The Walking Dead watch order
Every film, series, and special in the correct viewing order.
30 entries·~300 hrs total runtime·2010–2025
The shows overlap in time, so strict story order would mean interleaving episodes across series.
The Walking Dead
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The Walking Dead Season 1
TV Series6 episodes · 2010
The first released television production and the introduction of Rick Grimes and the Atlanta survivor group.
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The Walking Dead Season 2
TV Series13 episodes · 2011–2012
Continues the survivor group's story at the Greene family farm.
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The Walking Dead Season 3
TV Series16 episodes · 2012–2013
Introduces the prison community, Michonne and the Governor.
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The Walking Dead Season 4
TV Series16 episodes · 2013–2014
Continues the prison storyline before dispersing the survivors across Georgia.
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The Walking Dead Season 5
TV Series16 episodes · 2014–2015
Continues from Terminus and introduces the Alexandria Safe-Zone.
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The Walking Dead Season 6
TV Series16 episodes · 2015–2016
Expands the Alexandria storyline and introduces the threat of the Saviors.
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The Walking Dead Season 7
TV Series16 episodes · 2016–2017
Develops the conflict between the communities and Negan's Saviors.
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The Walking Dead Season 8
TV Series16 episodes · 2017–2018
Depicts the communities' all-out war against the Saviors.
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The Walking Dead Season 9
TV Series16 episodes · 2018–2019
Includes major time jumps and introduces the Whisperers.
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The Walking Dead Season 10
TV Series22 episodes · 2019–2021
Continues the Whisperer conflict and includes six additional episodes produced after the original finale.
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The Walking Dead Season 11
TV Series24 episodes · 2021–2022
The final season of the original series and the introduction of the Commonwealth storyline.
Fear the Walking Dead
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 1
TV Series6 episodes · 2015
Begins at the outbreak's earliest stage in Los Angeles, before Rick awakens in The Walking Dead.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 2
TV Series15 episodes · 2016
Continues the survivors' journey by sea and into Mexico.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 3
TV Series16 episodes · 2017
Takes place before the major time jump that connects the series more directly with The Walking Dead.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 4
TV Series16 episodes · 2018
Introduces Morgan Jones after Morgan leaves the communities depicted in The Walking Dead.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 5
TV Series16 episodes · 2019
Continues Morgan's group and expands the Civic Republic Military connections.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 6
TV Series16 episodes · 2020–2021
Continues the group's conflict with Virginia and introduces a nuclear threat.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 7
TV Series16 episodes · 2021–2022
Follows the survivors after nuclear detonations reshape the Texas landscape.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 8
TV Series12 episodes · 2023
The final season of Fear the Walking Dead and the conclusion of Morgan and Madison's principal storylines.
World Beyond and Tales
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 1
TV Series10 episodes · 2020
Follows the first generation raised after the outbreak and expands the Civic Republic Military storyline.
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2
TV Series10 episodes · 2021
Concludes the World Beyond storyline and develops information about the Civic Republic.
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Tales of the Walking Dead Season 1
TV Series6 episodes · 2022
An anthology of standalone stories set at different points in the television universe.
Character Continuation Series
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The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1
TV Series6 episodes · 2023
Follows Maggie and Negan in Manhattan after the conclusion of The Walking Dead.
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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 1
TV Series6 episodes · 2023
Follows Daryl Dixon after Daryl arrives in France following the original series.
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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TV Series6 episodes · 2024
Continues Rick Grimes and Michonne's stories after their departures from the original series.
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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol
TV Series6 episodes · 2024
The second Daryl Dixon season and the return of Carol Peletier as a principal character.
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The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2
TV Series8 episodes · 2025
Continues Maggie and Negan's conflict in Manhattan.
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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3
TV Series7 episodes · 2025
Continues Daryl and Carol's journey through Europe.
Major Web Series
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The Walking Dead Webisodes
TV Series22 short episodes across 4 series · 2011–2017
Four short-form collections titled Torn Apart, Cold Storage, The Oath and Red Machete.
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Fear the Walking Dead Webisodes
TV SeriesMultiple short-form series · 2015–2022
Includes Flight 462, Passage, The Althea Tapes and Dead in the Water.
How many Walking Dead shows and episodes are there?
The original series contains 177 episodes and Fear the Walking Dead contains 113 episodes. World Beyond, Tales and the character continuation series bring the wider television universe to more than 380 released episodes, excluding some promotional web shorts.
Do I need to watch Fear the Walking Dead before The Walking Dead?
Fear begins earlier in the outbreak but was released after five seasons of The Walking Dead and eventually crosses over through Morgan Jones and other characters.
What order should a first-timer watch The Walking Dead in?
A first-time viewer should use release order because several seasons overlap and later spin-offs assume familiarity with characters and organisations introduced in earlier broadcasts.
Is The Walking Dead finished or still ongoing?
The original series and Fear the Walking Dead are complete, while the wider television universe remains ongoing through Dead City, Daryl Dixon and other announced productions.
See also: The Last of Us watch order, Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel watch order.
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