AMC Renews 'The Walking Dead' For Third Season

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    After reaching over 7 million viewers during its first showing last Sunday, and slipping only slightly this past weekend to 6.7 million viewers, AMC president Charlie Collier confirmed that there will in fact be a third season of The Walking Dead,

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    “Today we are pleased to announce that the ‘dead’ shall live as we proudly renew The Walking Dead for a third season on AMC and, globally, with our terrific partners at Fox International Channels,”

    It was only a matter of time until the network announced its plans to continue making more 'Walking Dead,' since the first episode of season two broke cable records as the most watched drama in television history, period. Yet, it's nice to see that even without Darabont at the helm, the network feels strongly enough about the future of the show's success for renew for a third season after only the second episode into season two. If you missed the recap we posted yesterday of the second episode into season two, then be sure to check out as we discussed the major plot points of the second episode and evaluate the events in the books versus what has been changed for the television show.

    What do you think of the announced season three of 'The Walking Dead'? Do you think it's too early to say whether the show should get a third season, or do you think the show will continue to shatter records and be a smash hit? Have you been watching season two?

    Source: Deadline

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    #1  Edited By cattlebattle

    Does anyone know how many episodes season 2 is suppose to have?

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    #2  Edited By spider-man 2996

    Thats great news. The second season is 13 episodes

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    #3  Edited By the_tree

    Woo! Hopefully we'll see the prison and Michonne some time in s3!

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    #4  Edited By turoksonofstone

    Shocker!

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    #5  Edited By Decept-O

    Sweet, great news to say the least! Loving every minute of this show!

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    #6  Edited By perry_411

    It's getting hard to watch, the characters aren't learning much, they aren't protecting children. The bold move is to split the group and run 2 different parties in the seasons. This probably isn't going to happen

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    #7  Edited By Billy Batson

    good.
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    #8  Edited By TheCrowbar

    In before AMC cuts the show's production budget and asks for 15 episodes in season 3.

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    #9  Edited By Atomic_Punk

    These episodes have had such high production values, didn't AMC cut the show's budget at some point this year? Will we see the demands they fired Darabont for not adhering to surface?

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    #10  Edited By Gordo789

    @Atomic_Punk said:

    These episodes have had such high production values, didn't AMC cut the show's budget at some point this year? Will we see the demands they fired Darabont for not adhering to surface?

    It could be that they spent more money on these earlier episodes since they thought they would have higher viewership.

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    #11  Edited By jazzblade

    Awesome!

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    #12  Edited By craigbo180

    I wish they had just trusted in the show and gave full funding to this season rather than jumping on the bandwagon now that the viewership numbers are rolling in.

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    #13  Edited By danhimself

    AWESOME!!!!!

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    #14  Edited By PirateNeal

    Well Yeah! Of course they are going to renew, cause theis series is AWSOME!

    side note- I haven't touched the comics yet and i'm not sure if i should. Either way I go i feel like i'm either ruining the t.v. series or the comic series by knowing how the main story unfolds.

    :( I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! ....I really like the fact that I don't know whats coming next in the story, but I ...I wanna...read...but don't wanna...sniff...sniff....

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    #15  Edited By luckydomino1

    thats a good 13 episodes when i watched last season i thought it was part one of season 1 and they were gonna come back with more then when i saw the season 2 trailer i was like what the hell that it for season 1

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    #16  Edited By No_Name_

    @PirateNeal said:

    Well Yeah! Of course they are going to renew, cause theis series is AWSOME!

    side note- I haven't touched the comics yet and i'm not sure if i should. Either way I go i feel like i'm either ruining the t.v. series or the comic series by knowing how the main story unfolds.

    :( I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! ....I really like the fact that I don't know whats coming next in the story, but I ...I wanna...read...but don't wanna...sniff...sniff....

    The show doesn't directly follow the books.

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    YAY so glad to see that we are going to get a season 3

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    #19  Edited By armylife1124

    Great news, look forward to them not rushing through episodes and actually building on the characters since they don't have to do everything

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    #20  Edited By CitizenJP

    YESSS!!!!

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    #21  Edited By NightFang3  Online

    Now that was fast. This most have set a record for getting the fastest television renew.

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    #22  Edited By kimeraevet

    a@PirateNeal: You can read the comic. The TV series is on a whole different tangent. Be warned, if you do read understand it is going to be a way better story than what you are getting on television.

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    #23  Edited By perry_411

    @PirateNeal: Don't read the comics if you are going to watch the show. They don't follow frame for frame, but the overall story stays the same.

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    #24  Edited By perry_411

    @NightFang: Nah game of thrones did it 2 days after the first episode of the first season

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    #25  Edited By Daveyo520

    I am glad my favorite comic has made such a great and popular show. I can see it is at least convincing a small number of people to read the books.

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    #26  Edited By Gordo789

    @perry_411 said:

    @PirateNeal: Don't read the comics if you are going to watch the show. They don't follow frame for frame, but the overall story stays the same.

    this is terrible advice. People should be reading TWD.

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    #27  Edited By shadowmage952

    Can't wait to see how far they get to take this and if they actually follow through with some major character deaths.

