Watch 'The Walking Dead' Season 8 Comic-Con Trailer

A few days ago, AMC released special Comic Con art for The Walking Dead, which revealed October 22nd as the Season 8 premiere date.

It's all-out war when the popular drama series returns for its 100th episode.

The network also teased the new season of The Walking Dead in the official Comic-Con trailer. Watch it below.

The Walking Dead" Season 7 To Premiere October 23

AMC announced Friday from Comic-Con International that "The Walking Dead" season seven will premiere Sunday, October 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. As in previous seasons, the show's seventh season of 16 episodes will air in two parts, with the first eight episodes kicking off October 23 and the final eight returning February 2017. Following "The Walking Dead" will be the season premieres of AMC's "Talking Dead," hosted by Chris Hardwick (Nerdist), at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, and "Comic Book Men" at midnight ET/PT. Internationally, "The Walking Dead" will return on FOX channels to audiences in 125+ markets within 24 hours of the U.S. premiere, as part of FOX's continued commitment to broadcast the series near day-and-date globally.

Today at 1:00 p.m. PT is AMC's "The Walking Dead" Comic-Con panel event, moderated by Hardwick, and the season seven trailer premiere in Hall H. Following the event, the trailer can be viewed below.

Watch the First Four Minutes of 'The Walking Dead' Mid-Season Premiere

The Walking Dead returns Sunday, February 14.

AMC has released the first four minutes of the highly anticipated mid-season premiere episode of primetime serial The Walking Dead.

In addition, Hallmark eCards has partnered with The Walking Dead to create unique, original Valentine's Day eCards inspired by the show. In celebration of the show's Season 6 midseason premiere on February 14th, Valentine's Day, fans of the hit series will be able to send the eCards free of charge, through February 21 by visiting www.HallmarkeCards.com/thewalkingdead. The collection of eCards, feature The Walking Dead signature walkers combined with funny, offbeat, but sincere sentiments.

In the mid-season premiere "No Way Out"- written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Greg Nicotero - with walkers inside the gates of Alexandria, Rick and the group are scared, outnumbered, and things are only getting worse. Watch the sneak peek here.

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead reigns as the #1 television show for Adults 18-49 for three consecutive years. In the second half of season six, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his band of survivors discover a larger world beyond what they understood it to be. In this new reality, there are new dangers, new opportunities, and new complexities to face. To claim their place in this newfound landscape, the group must become the threat themselves, as terrifying as any of the adversaries they've encountered.

The season six mid-season premiere airs this Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Premieres Tonight on AMC

Walkers on The Walking Dead.  Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

The sixth season of The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, October 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with an extended 90-minute episode.

Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the group continue to have trouble assimilating into Alexandria.

Meanwhile, a new threat could bring them closer together or drive them further apart.

Watch a sneak peek of Season 6 and the premiere episode ("First Time Again") below:

NEWS: Alison Sweeney Out as 'The Biggest Loser' Host; Plus, Freddie Smith, Molly Burnett, Spencer Neville, Jim Parsons, Marti Noxon

Longtime Days of our Lives star Alison Sweeney will no longer host The Biggest Loser
The Biggest Loser is losing one of its biggest stars. Longtime host Alison Sweeney, who joined the franchise in Season 4, is leaving after eight years.

"After an incredible run together, Alison Sweeney will not be returning as host of The Biggest Loser next season," the show said in a statement. A replacement for Sweeney has not yet been named.

Spencer Neville, Freddie Smith and Molly Burnett.

Days of our Lives stars Molly Burnett, Freddie Smith and Spencer Neville in new movie
Burnett (ex-Melanie), Smith (ex-Sonny) and Neville (Derrick) began work on Monday on a new film, Hiker, that also features Smith’s real-life love, Alyssa Tabit. Burnett posted on Instagram about their first day working on the film and added, “So excited for you to guys to see what’s coming.”

Door is always open for Freddie Smith to return to Days of our Lives
"I signed on to Days of our Lives for four years. I knew my contract was coming to an end and the big decision had to be made. I felt the love story was told beautifully and as an actor, I wanted to step outside of my comfort zone and pursue other avenues. When I sat down with Corday and the other producers to tell them I had decided to leave, they were so supportive and thanked me for my hard work. They even said the door was always open, which is the best compliment I could have received."

