AMC Renews Comic Book Men, Talking Dead

NEW YORK: Second seasons are in the works for a pair of AMC unscripted series: Comic Book Men and Talking Dead.

Comic Book Men is executive produced by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) and Charlie Corwin’s Original Media and Elyse Seiden. The show looks at fanboy culture, following the happenings in and around Smith’s New Jersey comic shop.

Talking Dead, hosted by Nerdist‘s Chris Hardwick, serves as a live after show for the network’s hit original The Walking Dead. The series is executive produced by Michael Davies and co-exec produced by Jen Kelly from Embassy Row.

Both series will have 16 fresh half-hour episodes in the sophomore seasons.

"Pinch my fat ass, ’cause I must be dreaming!," said Smith. "A thousand thank you’s wouldn’t cover the gratitude I’m feeling right now. And as you might imagine, everyone at SModcast Pictures is in love with everyone at AMC today! Rest assured, Walt, Bry, Mike, Ming and I are suited up and ready to hit the ice for our second season with Team AMC."

“AMC set out to build shows around authentic characters and original worlds, and Comic Book Men really delivers on both of these. Charlie Corwin and Kevin have created a truly unique show that is funny and informative—whether you like comic books or not; and the guys from The Stash are the kind of real life experts we always wanted to build the show around,” said Joel Stillerman, AMC’s executive VP of original programming, production and digital content. “Talking Dead is just great synergy and it gives our audience a destination to continue the conversation about The Walking Dead. We are thrilled that Chris is back to lead the discussion. He is genuinely knowledgeable about the genre, and truly entertaining.”

“Talking Dead has been an amazing experience and I cannot pile enough hugs and thanks onto AMC for renewing it,” said Hardwick. “I CAN’T WAIT for season three of Walking Dead, so that we can finally talk about Rick meeting [SPOILER] and [SPOILER]-ing him with a heavy-duty [SPOILER] at the [SPOILER]. And let’s not forget all the rest of the [SPOILER]s getting in on the action! [EXPLETIVE] me! It’s going to be great….”