The first season of AMC's television series The Walking Dead premiered on October 31, 2010, and concluded on December 5, 2010, consisting of six episodes. The series is based on the series of graphic novels of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard. It was developed for television by Frank Darabont, who wrote or co-wrote four of the season's six episodes and directed the pilot. Darabont, Kirkman, David Alpert, Charles H. Eglee, and Gale Anne Hurd were executive producers, while Darabont served as showrunner.