{"id":69181,"date":"2015-11-05T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=69181"},"modified":"2015-12-23T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:40:11","slug":"top-10-best-zombie-tv-series-3rd-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=69181","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Best Zombie TV Series 3rd-1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>3. iZombie (2015 \u2013 present)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69186 size-medium\" title=\"iZombie tv series\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"zombie tv series, izombie\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/izombie.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Based on eponymous <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/6-best-zombie-comic-books-6th-4th\/\" target=\"_blank\">DC Comics series, iZombie<\/a> is a dark comedy TV produced by Rob Thomas, starring Rose McIver as the <strong>brain eating living dead psychic<\/strong>, detective and aspiring doctor, Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Moore. The story begins with a boat party where the drugged mass turns into zombies. Despite not wanting to be there in the first place, the back then medical resident <a href=\"http:\/\/izombie.wikia.com\/wiki\/Olivia_Moore\" target=\"_blank\">Liv Moore<\/a><strong> gets caught in the transformation<\/strong> and after being attacked and bitten, becomes a zombie.<\/p>\n<p>Discovering her <strong>new appetite for brains<\/strong> and the lack of a pulse, Liv is obliged by the circumstance to give up her job, put off the wedding plans and <strong>starts a new (after) life as a coroner\u2019s assistant<\/strong> in a zombie fast food restaurant aka a morgue. Though, working undercover is quite difficult, even for a smart girl and soon her boss Ravi Chakrabarti (<a href=\"http:\/\/izombie.wikia.com\/wiki\/Rahul_Kohli\" target=\"_blank\">Rahul Kohli<\/a>) <strong>finds out what she is<\/strong>. To make things worse for her solitude and better for her remaining human side, Liv also joins the detective Clive Babinaux (Malcolm Goodwin) in solving murder mysteries.<\/p>\n<h3>Full zombie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"related-article_box related-article-right\">\n<div class=\"related-art-title\">Related<\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cover-image3.jpg);\"><a href=http:\/\/6toplists.com\/6-best-zombie-comic-books\/ class=\"related_a\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_top\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom\">\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom_text\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Read article: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"related_span\" >6 Best Zombie Comic Books<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alone, Liv would have not had the strength or the motivation to go into the depths of her new state, but once <strong>she got allies and foes<\/strong>, more she found about zombies. Starting with a clue of what might have caused the disease \u2013 the combination between drugs and an energy drink \u2013 to discovering more characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that makes these zombies special is the fact that as long as <strong>they feed on brains right from the very first moment<\/strong> of their transformation, they manage to keep their consciousness, but also the memories and personality traits of those whom they ate. Also, <strong>they get super strength and are immune to some things<\/strong> that might harm normal humans. In case they get startled, they do go on full zombie mode and lose control for a while, but these pale white haired creatures can be peaceful.<\/p>\n<h3>Growing stronger<\/h3>\n<p>When we <strong>first mentioned iZombie in our article<\/strong> about <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-15-best-horror-tv-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Horror TV Series<\/a>, it was still at its beginning, a sprout in the dark comedy subgenre. From the first rather generic episodes of iZombie, episodes following Liv, Clive and Ravi solving cases, finding the least suspected people as the real killers with various reasons, the show went to extent of <strong>developing more and more the characters<\/strong> while still keeping its path as a crime series. With each new episode brining a new mystery, it was still possible to introduce in the story line a new love interest for Liv, a charming zombie, an arch nemesis, Blaine DeBeers (<a href=\"http:\/\/izombie.wikia.com\/wiki\/David_Anders\" target=\"_blank\">David Anders<\/a>) and drama \u2013 <strong>lots and lots of drama<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dycMoHn27ao<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2. Z Nation (2014 \u2013 present)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69201 size-medium\" title=\"Z Nation - zombie attack\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Z nation screenshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/z-nation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Another Syfy production, this time by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, Z Nation or <strong>Zombie Nation is a horror comedy drama<\/strong> set in a post-apocalyptic world. Three years after an epidemic of a <strong>zombie virus<\/strong> has taken over the country <strong>killing its residents<\/strong> and almost destroying its entire community, a group has to take the sole infected human who did not turn into a zombie to a research lab and to discover whether or not he might hold the key to a cure.<\/p>\n<p>The patient, Murphy also known as <strong>Patient Zero, is portrayed by<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0019969\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Allan<\/a>, the National Guard member Roberta Warren by Kellita Smith, Citizen Z, the sole remaining employee of Arctic\u2019s Northern Lights, by DJ Qualls, Mack Thompson as Michael Welch and Addy Carver by Anastasia Baranova.<\/p>\n<h3>Which nation?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69206 size-medium\" title=\"Z Nation main cast\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"main cast\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/syfy-s-z-nation-rival-for-amc-s-the-walking-dead-main-cast-of-z-nation-368235.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Z\u2019s, Puppies and Kittens, Them, Deadhead, Braindead Freak, Resurrected or Blasters, <strong>they come in many names and forms<\/strong> \u2013 human, canine, bear, reptile, primate and ungulates, but they all are the same: zombies. Lacking their own brains, these <strong>infected creatures are hungry<\/strong> not only for living brain, but for human tissue in general.