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Buffy’s Emma Caulfield joins Fear the Walking Dead season 3

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Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Emma Caulfield has signed on for a guest role in the third season of Fear the Walking Dead, TV Line is reporting. Although details of her character are being kept under wraps, the site is speculating that Caulfield will be playing the new villainous who is said to have […]

The Walking Dead executive producers dispute claim that violence has been toned down following season 7 premiere

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Last week, The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd spoke about the criticism towards the graphic violence of the season seven premiere, suggesting that subsequent episodes had been toned down in order to prevent further backlash from some sections of the fanbase. Well, it seems that may not be the case after all, with Hurd’s […]

The Walking Dead producers toned down violence after initial Negan backlash

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After the brutal and bloody premiere violence of the seventh season of The Walking Dead, the producers of the show have decided to tone down the violence after receiving complaints. New villain Negan’s disturbing killing spree that kicked off events of the show’s latest season was seen as a step too far and wholly unnecessary by […]

Game of Thrones leads the most pirated TV shows of 2016

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The folks at download tracking site Torrent Freak have posted their annual list of the most pirated TV shows of the year, which is once again topped by HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Game of Thrones has received the dubious honour, while AMC’s The Walking Dead […]

AMC touts the success of The Walking Dead amid declining ratings

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Following last weekend’s midseason finale, AMC has released a statement celebrating the fact that its hit zombie drama The Walking Dead remains the biggest show on TV in the key 18-49 demographic for the fifth consecutive year. “The Walking Dead has never been more alive – on-air and online; live, near-live and time-shifted; at home and […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 8 – ‘Hearts Still Beating’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the eighth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… It was finally mid-season finale week on our favourite post-apocalyptic zombie nightmare, and as those ultra-miserable season 7 dominoes finally started to tumble towards the yet another cliffhanger (albeit, rather slowly), we actually got a half-decent tease for […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 7 – ‘Sing Me a Song’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the seventh episode of The Walking Dead’s season 7… In a nice change of pace for the show, the penultimate episode before this year’s mid-season break was a jam-packed jumbo-sized version of one of the most memorable comic-book entries, featuring a whole bunch of different and varied […]

Negan will return for The Walking Dead season 8

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The Walking Dead fans hoping this season’s main antagonist, Negan, would soon meet his maker will have to hold out for at least another season. Love him or hate him, during a recent appearance on Sirius XM’s The Howard Stern Show (via ComicBook.com), actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan revealed that he’ll be back as Negan for the […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 6 – ‘Swear’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the sixth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Just when you thought it was safe to head back into the zombie apocalypse, with some genuinely significant ground covered last week, the showrunners have flopped back into their usual world-building ways. This week’s Walking Dead offering took […]