Fear The Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead is an American horror television drama prequel and companion series of AMC's original The Walking Dead series. An event timeline is available here: The Fear the Walking Dead Timeline, which eventually will catch up to and overlap the first season of the original series. Executive producers are Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert.

The first season premiered on August 23, 2015 on AMC and consists of six episodes. On July 31, 2015, AMC renewed the show and ordered fifteen episodes for a second season, which premiered on April 10, 2016. On April 15, 2016, AMC renewed the show for a third season.

Fear The Walking Dead became the most-watched series premiere in basic cable television history, when the pilot episode received a total of 10.13 million viewers during its initial broadcast with 6.3 million in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic.

Synopsis
Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure of blending two families while dealing with resentful, escapist, and strung out children takes a back seat when society begins to break down. A forced evolution, a necessary survival of the fittest takes hold, and our dysfunctional family must either reinvent themselves or embrace their darker histories.”

Development
On March 9, 2015, AMC announced the series had been picked up for two seasons. The first stages of production began on May 11, 2015 in Vancouver.

On December 3, 2015 AMC announced Season 2 filming had begun in Baja, Mexico.

On January 9, 2016 AMC announced that the first seven episodes of the second season would begin airing April 10th, and the remaining eight later in the year. On May 23, 2016 AMC announced the remaining eight episodes will begin airing August 21st.

Cast List
This is a list of the main characters in the series in order of episode appearances.

Trivia

 * Robert Kirkman remarked that the series is "technically not a spin-off," because it doesn't have any characters in common with the original series.
 * The first episode and exteriors were shot in LA, the rest were shot in Vancouver, Canada.
 * As opposed to using the 16mm cameras used in the original series, Fear the Walking Dead is shot digitally.