 Principal photography for " TS @-@ 19 " transpired at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre , which was depicted as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Producers of the show were not allowed to photograph the interior of the actual buildings as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a point of reference due to its high security . Although the location was not featured in the comics of the same name , Hurd felt that it was important to add because of its close proximity to the survivor 's camp . As opposed to the previous episode , where filming mostly took place outside of the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre , production for " TS @-@ 19 " occurred inside of the building . Darabont conceived the idea of exploring into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . " When Frank was pitching the idea to me , saying he wanted to bring them to the CDC and telling me all the different things that he felt would come out of that story , the science of it all and the being trapped in the small location , I was very much picturing a lot of Day of the Dead stuff , " stated creator Robert Kirkman . " That 's one of the reasons I was so on board with the idea . " 
