
Following AMC’s recent renewal of zombie apocalypse blockbuster The Walking Dead, Fox has confirmed the 8th season will air on its international channels beginning in 2017. Season 7 kicks off Sunday in the U.S. and will spread offshore near-simultaneously. Fox partnered with AMC on the series at script level and launched the first ever global simultaneous release in 2010. The Walking Dead airs in over 125 countries, with 200M international viewers. Offshore ratings saw Season 6 return in 2015 with a 17% year-on-year live ratings growth.
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