The Walking DeadSpinoffs: A Complete Guide to Every Show in the Zombie-Run Universe (Including Where to Watch Them!)

Mar. 15, 2025

Lennie James as Morgan Jones - Fear the Walking Dead, Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee - The Walking Dead: Dead City, Nico Tortorella as Felix - The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Terry Crews as Joe - Tales of the Walking Dead.Photo: Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC, Peter Kramer/AMC, Steve Swisher/AMC, Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC

The Walking Deadcame to a close on Nov. 20, 2022, but its legacy lives on with its many spinoff series.

Fear the Walking Deadwas the first iteration to be released in 2015, andThe Walking Deaduniverse expanded even further with the franchise’s only limited series, 2024’sThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

The six-episode miniseries, which premiered on AMC and AMC+ on Feb. 25, 2024, answered the long-awaited question of what happened to Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) afterThe Walking Deadseason 11 finale. Netflix picked up the show on Jan. 13, and it quickly rose to the streamer’s Top 10.

However, Rick and Michonne are far from the only characters who have received their own spinoffs. The post-finale fates of other fan-favorites like Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan) have been explored in other series, offering a deeper look into their individual journeys.

Looking to experience all the epic zombie action from start to finish? Here’s where to stream everyWalking Deadspinoff show — and how to watch them in order.

Fear the Walking Dead

Colman Domingo as Victor Strand, Nona Parker Johnson as Ada, Sasha An as Sara and Julia Wackenheim-Gimple as Della in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Seth F. Johnson/AMC

Seth F. Johnson/AMC

Fear the Walking Deadwas the first spinoff series to be released. It premiered in 2015 on AMC and ran for eight seasons before concluding in 2023.

The remaining seasons run concurrently withTWDand even features crossovers with original characters, such as Morgan Jones and Negan’s former right-hand man, Dwight.

The cast varies throughout its eight seasons because, in typicalWalking Deadfashion, characters get killed off.Alycia Debnam Careyas Alicia Clark,Cliff Curtisas Travis Manawa,Frank Dillaneas Nick Clark and Kim Dickens as Madison Clark are among the main cast with recurring appearances. Others includeJenna Elfmanas June Dorie,Colman Domingoas Victor Strand and Mo Collins as Sarah Rabinowitz.

Fear the Walking Deadalso has a few web-based spinoffs onAMC’s website, includingFear the Walking Dead: Flight 462,Fear the Walking Dead: PassageandThe Althea Tapes.

Tales of the Walking Dead

Terry Crews as Joe, Olivia Munn as Evie - Tales of the Walking Dead _ Season 1, Episode 1.Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC

Tales of the Walking Deadpremiered on AMC in August 2022 as the third spinoff of the original show and an anthology series that highlights new and returning characters from theTWDfranchise.

Unlike other spinoffs with cohesive storylines throughout the seasons,Tales of the Walking Deadtells the individual stories of new characters in each episode, which then tie into the larger story within theTWDuniverse.

The show’s timeline spans from pre-apocalyptic times to several years beyond the originalWalking Deadtime period.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon, Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Danai Gurira as Michonne - The Walking Dead _ Season 9, Episode 1.Jackson Lee Davis/AMC

The long-awaited reunion ofTWD’s Michonne and Rick finally hit the small screen in February 2024. AMCoriginally announced the spinoff as a trilogy moviein 2018, but it was later reimagined as a six-episode miniseries titledThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

AsTWDfans will recall, Rick was presumed dead after blowing up a bridge to save the Alexandria community in season 9. Michonne, who is left to raise their daughter and son alone, never believed he was gone, and sets out on a journey to find him in season 10. Viewers get one final glimpse into where these pivotal characters ended up in a flash-forward scene during the series finale.

The Ones Who Livefills in the gaps of what happened to Rick and Michonne during the final three seasons ofTWD— and how they finally reunite after years apart.

During a Television Critic’s Association panel for AMC in February 2024, Lincoln said that to prep for the “most romanticWalking Deadshow” to date he and Gurira binged theBridgertonseries.

“This has been a long time coming, this story, and I love this character and this is a love story,” the actor said. “This is essentially the DNA of the original episode was a man in search of his family”

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon and Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Stéphanie Branchu/AMC

Stéphanie Branchu/AMC

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonpremiered on AMC in September 2023 as the continuation of everyone’s favorite ill-tempered hunter. The spinoff takes place after the series finale ofTWDand follows Daryl’s arrival (and survival) in post-apocalyptic France.

Atrailer for the third season, set to premiere sometime in 2025, was released in November 2024.

The Walking Dead: Dead City

Trey Santiago-Hudson as Jano, Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan - The Walking Dead: Dead City _ Season 1.Peter Kramer/AMC

The Walking Dead: Dead Citymarked the franchise’s fourth spinoff. It was originally titledIsle of the Dead, but AMC changed the name toDead Citybefore its June 2023 premiere.

As for its plot,Dead Cityserves as a direct sequel toTWD’s original series, withCohanandJeffrey Dean Morganreprising their characters Maggie and Negan, respectively, in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan.

During an interview withDeadline, Morgan hinted thatDead Citytakes place “a couple of years after theWalking Deadfinale.”

Season 2is set to premiere in 2025 on AMC and AMC+.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Will Meyers as Mason, Aliyah Royale as Iris, Nico Tortorella as Felix, Joe Holt as Leo, Ted Sutherland as Percy, Alexa Mansour as Hope - The Walking Dead: World Beyond _ Season 2, Episode 8.Steve Swisher/AMC

The Walking Dead: World Beyondwas the second spinoff ofTWD, with the first episode premiering on AMC in 2020 and wrapping in December 2021 after two seasons.

Set in Nebraska 10 years after the zombie apocalypse, the series chronicles the lives of teenagers who are the first generation to come of age in a post-apocalyptic era. The location is a subtle nod toTWD’s season 2 episode titled “Nebraska.” In addition, more light is shed on the Civic Republic Military which was introduced in the original series.

TheWorld Beyondplot places its aim on the next generation of survivors, characters who were most likely too young to recount the pre-plague world. Aliyah Royale as Iris, Alexa Mansour as Hope, Hal Cumpston as Silas andNicolas Cantuas Elton play the four main characters.

Other cast members includeNico Tortorellaas Felix, Julia Ormond as Elizabeth Kublek, Annet Mahendru as Huck and Joe Holt as Leo. Season 2 also sees some crossover characters fromTWDsuch asJeff Koberas an uncredited voice in season 1 and Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis Stokes in season 2 ofTWD: World Beyond.

source: people.com