Fear The Walking Dead was a ratings hit in it’s debut season at the end of 2015, if you are wanting to watch it again or are anxious to see the 2nd season there is some good news for cord cutters. The new season is coming soon, and the first season will be available even sooner, and both can be watched on your Roku.
Today AMC announced the return date for the series, which will be April 10th at 9:00 PM EST. AMC can be live streamed to your Roku with a subscription to Sling TV. Sling TV has no commitment packages starting as low as $20 a month.
Also announced was Season One of TWD would be available starting Tuesday, January 26th on Hulu. You can add Hulu to your Roku for as little as $7.99 with commercials, or $11.99 without.
The popular Talking Dead wrap up show was also announced to follow the 2nd season episodes. You can check out the announcement from AMC below:
“Fear the Walking Dead” will air its second season of 15 episodes in two parts, beginning with the first of seven episodes on Sunday, April 10th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The remaining eight episodes will air later in 2016.
The series, which delivered the highest-rated first season of any series in cable history among total viewers and all key demos in live+3 ratings, is executive produced by showrunner Dave Erickson, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert and stars Kim Dickens as Madison, Cliff Curtis as Travis, Frank Dillane as Nick, Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia, Ruben Blades as Daniel, Mercedes Mason as Ofelia, Lorenzo James Henrie as Chris and Colman Domingo as Strand.
The series began production on season two last month in the Baja peninsula in Mexico at Baja Studios, home to some of the greatest ocean-set films in recent years. Season one left off with Madison, Travis and their extended family taking temporary shelter in Strand’s gated estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. As civil unrest continues to grow and the dead take over Los Angeles, Strand prepares to escape to “Abigail,” his large yacht moored offshore.
Beginning Tuesday, January 26th, the complete first season of “Fear the Walking Dead” will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Hulu subscribers can catch up on all episodes of the series through Hulu’s No Commercials and Limited Commercials plans ahead of the second season premiere on AMC. The series comes to Hulu in an exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement with AMC Networks Inc.
Immediately following “Fear the Walking Dead” on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT will be “Talking Dead,” hosted by Chris Hardwick, which will continue its tradition of welcoming cast, producers and celebrity guests to the couch to talk about the newest episode of “Fear.”
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