As we've mentioned a couple of times, AMC is moving ahead with its plans to start focusing more on original series. One of those new series, Mad Men, will debut sometime this July. The series focuses on a group of ad execs in New York City in the '60s. You can see a trailer here.
Another series, Breaking Bad, is close to being picked up, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama will center on a chemistry teacher, played by Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston, who builds a meth lab to help support his family after he's diagnosed with cancer. Oh yeah, and his son is handicapped. Good gravy, that sounds depressing.
AMC also has a development deal for a Western series from Walter Hill and Ron Parker, as well as a remake of The Prisoner, a sci fi series from the '60s about a mysterious prison called "The Village." Additionally, AMC has been developing several new miniseries.
In other words: more original stuff, and less of those "classic movies." I would be bothered by this if not for the fact that Turner Classic Movies has always had a better selection of films.
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5-26-2007 @ 4:42PM
BigTed said...
AMC started going downhill when they redefined "classic movies" to include junk from the '80s, and then started interrupting movies with commercial breaks. Now they seem to be giving up on the whole concept, and instead are copying FX in producing HBO/Showtime-style shows.
"Breaking Bad" sounds kind of like "Weeds," while "Mad Men" sounds like "Nip/Tuck" (crossed with "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" and a little Darrin from "Bewitched"). (It also sounds as if they're using the '60s setting as an excuse to get a lot more smoking on TV. Way to be role models, guys!)
By the way, your mention of "The Prisoner" makes it sound as if you've never heard of it before. Better get caught up, unless you want a million grumbling fanboys on your tail.
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5-26-2007 @ 11:26PM
Brent McKee said...
Now that we have AMC in Canada, I wonder of any of this will air up here. It has to be better than some of the movies they constantly rerun (sometimes the same day, and almost always within the same month).
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