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Josh Wigler

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Josh Wigler is a Contributing Writer at The Hollywood Reporter, where he has led genre coverage for shows such as Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and many more. Before joining THR in 2015, Wigler served as a Writer and Editor at MTV News from 2010 through 2015, and has written for many other publications including Vanity Fair and Parade Magazine. In addition to writing for THR, Wigler is the co-owner and host of Post Show Recaps, a leading voice in the TV recap podcast community. Wigler graduated from Syracuse University in 2007 with degrees in English and Psychology.

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After Rick and Michonne’s Reunion, Where Will ‘The Walking Dead’ Universe Go Next?

[This story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.] Years after his presumed death, Rick Grimes is not only alive and well, but fully back in action. By the end of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira-starring and produced limited series, the powerhouse duo of Rick […]

‘The Walking Dead’ Stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira Explain Spinoff’s “Amazingly Emotional” Ending

[This story contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live finale.] And the ones who lived lived happily ever after. The end. For now. The six-episode limited series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live has reached its conclusion, bringing the story of Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes and Danai Gurira’s Michonne to […]

‘The Walking Dead’ Franchise’s Best Characters, Ranked

The Walking Dead is over, but like the zombies at the heart (er, brains?) of the tale, the franchise lives on.  Clocking in at 11 seasons and 177 episodes all told, the AMC horror drama shuffled off into the afterlife, only to birth a bevy of spinoff shows, most of which center on beloved characters from […]

‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ Stars Break Down That Surprising Cameo and Violent Twist

[This story contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live episode five.] The Walking Dead giveth, The Walking Dead taketh. In its penultimate hour, the Rick and Michonne-centric The Ones Who Live reintroduced one of the mothership series’ most enduring figures: Father Gabriel, the once-cowardly preacher turned warrior-leader of Alexandria, played by […]

How Danai Gurira Pulled Off That Emotional ‘Walking Dead’ Reunion

[This story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live episode four.] Nobody knows Rick and Michonne better than Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, and to back that up, the powers that be wisely installed the iconic zombie-fighting actors as executive producers on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. For the fourth […]

‘Shogun’ Star-Producer Hiroyuki Sanada on Epic’s Long Journey to TV and Authentic Set

After a career as an actor that started in his childhood years, Hiroyuki Sanada’s latest endeavor — the FX and Hulu epic limited series Shōgun — sees the Japanese star taking on a brand new role as producer. Not only does Sanada star in the adaptation of James Clavell’s celebrated 1975 novel as Lord Yoshii […]

How ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ Honored the Franchise’s Original Premise

[This story contains major spoilers through the first two episodes of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.] In the earliest days of The Walking Dead, no one was safe. Not even beloved comic book characters. Just ask Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn), who survives dozens of issues in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s comics, only to […]

‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ Pair on Bringing That Iconic Comic Book Scene to Harrowing Life

[This story contains major spoilers from The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live series premiere.] There are a few iconic moments every Walking Dead fan knows right off the top of their head. Like the fall of the prison or Negan’s arrival via a bloody baseball bat. But those who only watch the AMC TV series, the […]

‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’: Everything to Know Before Rick and Michonne’s Reunion

So, Rick and Michonne are back. Where did they go in the first place, you ask? Great question!  Let’s assume you’re a lapsed Walking Dead viewer who wants to hop into The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, AMC’s limited series that reunites Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira for the first time since their characters […]

‘Night Country’ Boss Issa López on Reviving ‘True Detective’ and Franchise’s Future: “We Will Know Very Shortly”

[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of True Detective: Night Country.] Who killed Annie K., and who killed her killers? Those season-long burning questions were concretely answered in the True Detective: Night Country finale. And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks […]

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Team Explains Ambiguous Ending: “You Should Be Making Theories”

[This story contains major spoilers from the True Detective: Night Country finale.] True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.” In the sprawling episode, […]

‘True Detective’ Star Unpacks That Fatal Choice: “It Was the Least Bad Decision”

[This story contains major spoilers from episode five of True Detective: Night Country, which released Friday over Super Bowl weekend.] While Jodie Foster and Kali Reis’ Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro are the two detectives at the heart of creator Issa López‘s True Detective: Night Country, there is another vital twosome at the center of […]