The Walking Dead will have a “long life,” taking the zombie series well beyond its upcoming eighth season, AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan stated during an earnings conference call, per THR:
“The show continues to have creative strength and command a large and loyal audience, which has in turn attracted ad revenue to our great benefit. The Walking Dead remains the no. 1 show on television among younger viewers by a very wide margin. Beyond advertising, The Walking Dead is illustrative of the benefits of owned franchise content.”
Added Sapan:
“The Walking Dead is a franchise that will deliver ancillary revenues over different distribution platforms for many years to come as it does today. And we believe it will have a long life that accrues to our strategic position and financial benefit.”
With no end in sight for The Walking Dead or Fear The Walking Dead, strap in to find out just how long the franchise survives…
J. French says
I was a viewer of The Walking Dead since its initial episode as were all adult members of my extended family until this season when the creators decided to turn Rick into a sniveling coward.
Since episode 4 in the season, I just stopped watching as 3 others in the family have also.
The others informed us that Rick “regrew” a set but for us, we have found other things in life to do or watch.
Tess Lewerke says
That’s sad.