Marti Noxon developing soap about NYC restaurant business for FOX
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce and UnReal creator Marti Noxon is getting into the restaurant biz for a new series with Fox. Titled Hungry, the drama, which is in early development at the network, is an hourlong soap set in the down and dirty, cutthroat and exciting restaurant world of New York City. The series centers on a young, aspiring chef who lands the thankless job as a line cook for one of Manhattan’s most famous — and infamous — culinary stars.

World's Highest-Paid TV Actors 2015: Jim Parsons Leads With $29 Million Take
The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons leads the pack with a $29 million haul earned between June 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015. The contract negotiations that helped Parsons nab the top spot and co-star Johnny Galecki the second, with $27 million, also helped rocket fellow cast members Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar onto the list at $20 million each.

Fox releases 22-minute Empire featurette prepping you for Season 2
Empire is returning for a second season on September 22, and the to prep you for it, Fox has released a 22-minute featurette, with Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard and the rest of the key cast sharing an inside look at the hit show that took America by storm, as they discuss what fans can look forward to in the upcoming season 2.

Watch below:

'The Walking Dead' Returns with Highest-Rated Episode in Series History

The season five premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead delivered the highest ratings in series history. The episode was watched by 17.3 million viewers and 11 million adults aged 18-49, increases of 7% and 6%, respectively, over the season four premiere, the previous record-holder. The Walking Dead continues to be the #1 show on television among adults 18-49. Sunday night's episode outperformed everything else on television in this key demographic, including Sunday Night Football, by over 2.5 million adults 18-49. With time-shifted playback, the season five premiere should exceed 22 million viewers.

"It's a Dead man's party. Who could ask for more?" said Charlie Collier, AMC president. "Enormous thanks to our friends and executive producers Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Greg Nicotero - who also directed last night's terrific premiere - Gale Anne Hurd, Dave Alpert and Tom Luse and all of their fellow producers, cast and crew for everything they do to make the #1 show on television such a unique and incredible experience for the fans. The Walking Dead is one of those increasingly rare shows today that can command a live audience not significantly cannibalized by time-shifted viewing. Who would have thought that cannibalized television could be curtailed by cannibal-ized television?"

The previous ratings record for an episode of The Walking Dead was 16.1 million total viewers and 10.4 million viewers 18-49 for the season four premiere, live/same day. With seven days of DVR playback included, the season four premiere delivered 21.1 million total viewers and 13.9 million adults 18-49, becoming the most highly-rated episode in cable television history.

Talking Dead, the live aftershow of The Walking Dead, also enjoyed record ratings last night, as its fourth season premiere on Sunday was the highest-rated premiere in series history with 6.9 million viewers and 4.5 million adults aged 18-49. That is an increase over last year's premiere of 34% and 35% respectively. Each week, Talking Dead features host Chris Hardwick and fans, actors, producers and other TV enthusiasts discussing that night's The Walking Dead premiere. The premiere episode featured series' showrunner and executive producer Scott M. Gimple, executive producer Greg Nicotero and Conan O'Brien.

The season five premiere of The Walking Dead was the series' most talked about episode ever, dominating social media activity for all of scripted television in 2014 as well as for the night. The premiere telecast garnered a total of 1,320,056 Tweets, making The Walking Dead the #1 new season drama premiere for 2014 in terms of Tweets and the #1 series premiere of 2014 in terms of Unique Authors. The Walking Dead is also one of the only shows in Twitter history to have had all 10 trending topics in the United States pertain to the show simultaneously. On Facebook, the day of premiere saw more than 7.7 million users driving more than 32.1 million interactions related to "The Walking Dead." For the past four weeks, The Walking Dead has had the most engaged Facebook page of any television program, with 15 times the engagement of any other program on premiere day. The Walking Dead Instagram account was also engaged with more than any other scripted series on premiere day. Twitter data from Nielsen and Twitter, Facebook and Instagram data from ListenFirst Media.

