Telemystery: AMC Orders Third Season of The Walking Dead

With its second season just underway, AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for a third season.

"Today we are pleased to announce that the dead shall live as we proudly renew The Walking Dead for a third season on AMC and, globally, with our terrific partners at Fox International Channels," said AMC president Charlie Collier.

Based on Robert Kirkman's graphic novels, the series stars Andrew Lincoln as County Sheriff Rick Grimes, who wakes from a coma to discover the world as he knows it is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic.