Just about a week after we learned that frequent guest Yvette Nicole Brown had taken over as host of “Talking Dead” in the wake of AMC letting Chris Hardwick go, Deadline is now reporting that AMC has cleared Hardwick and reinstated him as the show’s host.
Hardwick had been canned by AMC in the wake of sexual assault and abuse allegations from ex-girlfriend Chole Dykstra last month, which had been under review by AMC.
“Following a comprehensive assessment by AMC, working with Ivy Kagan Bierman of the firm Loeb & Loeb, who has considerable experience in this area, Chris Hardwick will return to AMC as the host of Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick,” AMC announced today. “We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work is the appropriate step.”
Hardwick is expected to return to “Talking Dead” for its August 12 premiere, following the Season 4B premiere of “Fear the Walking Dead.”