<\/p>\n<p>No cure is known so far, though Murphy is being under research, but the <strong>virus was identified as ZN1 or Red Dead<\/strong> as named by its creator Dr. Walter Kurian. With the story just at its beginning, we expect more about the disease to come in the future.<\/p>\n<h3>Horribly good<\/h3>\n<p>It might suffer because of the same \u201canxious fans syndrome\u201d which attacked <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-best-zombie-tv-series-6th-4th\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fear the Walking Dead<\/a>. Somehow, it always ends <strong>being compared to The Walking Dead<\/strong> and in a bad damaging way. But this time, fans really took matters in their own hands and made things clear \u2013 it is not the same. Starting with the fact that <strong>it is a very funny show<\/strong>, watching it being a great way of spending your Friday afternoons before getting ready to go partying, the characters are diverse, unique and individually designed <strong>seasoned with great acting<\/strong> and what is better \u2013 it is not afraid of mocking the zombie subgenre. Because this is what comedies do. And this is what zombie fans actually like.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Z Nation - Trailer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iqbHm6RTHHM?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>1. The Walking Dead (2010 \u2013 present)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69226 size-medium\" title=\"Walking dead cast\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/the-walkind-dead-300x200.png\" alt=\"zombie series, walking dead\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/the-walkind-dead-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/the-walkind-dead-250x166.png 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/the-walkind-dead-510x339.png 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/the-walkind-dead.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Here comes the queen! Developed by Frank Darabont and based on Robert Kirkman,\u00a0Tony Moore, and\u00a0Charlie Adlard\u2019 s <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/6-best-zombie-comic-books-3rd-1st\/\" target=\"_blank\">comics<\/a>, this zombie drama brings to attention the destiny of Sheriff\u2019s deputy Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). Stuck in a coma for a while, Grimes awakens only to discover that his<strong> entire world has crumbled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Afraid of what might have happened to his family, he sets off to Atlanta to find his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and son Carl (Chandler Riggs). But while the <strong>zombie disease is spreading faster and faster<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0511088\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick<\/a> finds himself obliged by the circumstances to join other apocalypse survivor like Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal), Andrea (Laurie Holden), Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun), and Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and to hope for a cure.<\/p>\n<h3>Many types, many names<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c<em>You all know how this shit works. You get a bite, you get any kind of wound from these things, something from them gets in you\u2026 and you fucking die.<\/em>\u201d This is how it works in the universe of The Walking Dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article_box related-article-right\">\n<div class=\"related-art-title\">Related<\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cover1.jpg);\"><a href=http:\/\/6toplists.com\/ten-reasons-why-we-love-the-walking-dead\/ class=\"related_a\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_top\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom\">\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom_text\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Read article: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"related_span\" >Ten Reasons Why We Love \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <strong>zombies go by many names<\/strong> and are of various types as designed by the main characters: <strong>the walkers<\/strong> \u2013 those very active zombies who are dominating the world, <strong>the roamers<\/strong> \u2013 those who are like bears waking up from hibernation and constantly looking for food, <strong>the lurkers<\/strong> \u2013 are like little brother who play pranks on you, pretending to be asleep or dead in the zombies\u2019 case, only to attack you when not prepared, <strong>the biters<\/strong> \u2013 the name says it all, the herd \u2013 those who hang in groups like teenagers,<strong> the floaters<\/strong> \u2013 those who stayed too much in the water, lame-brains, geeks, monsters, meat puppets, empties, deadies, creepers, swimmers, dead ones, eaters, ghouls, psychos, wanderers, abominations, creepy-crawlers, goons, infected and more. \u00a0But we are going to let you discover what exactly are all of them and also let you discover others.<\/p>\n<h3>The Champion<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69256 size-medium\" title=\"Nice zombie - The Walking Dead\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"zombie, walking dead\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308-250x155.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308-510x317.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/walking-dead-150308.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Declared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> as Certified Fresh (which is very good in case you are not into this website), which also stated that &#8220;<em>Blood-spattered, emotionally resonant, and white-knuckle intense, The Walking Dead puts an intelligent spin on the overcrowded zombie subgenre<\/em>\u201d and that &#8220;<em>Thanks to a liberal dose of propulsive, bloody action and enough compelling character moments to reward longtime fans,\u00a0The Walking Dead\u200d\u200a&#8217;\u200bs fifth season continues to deliver top-notch entertainment.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is incredibly awesome is that <strong>The Walking Dead has been nominated 86 times<\/strong> and has on its shelf 26 awards, including 2 AFI TV Programme of the Year, a Most Bingeworthy Show award from Critics\u2019 Choice Television Awards, 3 People\u2019s choice Awards, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards and many others, not to mention that others will most probably come.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Walking Dead Trailer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R1v0uFms68U?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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