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    #28  Edited By maxicere

    YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #30  Edited By speedstermike

    @cattlebattle: 13

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    #31  Edited By DanialCarroll

    This show has no Australian syndication, though luckily for us Aussie TWD fans, there are torrents up within hours of it being shown in the US. Thank god for the internet :)

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    Hallelujah Yankee Doodle there is a God! Awesome awesome AWESOME :)

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    #33  Edited By umbrafeline

    noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #34  Edited By butterflykyss

    @perry_411 said:

    It's getting hard to watch, the characters aren't learning much, they aren't protecting children. The bold move is to split the group and run 2 different parties in the seasons. This probably isn't going to happen

    Super excited that they have renewed for another season!! I have to agree with perry, there is no way in hell I would have allowed my child to stay in those zombie infested woods to search for that missing girl. The characters do seem to be dropping the ball from every angle. The said thing is I want these characters to survive and thrive, but from what I have read from those who read the comics, a lot of the main characters don't make it, which is going to suck. I hate getting emotionally connected to a character just to have the ripped to shreds by zombies lol. Oh well, such is the life in the apocalyptic world of the Walking Dead!! ANYway back on topic, happy its renewed and can't wait to see what happens on this next episode and how Shane gets out of the school YIKES!!!!!!!

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    #35  Edited By HexThis

    @butterflykyss said:

    @perry_411 said:

    It's getting hard to watch, the characters aren't learning much, they aren't protecting children. The bold move is to split the group and run 2 different parties in the seasons. This probably isn't going to happen

    Super excited that they have renewed for another season!! I have to agree with perry, there is no way in hell I would have allowed my child to stay in those zombie infested woods to search for that missing girl. The characters do seem to be dropping the ball from every angle. The said thing is I want these characters to survive and thrive, but from what I have read from those who read the comics, a lot of the main characters don't make it, which is going to suck. I hate getting emotionally connected to a character just to have the ripped to shreds by zombies lol. Oh well, such is the life in the apocalyptic world of the Walking Dead!! ANYway back on topic, happy its renewed and can't wait to see what happens on this next episode and how Shane gets out of the school YIKES!!!!!!!

    I agree as well. Also, I wasn't really pleased with Dale's decision to confiscate Andrea's gun as well as lying to the other survivors about the RV- I think the writers intend on making him the moral compass but it's not really ethical to make decisions for other people. I also don't like all the fixation on Rick and has family, what's with TV and always having these father-son struggles as well as love triangles? I wanna learn about the adults more.

    I want Michonne to step in, they keep saying she'll be introduced in season 3 which is a huge let down because somebody has to tell it like it is and f--k up some zombies with a katana!

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    #36  Edited By LordRequiem

    I liked the first season, especially the two main characters. I thought the supporting cast were a bit weak in some places, and it seemed like they saved most of the budget for the very anticlimactic ending of the first season. Still I'll be watching the second one definately.

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    #37  Edited By perry_411

    @Danial79: I am sorry that AMC is underserving you. This is an international problem.

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    #38  Edited By butterflykyss

    @HexThis said:

    @butterflykyss said:

    @perry_411 said:

    It's getting hard to watch, the characters aren't learning much, they aren't protecting children. The bold move is to split the group and run 2 different parties in the seasons. This probably isn't going to happen

    Super excited that they have renewed for another season!! I have to agree with perry, there is no way in hell I would have allowed my child to stay in those zombie infested woods to search for that missing girl. The characters do seem to be dropping the ball from every angle. The said thing is I want these characters to survive and thrive, but from what I have read from those who read the comics, a lot of the main characters don't make it, which is going to suck. I hate getting emotionally connected to a character just to have the ripped to shreds by zombies lol. Oh well, such is the life in the apocalyptic world of the Walking Dead!! ANYway back on topic, happy its renewed and can't wait to see what happens on this next episode and how Shane gets out of the school YIKES!!!!!!!

    I agree as well. Also, I wasn't really pleased with Dale's decision to confiscate Andrea's gun as well as lying to the other survivors about the RV- I think the writers intend on making him the moral compass but it's not really ethical to make decisions for other people. I also don't like all the fixation on Rick and has family, what's with TV and always having these father-son struggles as well as love triangles? I wanna learn about the adults more.

    I want Michonne to step in, they keep saying she'll be introduced in season 3 which is a huge let down because somebody has to tell it like it is and f--k up some zombies with a katana!

    Oh wow this Michonne character sounds interesting!!! I haven't read the comics, so I will just have to wait and see how she is brought in. Do you think they can keep this show going for 3 season, I mean I wonder to have enough stories to tell to where it will stay interesting to the average viewer. I also like Dale. I never thought about in the sense that you said, but to me he just comes off like a protective father. He means well, which is what I like about him. He reminds me of my father in a lot of ways. But back on topic, lol, I see what you are saying. The fixation with rick family is kind of creepy, but you have to look at it from Shane's perspective. He had pretty much took Rick's place in a lot of ways and he grew to love the wife and child both, so it must be really hard to have to turn that all off with Rick being alive. Still want to know how Shane is going to get out of that school alive, that is just crzy to me.

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