The first season of The Walking Dead, an American horror–drama television series on AMC, premiered on October 31, 2010, and concluded on December 5, 2010, consisting of six episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, who wrote or co-wrote four of the season's six episodes and directed the pilot, the series is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. It was executive produced by Darabont, Kirkman, David Alpert, Charles H. Eglee, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Darabont assuming the role of showrunner.