Hardwick hosts the aftershow Talking Dead, but as Comicbook.com points out, Brown has appeared on it 15 times — more than anyone else who’s not a cast member or producer on The Walking Dead.
Fear the Walking Dead doesn’t come back until Aug. 12, so AMC has some time to decide who will host Talking Dead when it returns.
With Hardwick’s future at AMC uncertain, Brown is the obvious choice to take over as host of Talking Dead should he not return.
Fans were excited because maybe even more than Hardwick, Brown is the face of the fandom.