AMC recently announced it has renewed The Walking Dead for a sixth season. The network has also ordered a pilot for a potential companion series to The Walking Dead, based on a new story and new characters from Robert Kirkman.

NEWS: Bradford Anderson, Jake Wood, Rebecca Budig, George R.R. Martin, Naya Rivera, Seth Gilliam, John Heard, Mark Jordon

'General Hospital' alum Bradford Anderson and wife welcome second daughter
Anderson (ex-Spinelli, GH) and his wife, Kiera, became the proud parents of their second child, daughter Finola Leo Anderson, on May 2. "A big week for sure," he tweeted. "Today we welcomed our 2nd daughter…. Juna [their 2-year-old] is thrilled." On May 3, he clarified that the baby was not named after his Port Charles cohort Finola Hughes (Anna), saying, "Thanks for the good wishes all! And Finola is a family name, not to mention the name of one of the coolest gals we know. So, perfect!"

EastEnders' Jake Wood on Lucy mystery: '15 endings will be filmed'
[SPOILER ALERT] Wood has said that the soap's bosses are planning to film 15 different endings to the Lucy Beale murder mystery. The show launched a long-running whodunnit storyline at Easter as Lucy was found dead on Walford Common. The plot will run until EastEnders' 30th anniversary in February 2015.

Wood's character Max Branning is among the many suspects in the story, but he told ITV's Good Morning Britain today (May 5) that he may only discover the outcome when the reveal episode airs.

Asked whether Max is the culprit, he replied: "I genuinely don't know. I think there's about four people in the world who know at the moment. I'm certainly not one of them."

35th Annual Young Artist Awards Winners Include Haley Pullos, Jimmy Deshler, Max Burkholder

The 35th Annual Young Artist Awards were handed out on Sunday, May 4 in the Empire Ballroom of the Sportsmen's Lodge Hotel in Studio City, California. Longtime General Hospital star Kimberly McCullough presented the Daytime TV Series awards to Jimmy Deshler and Haley Pullos.

Below is a complete list of winners:

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME TV SERIES
Young Actor
Jimmy Deshler, General Hospital

Young Actress
Haley Pullos, General Hospital

THE WALKING DEAD Season Four Finale Preview

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD concludes on Sunday, March 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

In the season finale episode, titled "A," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) comes face-to-face with sheer brutality when multiple paths collide.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

THE WALKING DEAD "The Grove" Preview

Abraham (Michael Cudlitz).  Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode on Sunday, March 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

In "Us," faith becomes a survival tool for some fighting to stay alive.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

NEWS: Dom Song Used Illegally in OLTL Promo?; NY Writer Diversity Tax Incentives; Sarah Michelle Gellar; James Sutton; Alfre Woodard; Kerry Washington; Eric Braeden

Dom demands his music be taken off ONE LIFE TO LIVE Hulu promos, says he's getting ripped off
Dom, the Massachusetts-born musician who gained some fame a few years ago with his breakout electro-pop hit “Living In America,” claimed this week via Twitter that his song was being used illegally for Hulu ONE LIFE TO LIVE promos.

"So @ABCNetwork @onelifetolive @hulu have used my music 4 over a year without my permission & have decided not 2 pay me #corporateamerica"

New York May Become First State to Incentivize Diversity in Writers' Rooms
Thanks to two new bills currently gaining traction in Albany’s assembly and senate, New York may become the first state to incentivize adding diversity to a production’s writing staff.

THE WALKING DEAD Repeats To Air on MyNetworkTV This Fall

AMC, Twentieth Television and the FOX Television Stations have announced the addition of THE WALKING DEAD to the MyNetworkTV programming lineup. Scheduled to make its exclusive broadcast television debut this fall, the announcement was made by Frank Cicha, SVP of Programming of the FOX Television Stations, Greg Meidel, president of 20th Television, and Charlie Collier, president of AMC.

Two episodes from previously aired seasons of 'THE WALKING DEAD will be presented on a designated weeknight on MyNetworkTV.

THE WALKING DEAD "The Grove" Preview

Tyreese (Chad L. Coleman).  Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode ("The Grove") on Sunday, March 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

After finding an idyllic place to establish a new shelter, the group starts to question whether it is possible to go back to the way things were.

