The Walking Dead Season 2 Kicks Off With an Extra Half-Hour of Zombie Drama. Awesome!

AMC’s critically acclaimed original series, The
Walking Dead, is back with its much anticipated second 13 episode
season. Kicking-off a two week long AMC Fearfest, the network, once again,
presents viewers with a 90-minute premiere episode, airing at 9PM ET on Sun.,
Oct. 16, with six one-hour episodes in the weeks following. The final six
episodes of the season commences on Sun., Feb. 12 at 9PM ET. The 90 minute
version is also scheduled to be launched globally on all Fox International
Channels, following the US premiere the week of Oct. 17-23. Season two reaches
FOX audiences in 122 countries, speaking 35 languages and is seen by over 200
million households globally.

In conjunction with The Walking Dead, beginning with the Feb. 12
airing, AMC also announces the unscripted series Secret Stash executive
produced by Kevin
Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mall Rats), Charlie
Corwin from Original Media (LA Ink, Miami Ink, Storm
Chasers and Swamp People) and Elyse
Seiden (Red State).

The Walking Dead follows a group of survivors, led by police officer
Rick Grimes, played by Andrew
Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back), who are
traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Jon
Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) plays Shane Walsh,
Rick’s sheriff’s department partner before the apocalypse, and Sarah
Wayne Callies (Prison Break), is Rick’s wife, Lori Grimes.
Additional cast include: Laurie
Holden, Steven
Yeun, Norman
Reedus, Jeffrey
DeMunn, Chandler
Riggs, IronE
Singleton and Melissa
McBride. Recently announced guest stars include Lauren
Cohan, Scott
Wilson and Pruitt
Taylor Vince.