Release OrderRecommended
0 / 7 watchedThe order the shows aired. Finish the main show's run before the sequels, since both assume you know how it ends.
- 1 The Walking Dead Seasons 1 to 11 2010 to 2022. The core story everything else builds on.
- 2 Fear the Walking Dead Seasons 1 to 8 2015 to 2023. Starts as a prequel, later runs parallel to the main show.
- 3 The Walking Dead: World Beyond Seasons 1 to 2 2020 to 2021. Limited two-season series about the first generation raised in the apocalypse.
- 4 Tales of the Walking Dead Anthology of standalone stories. Optional.
- 5 The Walking Dead: Dead City Seasons 1 to 3 Maggie and Negan in post-apocalyptic New York. Season 3 premiered July 2026.
- 6 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Seasons 1 to 3 Daryl in France, then Spain. A fourth and final season is confirmed for 2027.
- 7 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live 6-episode limited series about Rick and Michonne. Watch after the main show.
Chronological Order
0 / 8 watchedA simplified timeline that keeps each show intact. Fear's first three seasons happen first, then the main show and Fear's later seasons overlap, and the sequels come last.
- 1 Fear the Walking Dead Seasons 1 to 3 Set at the outbreak, before Rick wakes up.
- 2 The Walking Dead Seasons 1 to 8 Overlaps with Fear seasons 4 and 5.
- 3 Fear the Walking Dead Seasons 4 to 8
- 4 The Walking Dead: World Beyond
- 5 The Walking Dead Seasons 9 to 11 Includes the multi-year time jump after season 9.
- 6 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
- 7 The Walking Dead: Dead City
- 8 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
About The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead follows Rick Grimes and a shifting group of survivors through a zombie apocalypse across eleven seasons. Fear the Walking Dead starts as a West Coast prequel before merging into the same timeline, and World Beyond, Tales and The Ones Who Live fill gaps around the later seasons. Two sequel shows continue the story: Dead City follows Maggie and Negan in New York, and Daryl Dixon follows Daryl in France and Spain.
The timelines overlap heavily, with spinoff seasons running parallel to main-show seasons. Newcomers should ignore all of that and watch in release order.
Good to know
A strict chronological watch means cutting between shows episode by episode, since Fear seasons 4 and 5 run parallel to the main show. The list below keeps each show intact instead, which is how the creators paced every reveal.
Dead City season 3 premiered July 2026 and Daryl Dixon season 3 aired in fall 2025. A fourth and final season of Daryl Dixon is confirmed for 2027.