Tyreese (Chad L. Coleman) finally finds out just what Carol (Melissa McBride) did to his girlfriend. Or did she? It all finally comes out in this episode.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

THE WALKING DEAD "Alone" Preview

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode ("Alone") on Sunday, March 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

One group finds a shelter; a group has a realization about protection.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

THE WALKING DEAD Will Come to Life in First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Game Developed by Next Games and AMC

Next Games and AMC today announced that the Finnish games company is in production of a mobile game based on AMC's incredibly successful TV series THE WALKING DEAD. THE WALKING DEAD is, for the second season in a row, the #1 show on U.S. television among adults 18-49, and extremely popular around the world. The mobile game will be the first time players see this iconic show come to life through gameplay exclusively developed for smartphones and tablet devices.

AMC and Next Games will join forces on the marketing of the title as the game launch coincides with season 5 of THE WALKING DEAD TV series. The project will be global in scale with distribution and marketing across continents in collaboration with the best local partners.

THE WALKING DEAD "Still" Preview

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode ("Still") on Sunday, March 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

A bizarre but enlightening mission is brought on by a group member’s simple request.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

THE WALKING DEAD "Claimed" Preview

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode ("Claimed") on Sunday, February 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

A number of immediate threats plague Rick. Group members deal with their past.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings: Weekly Top 10 (February 10-16, 2014)

The Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Weekly Top Ten for February 10-16, 2014 has been released. THE WALKING DEAD topped all shows with a Unique Audience of over 4.83 million. PRETTY LITTLE LIARS was second and TEEN WOLF was fourth (click the chart to enlarge).

The list is ranked by Unique Audience and include four metrics for each of the top episodes:
* Tweets - Tweets ascribed to a linear TV episode.
* Unique Authors – Unique Twitter accounts that have sent at least one Tweet ascribed to a specific TV episode.
* Impressions - The number of times any Tweets ascribed to a TV episode were seen.
* Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode.

THE WALKING DEAD "Inmates" Preview

Season 4 of THE WALKING DEAD continues with a new episode ("Inmates") on Sunday, February 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC.

In the quest for stability and safety, the group faces many obstacles.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

NEWS: Nazanin Boniadi Joins SCANDAL; Kinky Sex on B&B; Mixed-Race Families on TV; EXTANT Adds Annie Wersching

Nazanin Boniadi joins SCANDAL for major Season Three arc
The actress, perhaps best known for playing FBI analyst Fara Sherazi on the third season of Showtime's HOMELAND, will recur in the final eight episodes of SCANDAL's third season. Details about her character are being kept under wraps. Boniadi previously played Leyla Mir on GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Don Diamont Gets Kinky on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Diamont's Bill Spencer is about to get kinky with, of all people, psycho-villain Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer)!

"We're not cable but we certainly take it as far as we can — and I don't think there's ever been anything like it in daytime," Diamont says, noting that the sex-with-whips action drew lots of attention at the CBS studio. "Suddenly, our crew seemed to double. I was, like, 'Who are all these people?'"

Where Is My Family on TV?
According to a 2012 Census Bureau report, mixed-race Americans, while still a small minority, are one of the fastest-growing demographic groups in the country, driven by immigration and an uptick in intermarriage. Yet while there are some very public examples of seemingly stable mixed-race families — the de Blasios of New York or even Kim, Kanye and sweet baby Nori come to mind — they are remarkably absent from our screens. (Our biracial president does get his share of screen time, of course.)

How THE WALKING DEAD Breaks Every Rule We Know About TV Hits
To simply chalk up the success of THE WALKING DEAD to the viability of the horror genre is to misunderstand the show. It's never been some splatterpunk thrill ride like the “Saw” film franchise; there’s actually just as much an arthouse sensibility to TWD as there is to other AMC shows like MAD MEN and BREAKING BAD. And as Sunday night's episode indicated, the series doesn't adhere to conventional storytelling. Then there’s the tone of TWD, which is so bleak it practically thumbs its nose at mass appeal. Throw in the fact the show hasn’t minted any true breakout stars and attracts zero awards buzz, and these gaudy ratings are even more inexplicable.