History of TWD

History and Facts of The Walking Dead Page

Before the Show

The Walking Dead Series originated through a comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, which was published by the Image Comics Company in 2003. Tony Moore was the initial illustrator for the first six issues of the comics, and Cliff Rathburn took over and continued for the rest of the 48 issues. Before reaching out to AMC, they wanted to place the show on HBO, who did not accept it because of the large amount of violence. Filming and Casting

The show is filmed in Georgia, which is awesome because a large portion of the show actually takes place there. When filming the show, they shut down an entire city in downtown Atlanta. On January 20th 2010,  AMC ordered a pilot for a possible series. It was reviewed and caught attention, and quickly became popular. The season began filming on May 15th 2010 after AMC ordered the first 6 episodes. The show is also aired Internationally through Fox’s International Channels. The AMC television show, for the most part, stays true to the plot originally presented in the the comics. One of the only differences would be in the way many of the characters die, some are very different in the comics. For example, the infamous death of Sophia does not even occur in the comics, and she stays alive throughout the story.

The actors were chosen to look as identical as possible to the characters in the comics.
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Awards and Popularity

In 2011, The Walking Dead was nominated for a Golden Globe, under the category of “Best Drama”, and the show’s popularity has exceedingly increased since then. According to Forbes Magazine, in 2016, the season seven Walking Dead premiere episode reached 17 million viewers across the United States. The retention rate for The Walking Dead viewers is also quite impressive. Of those who tuned in on Sunday, over 80% had also watched the finale of season six, 75% had watched at least three episodes of season six and 66% had watched every single episode of season six, according to viewing analytics company Samba TV (Berg 2).

 

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