Hey guys, Jana here,

AMC announced today that the seventh season of their mega-smash series ‘The Walking Dead‘ will debut on Sunday, October 23rd. The 16 episode season will customarily be split into two parts. Eight episodes air during the fall and the final eight episodes to begin airing in February of 2017.

The announcement was made during the show’s panel today at San Diego Comic Con. Moderator Chris Hardwick led the discussion among stars of the series and creators including Andrew Lincoln and Robert Kirkman. One more thing that the panel gave us is a new trailer! We know we’re going to see who Negan kills, and a new character from the comic books, King Ezekiel, will debut in season seven.