It is a spin-off and a prequel series to the horror drama television series The Walking Dead, which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. AMC greenlit the pilot to series on March 9, 2015, with a two-season commitment. The first season will consist of six episodes, while the second season received an extended order of fifteen episodes to air in 2016.

Set in Los Angeles, California, the series follows a divorced male teacher, a female guidance counselor, and her two children–a son and a daughter–in the opening stages of the zombie apocalypse as they come to terms with the impending collapse of civilization.


Cast

Kim Dickens as Madison Clark, a high school guidance counselor, fiancée of Travis', and single mother of Alicia and Nick.

Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa, a high school English teacher, Madison's fiancé, and a divorcé who shares custody of his son, Chris, with his ex-wife Liza.

Frank Dillane as Nick Clark, Madison's son who has flunked out of college and is battling a drug problem.

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark, Madison's high-achieving and ambitious daughter who is in a relationship with her jock boyfriend Matt. She is able to read situations well and often finds herself at odds with Nick, due to his unmotivated nature.

Lorenzo James Henrie as Chris Manawa, Travis and Liza's son, who resents his father for their divorce.

Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza Ortiz, Travis' ex-wife and mother of their son Chris. A free-spirited bohemian type, she is attempting to rebound from her disastrous marriage and is in nursing school.

Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar, Ofelia's father. He is a barber who moved his family to LA from a different culture decades ago to start fresh.

Mercedes Mason as Ofelia Salazar, born and raised in the U.S. and protective of her immigrant parents.

Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Griselda Salazar, Daniel's wife and Ofelia's mother, Catholic and unwilling to justify the supernatural phenomena with science. She attributes the ills of the world to the sins committed by mankind
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