Is ‘The Walking Dead’ season 6, episode 9 new tonight on AMC?

twdFor those hoping to see the immediate aftermath of what happened at Alexandria on “The Walking Dead” season 6, we come bearing some not-so-great news: You’re going to be waiting a little while. There is no new episode of the show coming on AMC this weekend, or really for the next two months.

Just as with the past several seasons of the show, we are now on the lengthy holiday / early winter hiatus, and the series will return with new episodes starting on February 14. There are eight more stories to be told, and these will be followed up directly by “Talking Dead” rather than more of “Into the Badlands.”

Given that the midseason finale ended with a mention of Negan for the first time, we understand the fervent desire to have him show up early in the second batch of episodes. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been rather busy filming “The Good Wife,” and he will not be turning up until near the very end of this season. From here, he is poised to have a much more substantial role on the seventh season of the show, when the lives of many characters could hang in the balance. (We also wouldn’t be surprised if Negan kills someone right off the bat at the end of season 6.)

Before Negan’s arrival, be ready to see many of the upcoming episodes do their part to try to set up his appearance in epic fashion. There will probably be a wide array of twists and turns ahead, not to mention walker violence in the same way that we’ve always seen it!

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