"Fear the Walking Dead" is Here at Last!

When was the last time that a series worth getting excited about debuted during the dog days of August let alone one that could instantly emerge as one of the most successful new programs of the year In that regard quotFearquot may be more than just another hit for AMC it could be a gamechanger for television in the way that so much of what this network has done in recent years has been The list is a long one Supporting such high risk genrealteringamp160dramas as quotMad Menquot quotBreaking Badquot quotThe Walking Deadquot and quotBetter Call Saulquot splitting seasons in two creating a live interactive prime time talk show to support quotWalkingquot etc There is in fact a special edition of quotTalking Deadquot scheduled for 8 pm tonight that will take a look at the upcoming season of quotWalkingquot That will lead into the premiere of quotFearquotAnd now a midAugust premiere for one of the year39s most highprofile new series When it comes to television August is supposed to be dead month no pun intended or maybe it wasamp160Once again AMC is out to prove that everything about this medium as it has always been known and understood is subject to change in the right hands and with the right materialThe buzz for this show has been building for a while but the world premiere last month at the San Diego ComicCon of the official trailer for quotFearquot really kicked it into high gearamp160Itamp8217s easy to see whyamp160My obsessive interest actually began weeks before the Con when AMC released the striking teaser image pictured below It oozes dread amp8211 the threat of the global extinction to come an unsuspecting population about to be largely wiped outamp160 and thatamp8217s what itamp8217s all about right Even in the Digital Age a single picture can be more impactful than video or wordsThe premiere tonight of quotFear the Walking Deadquot will help ease the pain of waiting for the Season 6 premiere on October 11 of quotThe Walking Deadquot still the most popular series on television by a mile among adults 1849 Will any of the new series set to debut on the broadcast networks this fall outperform either of these shows among targeted young demographic groups After sitting through presentations for all of them at the 2015 Summer Television Critics Association tour I39m comfortable declaring that it is highly unlikelyIt goes without saying that the sneak peak trailer for quotWalking Deadquot Season 6 was another ComicCon highlightamp160Do the math quotFear the Walking Deadquot plus quotThe Walking Deadquot equals almost three straight months of ongoing zombie apocalypse action That will be the television story of the fallThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillageMyersBizNet management or associated bloggersamp160

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