Coronavirus has reached The Walking Dead universe, with both the original show and its spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead, hitting production delays due to the growing global pandemic. Television shows around the world are pushing pause on filming in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, looking out for the safety of cast and crew members. The production delays faced by these two shows, however, could have the most far-reaching consequences for AMC, depending on how long they last.
The Walking Dead is airing its tenth season and recently returned from its winter hiatus on February 23. It is set to air an episode every week through April 12, when the season finale will air. Production for the current season ended back in November, so those episodes should continue as planned. The same may not hold true for Fear the Walking Dead, though, as the show currently doesn't have a premiere date for season 6.
Deadline reports production on both has been suspended going forward. That means significantly more for Fear the Walking Dead, which is in production for its sixth season currently, though it had a hiatus on the horizon. Now, the show likely won't pick up production before April 13, giving everyone involved a few extra weeks of unexpected break time. In terms of The Walking Dead, production on season 11 will also be pushed back three or four weeks. Unlike some other programs suspending production, however, the show will continue full steam ahead with writing the next season, only choosing to do it remotely instead of in person.
In The Walking Dead universe, there's also Talking Dead, the live show that discusses the events that take place during the most recent airing of The Walking Dead. Chris Hardwick's show will follow in the path of several other live shows filmed in front of studio audiences and go on hiatus indefinitely starting this week, per Comicbook.com. Initially, there was to be an episode on Sunday, immediately following the most recent episode of The Walking Dead, with Tom Payne and several others expected to be guests on the program. There's no indication on when it will return, suggesting there may not be any Talking Dead for the rest of the current season of The Walking Dead.
Television networks continue to take the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic very seriously, with Netflix virtually shutting down all production and other companies beginning to do the same. Keeping track of all of the coronavirus-related developments is challenging. Hopefully, it won't have a significant impact on the airing of either The Walking Dead or Fear the Walking Dead.
Source: Deadline, Comicbook.com
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