The fourth season premiered on April 15, 2018. In April 2017, AMC renewed the series for a 16-episode fourth season and announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners. On April 15, 2016, AMC announced the series had been renewed for a 16-episode third season, which premiered on June 4, 2017. The second season, comprising 15 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2016. The first season consists of six episodes. īeginning in the fourth season, the series shifts focus towards Morgan Jones, a character from the original series, who encounters the group's surviving members and new survivors in Texas. They must reinvent themselves, learning new skills and adopting new attitudes in order to survive as civilization collapses around them. Set in Los Angeles, California and later in Mexico, the first three seasons of Fear the Walking Dead follow a dysfunctional, blended family composed of high school counselor Madison Clark, her English teacher fiancé Travis Manawa, her daughter Alicia, her drug addict son Nick, Travis' son from a previous marriage, Chris, Chris' mother Liza Ortiz, and others who join their group at the onset of the zombie apocalypse. 8.4 Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water.Initially set in Los Angeles, filming for the series has taken place in Los Angeles, Texas, Vancouver, Canada, and Mexico.

In December 2021, the series was renewed for its eighth and final season. Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg serve as the showrunners since the fourth season, succeeding Erickson from the first three. The current seventh season premiered on October 17, 2021. Other series regulars have included Colman Domingo, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Mercedes Mason, Garret Dillahunt, Danay Garcia, Austin Amelio, Daniel Sharman, Jenna Elfman, Dayton Callie, Maggie Grace, Christine Evangelista, Mo Collins, and Rubén Blades.įear the Walking Dead premiered on August 23, 2015. Following a reboot with its fourth season, the series has been led by Lennie James as Morgan Jones. The series features a large ensemble cast, originally led by Kim Dickens as Madison Clark, Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, Frank Dillane as Nicholas Clark, and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark. Subsequent seasons run concurrently to the original show, with Morgan Jones ( Lennie James) from The Walking Dead crossing over into the series.

The first three seasons serve as a prequel, focusing on a blended family who experience the start of the zombie apocalypse. It is a spin-off to The Walking Dead, which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson for AMC.

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