yeun and Scott M. Gimple November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22) 3.21[69]
69 8 "Start to Finish" Jason Alexander, Robert Kirkman and Tovah Feldshuh November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29) 2.73[70]
70 9 "No Way Out" Carrie Underwood, Greg Nicotero and Benedict Samuel February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14) 6.44[71]
71 10 "The Next World" Danai Gurira, Austin Nichols and Nathan Fillion with an appearance by Yvette Nicole Brown February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) 5.69[72]
72 11 "Knots Untie" Tom Payne, Kid Cudi and Lauren Cohan February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) 4.89[73]
73 12 "Not Tomorrow Yet" Alanna Masterson, Ross Marquand and J.B. Smoove March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) 4.84[74]
74 13 "The Same Boat" Paul Feig and Melissa McBride with Alicia Witt March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13) 5.06[75]
75 14 "Twice as Far" Christian Serratos, Josh McDermitt and Walking Dead Ultimate Fan Winner Greg Raiewski March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20) 5.33[76]
76 15 "East" Yvette Nicole Brown, Denise Huth with Sonequa Martin-Green March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) 5.00[77]
77 16 "Last Day on Earth" Norman Reedus, Scott M. Gimple, Robert Kirkman with Jeffrey Dean Morgan April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) 6.38[78]
Fear the Walking Dead season 2
78 17 "Monster" Cliff Curtis, Dave Erickson and Hozier April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) 2.36[79]
79 18 "We All Fall Down" Kim Dickens, Lou Diamond Phillips and Lyndie Greenwood April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) 1.94[80]
80 19 "Ouroboros" Chris Jericho, Lorenzo James Henrie with Michelle Ang April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24) 1.69[81]
81 20 "Blood in the Streets" Yvette Nicole Brown and Colman Domingo May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01) 1.64[82]
82 21 "Captive" Alycia Debnam-Carey with Jesse McCartney and Daniel Zovatto May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) 1.60[83]
83 22 "Sicut Cervus" Mercedes Mason, Jim Gaffigan and Tamera Mowry-Housley May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15) 1.60[84]
84 23 "Shiva" Gale Anne Hurd and Cliff Curtis with Marlene Forte and Rubén Blades May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22) 0.96[85]

Specials

No. Title Guests Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 "Season 3 Preview" Drew Carey, Glen Mazzara, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Robert Kirkman and Chandler Riggs via phone July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08) 1.59[86]
2 "Season 5 Preview" Scott M. Gimple and Aisha Tyler July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06) 2.40[87]
3 "Season 6 Preview" Scott M. Gimple and Jorge Garcia August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) 4.18[88]
4 "Talking Fear" Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis and Dave Erickson October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) 2.38[89]

Accolades

For the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Interactive Program.[90]

See also

References

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