AMC green lights Fear the Walking Dead season 5
Fear the Walking Dead is getting another season as AMC announces a season 5 renewal at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
AMC confidence in Fear the Walking Dead’s performance has led to a green light for season 5. The announcement came at the AMC presentation for the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Saturday.
Fear the Walking Dead was rebooted in its fourth season as veteran showrunner Dave Erickson left the show and new showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg took the show in a fresh new direction with a group of new survivors interacting with the original cast. This decision was met with a combination of elation and criticism from fans who either loved or hated the dueling timelines. However, the biggest and most controversial moment of the first half of season 4 came when fans worst fears were confirmed when Clark family matriarch Madison sacrificed herself to save her family.
Now that the timelines have converged and a new group of survivors has been formed, there will be even more new faces in the second half of season 4. This time around, not all of the new faces will be friendly, forcing Alicia and Morgan and the other survivors to question who they can trust. There will also be a new nemesis in the form of a major hurricane that will challenge the survivors to the core.
Though ratings look at the outset to be lower than previous seasons, Fear the Walking Dead’s ratings improved in the front half of season 4. AMC recognizes that growth and has rewarded the show with another season. The reality is that the television landscape has changed dramatically over the course of the past ten years, and with streaming services on the rise the demand for eyeballs (both in live viewings and delayed DVR viewings) is at a fever pitch. Like as not, Fear has been performing admirably in its Sunday time slot, besting HBO’s new flagship Westworld and claiming the top spot more than once.
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Fear the Walking Dead returns for the second half of season 4 on August 12, 2018.