Against the face of the obvious jokes about its name and nature, the "Walking Dead" franchise has walked, ran, and occasionally shambled along since its titular first show premiered in 2010. The ...

The Walking Dead didn’t just become a hit when it launched in 2010. It turned into a full-blown TV phenomenon that AMC has been trying to replicate ever since. Not every expansion has been worth it.

The Walking Dead might have started off as a gritty, small-scale comic adaptation, but over the years it has grown into a sprawling franchise with multiple spinoffs, games, and novels, building a ...