AMC Gives Second Seasons to 'Comic Book Men,' 'Talking Dead'

Unscripted series get 16 more episodes each

By Tim Baysinger -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/9/2012 3:07:45 PM

AMC renewed a pair of its unscripted series Wednesday, giving second season orders to Comic Book Men and Talking Dead.

Both series received an additional order of 16 episodes.

Comic Book Men centers around the employees and patrons of director Kevin Smith's comic book store, Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, N.J. Talking Dead is the live after-show of the network's popular series The Walking Dead.

"Pinch my fat ass, 'cause I must be dreaming! A thousand thank you's wouldn't cover the gratitude I'm feeling right now. And as you might imagine, everyone at SModcast Pictures is in love with everyone at AMC today! Rest assured, Walt, Bry, Mike, Ming and I are suited up and ready to hit the ice for our second season with Team AMC," said Smith.

"Talking Dead has been an amazing experience and I cannot pile enough hugs and thanks onto AMC for renewing it. I Can't wait for Season 3 of Walking Dead, so that we can finally talk about Rick meeting [SPOILER] and [SPOILER]-ing him with a heavy-duty [SPOILER] at the [SPOILER]. And let's not forget all the rest of the [SPOILER]s getting in on the action... It's going to be great," said Chris Hardwick, host of Talking Dead.