New York – The title for one of the year’s most anticipated new dramas, Fear The Walking Dead, has been announced ahead of its exclusive premiere later this year on AMC channels worldwide.

As previously announced, AMC Global acquired international television rights to the series, and plans to air each episode within 24 hours of its U.S. premiere. AMC Global, the international

AMC-branded television network, launched in late 2014 and is available in over 115 countries and territories. AMC U.S. has picked up the series for two seasons.

Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and David Alpert from The Walking Dead are executive producers of the new series, which, like the original, is being produced by AMC Studios. Dave Erickson (Marco Polo, Sons of Anarchy), who co-created and co-wrote the pilot with Kirkman, is an executive producer and showrunner. The series will star Cliff Curtis

(Missing, Gang Related), Kim Dickens (Gone Girl, Sons of Anarchy), Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Storm).

The new series will be set in Los Angeles and focused on new characters and storylines. The show’s first season will consist of six, one-hour episodes and premiere on AMC later this year.

The show’s second season will air in 2016.

“We’re thrilled to bring audiences worldwide Fear The Walking Dead within 24 hours of the

U.S. premiere so that fans can experience the excitement of one of the year’s most anticipated new dramas together exclusively on AMC Global,” commented Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC and Sundance Channel Global. “AMC has created some of the most compelling programming on television in recent years, and this new show will perfectly complement the popular films and exclusive original series showcased on the network.”

AMC Networks rebranded the MGM Channel as AMC in late 2014. The rebrand marked the first distribution outside of North America for AMC, one of the most popular and award-winning brands in television. AMC has since launched locally-versioned channel feeds on hundreds of cable and satellite platforms across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Also accompanying these channels are authenticated AMC VOD, HD and “TV Everywhere” services.

In addition to premiering original programming from AMC Networks-owned studios, AMC

Global also features popular, acclaimed films from some of the world’s biggest film libraries.