<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Walking Dead episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The eighth season of The Walking Dead, an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC, premiered on October 22, 2017, and will consist of 16 episodes . Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard . The executive producers are Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Gimple as showrunner . This season adapts the All Out War story arc from the comics, with the survivors of the Alexandria Safe - Zone, the Hilltop Colony, and the Kingdom taking on Negan and the Saviors . </P> <P> The eighth season features twenty series regulars overall . For this season, Katelyn Nacon, Khary Payton, Steven Ogg, and Pollyanna McIntosh were promoted to series regular status, after previously having recurring roles, while Seth Gilliam and Ross Marquand were added to the opening credits . </P>

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