‘The Walking Dead’ Meets ‘First We Feast’ In Food-Zombie Kickoff Of AMC Networks-Complex Networks Teaming
By Dade Hayes
March 19, 2021 6:00am
A new content partnership between AMC Networks and Complex Networks, billed as an effort to “leverage the strength of food and fandom” will start off with a focus on The Walking Dead.
The mash-up of the zombie show and Complex online food magazine First We Feast will yield an original series called Run The Dish. Each episode will feature “apocalypse-inspired dishes,” according to a press release, created by Complex celebrity chefs and talent from the Walking Dead universe. Specific talent and recipes have not yet been revealed.
The collaboration comes as AMC Networks is ramping up upfronts conversations with advertisers, looking for cross-platform options suited to a changing media landscape. The Walking Dead, AMC’s uber-franchise, is about to start a two-step wind-down, though that’s just for the mother-ship series. Extensions, spinoffs and various incarnations of the property will walk the Earth for some time to come.
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