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The Walking Dead(television series)
Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard · 2010 to 2022
Synopsis Factual description, spoiler free
A television series adapted from the comic, following a sheriff's deputy who wakes from a coma into a collapsed world and the survivors he joins.
Why it is in the catalog
Zombies define the setting and the danger in every season.
Zombie prominence Central: zombies drive the work
Creators and roles
- Frank Darabont Developed for television
- Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard Comic creators (source material)
Identity and bibliographic details
- Record ID
- ZS-0004
- Preferred title
- The Walking Dead (television series)
- Original title
- Same as preferred
- Aliases
- TWD
- Medium
- Television
- Record level
- Work (series: seasons and episodes to be linked)
- Release status
- Released (concluded)
- First released
- 2010 to 2022
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Publisher, studio or host
- AMC (original broadcaster)
- Identifiers
- Not yet recorded
Zombie profile
Zombie profile not yet recorded: traits are added only with an evidence locator after review.
Every trait will carry an evidence locator (chapter and edition, episode and timestamp, or game version and encounter). Unknown stays unknown: a blank here is never a "no".
Trait evidence (may contain spoilers)
No trait evidence has been reviewed for this record yet.
Connections
- Adaptation of The Walking Dead (comic series)Documented link
AMC identifies the comic series as its source.
- Part of franchise not yet cataloguedDocumented link
Spin-off series are not yet catalogued; each gets its own record.
Where to find it legitimately
- AMC official collection page Region: United States · last checked 2026-10-10
Sources
- The Walking Dead collection, AMC. thewalkingdeadshop.amc.com
Locator: Official AMC page identifying the television series and its comic source · accessed 2026-10-10
Provenance and maintenance
- Review status
- Under review: Has identity, rationale and a source; awaiting an editor's check.
- Added
- 2026-10-10 by Zombie Scholar editors
- Reviewer
- Not yet assigned
- Revision
- 1 (2026-10-10), first publication
- Merge history
- None
- Identity fields complete
- 83%
Unresolved questions
- Create season and episode child records with original air dates.
- Record release order separately from story chronology.
- Catalogue spin-offs as separate works linked by 'part of franchise'.