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AMC chief thinks The Walking Dead can last as long as Star Trek

September 25, 2016 by Gary Collinson

With Fear the Walking Dead’s second season drawing to a close and the seventh season of The Walking Dead due to get underway next month, AMC’s zombie franchise is showing little sign of slowing down – and according to AMC Networks President and CEO Josh Sapan, the end is far from in sight.

Speaking at Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Sapan said that The Walking Dead “has incredible long life left in it” and could run for “many, many more years”, even going so far as to suggest Star Trek levels of longevity.

“[Star Trek] came and went three times,” said Sapan. “We do think that we have a franchise [in The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead] that is one of the rare franchises that you occasionally come across in what we do for a living.”

SEE ALSO: The Walking Dead to explore Negan’s backstory, new season 7 poster revealed

Is Sapan right? Does The Walking Dead have anywhere near that kind of legs? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

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Originally published September 25, 2016. Updated December 16, 2019.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: The Walking Dead

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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