Talking Dead: Walking Dead Universe preview guests announced

Talking Dead is an aftershow hosted by Chris Hardwick that airs after episodes of The Walking Dead and its spinoff series and discusses what occurred during those episodes. Often, cast members featured in the episode are guests; if someone dies, they appear as a mystery guest, and many celebrity super fans also appear on the series to weigh in on what took place in the story that week.

The series premiered in October 2011, following The Walking Dead’s second season premire. When it began, the aftershow ran 30 minutes but eventually was extended to an hour long. The series features an “In Memoriam” segment to the fallen during the episode. They host online polls, trivia, show behind-the-scenes footage, answer fan questions and more.

Some celebrity super fans featured include Yvette Nicole Brown, Dave Navarro, Kevin Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Slash, Ken Jeong and Drew Scott.

Talking Dead: Walking Dead Universe Preview Special

On Sunday, August 7 at 9 p.m. ET, AMC will air a special Talking Dead titled The Walking Dead Universe Preview Special. The episode will cover the upcoming spinoff series, Tales of the Walking Dead, Isle of the Dead, Daryl’s spinoff, and the newly announced Rick and Michonne spinoff.

Special guests on that night include The Walking Dead’s Chief Operating Officer, Scott M. Gimple, director Michael Satrazemis and cast members of Tales of the Walking Dead, Terry Crews, Jullian Bell, and Anthony Edwards.

Tales of the Walking Dead has a premiere date of August 14. The first episode will air on AMC that night, with the first two on AMC+ that same day.

Isle of the Dead is the only other spinoff that has begun filming at this time, but the other will be in production soon.

The Walking Dead returns with the premiere of its final eight episodes on October 2.

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