FEARnet will be the exclusive TV home for Bite Me. In addition to premiere windows, the series will be expanded for FEARnet with extended episodes, behind the scenes content and special presentation movie length versions of the show. The cable outlet will also offer sneak previews of upcoming episodes prior to their appearance on YouTube.
The first season of the Bite Me web series drew over 14 million views and had an average of well over 1.4 million monthly unique viewers per episode. In the next season, the zombie apocalypse is underway and it is up to three hardcore gamers to use their knowledge, skills and abilities to rise up against the growing army of the undead.
The series stars Yousef Abu-Taleb, Justin Giddings (Pretty Little Liars), Ryan Welsh, Dani Lennon (The Casting Office), Risdon Roberts and Morgan Benoit (The Forbidden Kingdom). The new season is written by Andy Shapiro and Bob Quinn and directed by Jarrett Lee Conaway.