I talked to producer Gale Anne Hurd yesterday about the way the first season of “Walking Dead” ended, plans for the second season and those widely disseminated rumors. It turns out that when it comes to season two of the zombie smash, Hurd is rather tight-lipped, which makes sense since substantive writing on the 13 new episodes won’t begin until next month. However, the “Terminator” and “Aliens” veteran is more than happy to clear up reports about brain-eating “Two and a Half Men” stars and a possible writer apocalypse.

HitFix: Congrats on the season and for the ratings, which have pretty clearly been beyond expectations. Were there ever conversations before the premiere about what AMC was expecting or hoping for?

Gale Anne Hurd: Any numbers? No. Nope. I don’t think that’s the way that AMC approaches things and it’s certainly not the way that Frank [Darabont], Robert [Kirkman] and I looked at it. It was always, “Let’s make the best possible show. AMC has a tremendous marketing and promotions department. So let’s make sure that we’re making a show that all of us as fans want to see.”

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