The Walking Dead gets renewed for eighth season on AMC

A big surprise to us all.

By far the biggest TV show right now has to be AMC's The Walking Dead. Every Sunday night starting in October leading into the winter, a brand new episode airs and shocks audiences with its gore and twists. The show is a massive success which has allowed them to spawn video games and even another television show set in The Walking Dead universe.

The seventh season will air next Sunday, but AMC is already jumping the gun and renewing the zombie series for an eighth season which will have 16, hour long episodes. The show averages about 13.5 million viewers and had a bit of a decline last season, but it's safe to say many will come back after that big cliffhanger at the end of the last season.

The Walking Dead will begin airing again next Sunday on AMC at 9/8 PM central time.

[Variety]