Fear the Walking Dead From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fear the Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson[1] that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015.[2] It is a companion series and prequel to The Walking Dead,[3] which is based Fear the Walking Dead on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The first season, consisting of six episodes, aired in 2015. Its second season will comprise 15 episodes and debut on April 10, 2016.[4][5][6] Set in Los Angeles, California, the series follows a dysfunctional family composed of high school guidance counselor Madison Clark, her English teacher boyfriend Travis Manawa, her daughter Alicia, her drug-addicted son Nick, and Travis' son from a previous marriage, Chris, at the onset of the zombie apocalypse.[7][8] They must either revamp themselves or cling to their deep flaws as they come to terms with the impending collapse of civilization.[9] Genre Horror Contents Drama Created by Robert Kirkman 1 Cast and characters Dave Erickson Based on The Walking Dead 1.1 Main cast by Robert Kirkman Tony Moore 1.2 Recurring cast Charlie Adlard 2 Series overview Starring Kim Dickens 3 Production Cliff Curtis Frank Dillane 3.1 Development Alycia Debnam- Carey 3.2 Casting Elizabeth Rodriguez 3.3 Filming Mercedes Mason Lorenzo James 4 Broadcast 5 Reception Henrie Rubén Blades 5.1 Critical response Colman Domingo 5.1.1 Season 1 Theme music Atticus Ross composer 5.2 Ratings Composer(s) Paul Haslinger 5.3 Awards and nominations Country of United States origin 6 Home media Original English 7 References language(s) No. of seasons 1 8 External links No. of episodes 6 (list of episodes) Production Cast and characters Executive Robert Kirkman producer(s) David Alpert Main cast Greg Nicotero Gale Anne Hurd Kim Dickens as Madison Clark, a high school guidance counselor, Travis' girlfriend, and mother of Alicia and Dave Erickson [7][10] Nick. Producer(s) Bill Johnson Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, a high school English teacher, Madison's boyfriend, and a divorcé who shares custody Editor(s) Todd Desrosiers of his son, Chris, with his ex-wife, Liza.[7][10] Frank Dillane as Nick Clark, Madison's 19-year-old son, a heroin addict who has flunked out of community Location(s) Los Angeles, college.[7][8][10][11] California, United Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark, Madison's overachieving teenage daughter and a model student.[7][10] States Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza Ortiz, a no-nonsense nursing student, Travis' ex-wife, and mother of their son, Chris. Vancouver, British (season 1)[7][10][12] Columbia, Canada Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar, a hardworking professional with immigrant parents.[7][10] Baja, Mexico Lorenzo James Henrie as Christopher Manawa, Travis and Liza's rebellious teen son who resents his father for their Cinematography Michael McDonough [7][12] divorce. Running time 43–65 minutes Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar, a barber, Griselda's husband, Ofelia's father, a Salvadorian refugee who protects his Production AMC Studios family at any cost.[7][13] company(s) Circle of Colman Domingo as Victor Strand, a smart and sophisticated man with a mysterious past. (recurring season 1, Confusion starring season 2)[14] Skybound Recurring cast Entertainment Valhalla Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Griselda Salazar, Ofelia's mother who emigrated from El Salvador with husband Daniel to Entertainment escape political unrest. (season 1)[7] Release [15] Scott Lawrence as Artie Costa, the principal at the high school where Madison and Travis work. Original AMC [16] Lincoln A. Castellanos as Tobias, a wise-beyond-his-years high school senior. network Maestro Harrell as Matt, Alicia's boyfriend.[17] Original release August 23, 2015 – Shawn Hatosy as Cpl. Andrew Adams, a well-intentioned military man with a soulful disposition, who is out of his present element.[18] Sandrine Holt as Dr. Bethany Exner, a confident and skilled doctor.[19] Chronology [20] Daniel Zovatto (season 2) Related shows The Walking Dead Arturo Del Puerto as Carlos, a man who is guarded but possesses a spiritual understanding of the world. (season Talking Dead 2)[21] External links Dougray Scott (season 2)[22] Official website Series overview (http://www.amctv.com/shows/fear-the- walking-dead) Originally aired Season Episodes First aired Last aired 1 6 August 23, 2015 October 4, 2015 Production Development In September, 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to The Walking Dead, which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman.[23] In September, 2014, AMC ordered a pilot, which was written by Kirkman and Dave Erickson, and directed by Adam Davidson.