Season 7 (TV Series)

Season 7 of AMC's The Walking Dead, which will consist of sixteen episodes, is scheduled to air on October 23rd, 2016, at 9/8c after being renewed on October 30th, 2015.

This season adapts material from Issues #100+ of the Comic Series.

Plot
To be added.

Cast
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Deaths

 * Abraham Ford
 * Glenn Rhee
 * 8 pigs from The Kingdom
 * Benjamin's father (Confirmed Fate)
 * 7 unnamed Kingdom survivors (Confirmed Fate)

Trivia

 * This season has the highest number of main cast members in the opening credits, exceeding the usual ten regulars, with 11 in "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" and 12 from "The Well" onwards.
 * Below are the changes made to the main cast in Season 7.
 * Although they have been regulars since season 5, Alanna Masterson (Tara), Josh McDermitt (Eugene) and Christian Serratos (Rosita) were added to the opening credits after being listed under "also starring" in previous seasons.
 * They were listed under "also starring" in "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", before being added in the opening credits in "The Well".
 * Seth Gilliam (Fr. Gabriel), Ross Marquand (Aaron) and Austin Nichols (Spencer) are still listed under "Also Starring" despite being regulars in previous seasons.
 * Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan), Austin Amelio (Dwight), Tom Payne  ( Jesus ), and  Xander Berkeley (Gregory) have all been upgraded from recurring or guest starring to season regulars.
 * Jeffrey Dean Morgan was added to the opening credits, while Austin Amelio, Xander Berkeley and Tom Payne are listed under "also starring".
 * Khary Payton was cast as Ezekiel and will be a series regular for Season 7, although he is listed under "also starring".
 * Following the deaths of Abraham and Glenn in "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", Michael Cudlitz and Steven Yeun are removed from the opening sequence in succeeding episodes.
 * This will be the first season to have several scenes and consecutive episodes with an uncensored version in the home release due to censorship of Negan's swearing on television.