AMC's The Walking Dead will be released on BD and DVD on March 8, 2011. The first season looks outstanding so far and I'm definitely getting it on Blu-ray. Available for pre-order at Amazon.com.

since Amazon has spoiled me w/ the Mad Men seasons (1-3) at $9.99 each...I shall wait and hope that one day...this too will be cheap as fuck. Until that happens I shall wait. I've seen the 1st episode online and I loved the comic...so I'm fucking game for this thing AT the right price. *sigh*

I'll be picking it up on Day 1, I won't wait until December for a cheaper price. It's a pretty great show so far. Still surprises me what they are actually showing when it comes to the zombies.

It's 6 episodes! That needs to be around $20 before even consider biting on that.

Pretty lackluster first season, but I'll probably pick it up anyway.

Was it me or did AMC's HD look like crap?

This was shot on Super 16.

Looked good to me, though it seems like an "artistic" choice to give it that washed out look at times.

You're one of the only people I've seen who feels this way about the show. I thought the first season was pretty great and will pick it up day one no matter what.

That's funny - more often than not I have to find myself defending the show from people who think it's completely horrible.

Lackluster or not, the series seems to be fairing quite well overall - at least for now.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/12/06/wa...inale-ratings/

'Walking Dead' season finale bites into 6 million viewers
by Archana Ram
Categories: Cable, Fall TV, Ratings, Television, The Walking Dead, TV Biz, TV Ratings

Just over six million people tuned in for last night’s season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead, making it the most-watched episode of the season. (An additional 2.1 million viewers took in the show during its 11 p.m and 1 a.m. encore airings.) With an average of 3.5 million viewers over its six-episode season aged 18 to 49, the zombie series, based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novels, is now the most watched drama series in basic cable history in the ad-favored demo, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Well maybe Internet posters who like to nitpick everything to death, but a lot of people that I know seem to really like it. A lot of them would not typically be into the zombie/horror genre either. Plus the debut episode was pretty much universally praised it seems. I think the show is fine but still has a lot of room to find itself after all its only been on six episodes which really isn't much time to develop.

Well I like it, but I find it too easy to nitpick. It just doesn't slow my enthusiasm for watching zombie killing on TV. Is Mad Men a better show overall? I just finally finished watching it and I have to say yes.

Looking forward to finally seeing this in HD. (Direct TV subscriber here)

Mad Men is good but I still find it somewhat overrated to be honest. I just find it a tad bit too slow for my tastes at times, but it is a good watch. If you want to watch AMC's real masterpiece check out Breaking Bad. One of the best shows on tv at the moment.

Hurm...my DVR collected this, but I only have AMC in standard def so I've been holding off for either DirecTV to pick up AMC-HD, or for the Blu to be announced. Now that it's announced I'm not liking the $35 for 6 episodes price. Not cool. Hopefully it will drop before release.

I probably can't hold off 3 months for it anyway, so will probably just break down and watch in SD soon. Hopefully it won't be quite as painful as IFC's SD feed of Dead Set. That almost literally hurt to watch. Damn good show though!

I enjoyed it, but doubt I'll ever watch it again any time soon. Maybe if Season 2 is good and this shows up on a Black Friday deal for like $10, we'll see...

For those concerned about the price, it IS an Anchor Bay release, so odds are it won't stay too expensive for long...

Yeah, I'll wait for a price dip on this. I mean, come on, it's six episodes. It will fall in price sooner or later.

I just wish I had watched these as they aired. I have a few recorded, but I'm not sure if I should watch them now or just wait and experience them for the first time on Blu-ray.

dont watch them out of order, if you dont have a consecutive sequence of episodes, then i'd say wait, since they end with cliffhangers.

Def buying this, but for a sub-$25 price.

Really enjoyed the first season. I'll pick it up for $20 or less.

Highdefdigest reports a $49.99 MSRP.

. . . which I now see in the Amazon listing . . . ha.

Cover art from Shock Till You Drop:

<img src=http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/walking-dead-blu.jpg alt=wd

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I didn't know they retitled the show "The AMC Walking Dead". Talk about an eyesore.

What's funny about that cover art is if you watched the HD broadcast, it's PAINFULLY obvious that most of that shot is a really bad painting. I couldn't even believe they tried to pass that off as a real life scene. If they don't touch it up for the Blu-Ray, it's going to look even more hilariously fake.