context: The premiere took place on October 31, 2010 on the cable television channel AMC [1]. The first season contains 6 episodes, the second - 13, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth - 16 each. The first season was well received by critics and was nominated for several awards, including the Golden Globe Award in the category The best drama television series [2]. On October 25, 2011, AMC extended the series for the third season, which was released on October 14, 2012 [3]. In December 2012, the channel extended the show for the fourth season, which started on October 13, 2013, and also as the third season, consisted of 16 episodes [4]. On October 29, 2013, AMC extended the show for a fifth season. [5] On October 7, 2014, before the start of the fifth season, AMC extended the series to sixth [6]. On October 17, 2016, the series was extended for the eighth season [7]. On January 13, 2018, the series was extended to the ninth season.
question: How many seasons of the game The Walking Dead as of January 1, 2019?
answers.text: ninth