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"Scott Gimple is to become the new showrunner on The Walking Dead. Gimple - who has previously written five episodes of the zombie drama - replaces Glen Mazzara, who was dropped from the series in December.  Mazzara himself had previously replaced original showrunner Frank Darabont in the early stages of The Walking Dead&amp;#039;s second season. Gimple will assume the role at the beginning of the fourth season, TVLine reports, with Mazzara&amp;#039;s final season three episodes airing from February. In addition to working on The Walking Dead as a writer and supervising producer, Gimple has also penned episodes of FlashForward and Life and contributed to the screenplay for 2011 film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.   [Left: Glen Mazzara / Right: Robert Kirkman] It was recently reported that Glen Mazzara had been fired from his showrunner role for producing &amp;quot;a lack of material&amp;quot; and clashing with comic creator Robert Kirkman. Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter - who worked with Mazzara on FX drama The Shield - later defended his former colleague, insisting that The Walking Dead is now &amp;quot;infinitely better because of his talent&amp;quot;. The Walking Dead returns to AMC on Sunday, February 10 and to FOX in the UK on Friday, February 15. &amp;gt; The Walking Dead was turned down by NBC: &amp;quot;It was an early draft&amp;quot; &amp;gt; The Walking Dead exec: &amp;#039;The Governor is on the warpath&amp;#039; Watch a promo for the return of The Walking Dead below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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