According to SF Gate, Yvette Nicole Brown will be the "interim guest host" of "The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special" on August 5 and then host "Talking Dead" on August 12. Brown has been filling in for Chris Hardwick as host of "The Walking Dead" and "Talking Dead" while AMC reviews sexual-assault allegations against him. Hardwick has admitted that an online post by ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra alleging she had been sexually assaulted and emotionally abused referred to him.