'The Walking Dead' Season 5 finale will be 90 minutes instead of an hour

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The Season 5 finale of The Walking Dead will be 90 minutes, instead of the usual hour, AMC announced Thursday.

Starring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus and Danai Gurira, the zombie-apocalypse drama is to wrap up its current season March 29.

The season finale will be followed immediately by The Walking Dead after-show Talking Dead, hosted by Chris Hardwick.