Fall TV Premieres: ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Graves’ Start Sunday, Oct. 22

It’s the end of October, but fall TV shows are still premiering. Sunday is going to be a big night for zombie fans.

After a new extended edition of the Season 7 finale airs, “The Walking Dead” finally returns to AMC for Season 8. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) will be banding together his friends, the Kingdom and Hilltop to fight Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and the Saviors.

For longtime fans, “The Walking Dead” Season 8 will feel much more like earlier seasons of the dystopian drama, according to actor Norman Reedus.

“Season 8 feels like our old show again,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “The people I like working with the most are the ones I’m working with again. The gang’s back together. The fight’s back in it. Last year was so rough. It didn’t feel like our show and I know it is our show, and you’ve got to do stuff like that, but last year felt so disconnected. Everyone was so disconnected in the core group. So it feels like it used to feel again which is really exciting.”

After the zombie fighters return, fans will get to see the episode discussed at length. “The Talking Dead” returns for Season 8 as well, and the premiere will be even longer than the new episode of “The Walking Dead.” In this two-hour installment, host Chris Hardwick will chat with Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus and several other cast members. Executive producers Robert Kirkman, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert will stop by too.

“The Walking Dead” chats will continue into the late night hours when “Comic Book Men” Season 7 starts at 1 a.m. on AMC. Kevin Smith talks to some comic book experts about how “TWD” started as a graphic novel.

Elsewhere, “Graves” Season 2 will kick off on Oct. 22 as well. In the premiere of the Epix original series, Graves (Nick Nolte) will be pretty isolated as he writes his autobiography, but Isaiah (Skylar Astin) is determined to bring him back. Meanwhile, Margaret (Sela Ward) competes in the primaries as Jeremy (Chris Lowell) embraces his newfound success.

There is also a new cartoon launching on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. “The Jellies” was created by rapper Tyler, The Creator and follows a teenager who learns his family of jellyfish adopted him. He is shocked and goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Those looking for something more family-friendly can see “The Good Witch” on Hallmark. Although it isn’t the Season 4 premiere yet, it’s a Halloween special. An old prophecy seems to have cursed the town, so Cassie (Catherine Bell) tries to break the spell during a Halloween party.

Here are all the TV shows premiering Sunday, Oct. 22:

• “The Walking Dead” Bonus Edition premieres on AMC at 7:30 p.m. EDT.
• “The Good Witch: Spellbound” premieres on Hallmark at 8 p.m. EDT.
• “The Walking Dead” Season 8 premieres on AMC at 9 p.m. EDT.
• “Food: Fact or Fiction?” Season 3 premieres on the Cooking Channel at 10 p.m. EDT.
• “Graves” Season 2 premieres on Epix at 10 p.m. EDT.
• “Talking Dead” Season X premieres on AMC at 10:07 p.m. EDT.
• “The Jellies” Season 1 premieres on Adult Swim at 12:15 a.m. EDT.
• “Comic Book Men” Season 7 Premieres on AMC at 1:06 a.m. EDT.