AMC is reporting 17-million viewers for the seventh season premiere of “The Walking Dead” on Sunday, Oct. 23, which was just under the record 17.3 million viewers for its season five premiere on Oct. 12, 2014. Comparably, the season-opener of “The Walking Dead” was the most-watched show of the evening, beating competing “Sunday Night Football” […]
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AMC, not surprisingly, has issued an eighth season pickup to mega-hit with an order for 16 new episodes in 2017. Also returning will be Chris Hardwick-hosted after-show “The Talking Dead.” “Eeny, meeny, miny, more,” AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement, referencing the infamous taunting by the villainous Negan during the season six cliffhanger. […]
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AMC has greenlit drama “Halt and Catch Fire” for a fourth — and final — season, which concludes the current season with back-to-back episodes this evening. “We are so proud of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ – a true passion project – and thank the critics and fans who have embraced this unique program,” said Charlie […]
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AMC Orders Drama ‘Lodge 49’
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AMC has given a straight-to-series order to new drama “Lodge 49” from Peter Ocko (“Pushing Daisies,” “The Office”), who will also serve as showrunner, Jim Gavin (“Middle Men”), Paul Giamatti (“Billions,” “Sideways”) and Dan Carey (“Outsiders,” “Hoke”). Set in Long Beach, California and created and written by Gavin, “Lodge 49” tells the story of a […]
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AMC has picked-up non-fiction travel series “Ride with Norman Reedus” for a second season, with six new episodes for 2017. Debuting on June 12, the series follows actor and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus (“The Walking Dead”) as he and a guest of the week travel across a different destination on a motorcycle while exploring the […]
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AMC has announced that drama “Turn: American Spies” will officially end after the just renewed 10-episode fourth season. Debuting on April 6, 2014, “Turn” is a period drama set in the 1780s based on “Alexander Rose’s book Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring.” The third season of upscale “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” which […]
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AMC’s “The Walking Dead” will open its much anticipated season seven on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. ET. As in previous seasons, the show’s new season of 16 episodes will air in two parts, with the first eight episodes kicking off October 23 and the final eight returning February 2017. Following “The Walking Dead” […]
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AMC Renews ‘Preacher’ for Season Two
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AMC has re-upped drama “Preacher” for a second season, with an order for 13 new episodes. Ten episodes were ordered in this current first season. Debuting on May 22, “Preacher” centers around a Texas preacher named Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) who is inhabited by a mysterious entity called Genesis that gives him the power to […]
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AMC, not surprisingly, has issued a third season pick-up to “Fear The Walking Dead” with an order for 16 new episodes for 2017. Debuting on August 23, 2015 and created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, ”The Walking Dead” prequel follows a dysfunctional family composed of high school guidance counselor Madison Clark (Kim Dickens), her […]