AMC Wants THE WALKING DEAD to Live "Forever"

AMC hopes The Walking Dead is a little more resilient than its undead populace.

At yesterday's Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, AMC CEO Josh Sapan got into just how high his hopes for the zombie series are - and they're pretty high.

"We hope that zombies live forever," he said, commenting on the network's desire to somehow continue the series indefinitely. "And we've just begun to find out what the post-apocalyptic world is like, so that we'll be sitting here at the Barclays conference in 2022 discussing the fact that WALKING DEAD is not over."

Though a forever-run of The Walking Dead is a huge order, the series has mananged to crawl and mangle its way to the top of the ratings - which gives it a fighting chance. The series' third season, based upon the enormously popular comic book series, created and written by Robert Kirkman, out-delivered everything on television including THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE VOICE, GAME OF THRONES, MODERN FAMILY, and almost doubling The Bible for the broadcast season in adults 18-49.

For now, fans (and Sapan) will have to sit back and wait for season 4, which isn't set to premiere until October. For a first look, click here.