AMC Sets ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2 Premiere Date

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Cliff Curtis as Travis and Ruben Blades as Daniel Salazar in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ _ Season 2 (Photo Credit: Richard Foreman / AMC)

AMC’s announced Fear the Walking Dead will kick off its 15 episode season two on April 10, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. The network will be splitting up the season, airing seven episodes beginning this April and then airing the remaining eight later this year.

Filming on season two is taking place at Baja Studios in Mexico.

Season one was the highest-rated first season in cable history. The season one cast included 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. Showrunner Dave Erickson, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, and David Alpert are the executive producers.

The finale of season one found Madison, Travis, and the rest of their group hiding out at Strand’s oceanfront estate. As the situation around them worsened, Strand and the survivors prepared to sail away on his yacht, “Abigail.”

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