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Feb. 6, 2017 / 11:07 AM

'Walking Dead' teaser reminds fans football season is over

Andrew Lincoln and Chandler Riggs arrive on the red carpet at the AMC's "The Walking Dead" Season 6 fan premiere event in 2015 in New York City. The show is to return with fresh episodes Sunday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Andrew Lincoln and Chandler Riggs arrive on the red carpet at the AMC's "The Walking Dead" Season 6 fan premiere event in 2015 in New York City. The show is to return with fresh episodes Sunday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 6 (UPI) -- AMC promoted next weekend's mid-Season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead with a comedic Super Bowl-themed teaser.

The 15-second clip shows villain Negan's signature barbed wire-covered, baseball bat smashing a football ball lying in a field.

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"Football season is over," declared the message that appeared across the screen, along with the reminder that fresh episodes of the zombie-apocalypse drama will resume airing Feb. 12.

About 15.2 million viewers tuned in for the 90-minute, mid-Season 7 finale when it was broadcast in December.

Your Sundays belong to #TWD now. #TWDreturns on Feb 12 at 9|8c. pic.twitter.com/1xu11tUBfK
— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) February 6, 2017

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