The Walking Dead: Dead City Age Rating and Parents Guide

Here's an age rating and parents guide for The Walking Dead: Dead City!

by Matthew Kevin Mitchell
Image: AMC

Are you looking for the ultimate The Walking Dead: Dead City age rating and parents guide to decide if you or your family should watch the latest The Walking Dead spin-off mini-series? The Walking Dead: Dead City is rated TV-MA. Here is everything you need to know about what that rating means and what you can expect to see.

TV-MA Mature Audience Only. This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. You can identify the reasoning for the TV-MA rating by looking for the letterings below it. For instance: A program will be rated TV-MA VSL if it contains the following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L).

The Walking Dead: Dead City Age Rating Guide

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Image: AMC

Here are ratings for every country airing The Walking Dead: Dead City:

  • Australia: MA15+ (Self-Applied)
  • United States: TV-MA (Self-Applied)

Does The Walking Dead: Dead City Have Sex and Nudity?

No sexual content, nudity, or references are found in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

Does The Walking Dead: Dead City Have Violence and Gore?

A flashback shows one of the most controversial scenes from the original The Walking Dead series. This flashback shows Glenn getting his head bashed-in by Negan using a barbed wire bat. You can also expect lots of gore from the zombies, which will be in various states based on how decayed they are.

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Does The Walking Dead: Dead City Have Profanity?

You can expect minor profanity use since The Walking Dead: Dead City is airing on a cable television station. You can expect to hear common profanity is shit, hell, and damn.

Does The Walking Dead: Dead City Have Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking?

You will see characters in The Walking Dead: Dead City consume alcohol throughout the season. However, no drug use or smoking is shown.

Does The Walking Dead: Dead City Have Frightening and Intense Scenes?

Frightening and intense scenes involve zombie attacks, hand-to-hand combat, and gun violence. Struggling to survive against zombies and humans will be a common theme in this mini-series.

- This article was updated on September 7th, 2023

About The Author

Matthew Kevin Mitchell has been a contributing writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion since 2022. Matthew primarily covers Manga like One Piece, horror movies like Scream, and survival horror games like Dead by Daylight. His favorite moment came during his first press event covering Scream 6 for AotF. He hails from Denver, Colorado, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Regis University. When he isn’t scaring himself silly or writing, he loves to play ice hockey, spoil his dog, and drink an unhealthy amount of coffee.