AFI Salutes The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead has just been named one of the American Film Institute's Television Programs of the Year.

"Each year, AFI Awards – favored by artists and entertainment executives for its intimacy and collaborative recognition – honors excellence in the moving image arts within the context of a Year in Review. One of AFI's national mandates is the creation of an annual almanac that records and preserves the evolution of the moving image arts in the 21st century. AFI Awards records each year's most outstanding achievements in film and television."

The other shows honored as Television Programs of the Year are American Horror Story, Breaking Bad, Game Change, Game of Thrones, Girls, Homeland, Louie, Mad Men and Modern Family.