[24] It is executive produced by Kirkman, Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert, with Erickson serving as showrunner.[25] The project was originally known as Cobalt;[26] Kirkman confirmed in March, 2015, that the series would be titled Fear the Walking Dead.[1] On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered it to series, with a two-season commitment: the first season, comprising six episodes, premiered on August 23, 2015; the second season comprising 15 episodes, will air in 2016.[5][27] Casting In December, 2014, the first four starring roles were cast: Kim Dickens as Madison, the female lead; Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, the male lead; Frank Dillane as Nick; and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia.[28][29][30] In April and May, 2015, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mercedes Mason were announced as series regulars, both in unknown roles.[31][32] Filming Production of the pilot episode began in early 2015 and ended on February 6, 2015.[33][34] The pilot episode was filmed in Los Angeles; the remaining first season episodes were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.[35][36] Production on the remaining five first season episodes began on May 11, 2015.[10] Adam Davidson, who directed the pilot, also directed the series' second and third The primary characters from episodes.[10] Filming began for the second season in December 2015, with production moving to Baja, Mexico.[37] the first season include (from left to right): Alicia, Nick, Madison, Travis, Liza, Chris, Broadcast Daniel, Griselda, and Ofelia On August 23, 2015, the series debuted simultaneously worldwide on: AMC in the U.S.; AMC Global in major regional markets in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East;[38] and FX in Australia.[39] Hulu holds the show's video on demand rights in the U.S., while in Germany and Austria, Amazon Instant Video owns the streaming rights, making episodes available online one day after their original airing. Streaming in the United Kingdom was slated to become available to Amazon Prime members in 2016.[40][41] Reception Critical response Season 1 On Rotten Tomatoes, the season a has a rating of 76%, based on 67 reviews, whose average rating is 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fear the Walking Dead recycles elements of its predecessor, but it's still moody and engrossing enough to compete with the original."[42] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[43] Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post rated the first two episodes three out of four stars, stating that "[They] are creepily suspenseful–they're great examples of how effective a slow pace and a moody atmosphere can be."[44] Another positive review of the first episode came from Ken Tucker of Yahoo TV, who wrote, "Fear the Walking Dead is a mood piece, more artful than the original series" and that the cast is "terrific".[45] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter gave an average review, writing, "The 90-minute first episode and the hour-long second episode are, while not actually boring, certainly less magnetic than the original."[46] One of the harshest negative reviews came from HitFix, on Daniel Fienberg and Alan Sepinwall's podcast, where Fienberg called the premiere episode "awful, just horrible ... as bad as The Walking Dead has ever gotten at its very worst. This is that bad. I've been kind of stunned to see people being generous to it. ... I thought this was almost unwatchably bad." Sepinwall called his B- review "slightly generous".[47][48] Ratings The U.S. series premiere attracted 10.1 million total viewers, with 6.3 million in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic, both cable television records for a series premiere.[49][50] Numerous international debuts of the pilot also set ratings records.[38] The first season averaged 11.2 million viewers in "live plus-3" ratings (includes VOD and DVR viewing within three days after initial telecast) to become the highest-rated first season of any series in cable history.[51] Premiered Ended Average viewers Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes Premiere Finale viewers (in millions) Date viewers Date (in millions) (in millions) Season 1 6 August 23, 2015 10.13[52] October 4, 2015 6.86[53] 7.61[54] Sunday 9:00 pm Season 2 15 April 10, 2016 N/A N/A N/A N/A Fear the Walking Dead: Viewers per episode (in thousands) Season 1 (2015): Viewers of the first airing on AMC in the U.S. on Sunday at 9:00 pm ET Episode number Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 10,130 8,184 7,185 6,620 6,655 6,861 Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref. E! Online Best. Ever. TV. New Show You're Most Excited to Fear the Walking Dead Won [55] Awards See 2015 Writers Guild of America L.