SYFY's Day of the Dead Series Set to Premiere This Fall ✖ Variety reporting that the series aims to premiere this fall. While the pandemic understandably caused a number of complications for the entertainment industry, the production was seemingly insular enough to have been filmed once social distancing protocols were eased later in the year. The series will seemingly embrace the "day" part of the title, focusing on the initial reaction from survivors after a zombie outbreak. Stay tuned for details on The series is described, "The intense story of six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion. This ode to George A. Romero’s famous flesh-eaters reminds us that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart."