This is to discuss all shows on AMC Networks (AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, We TV) programming MINUS The Walking Dead/Talking Dead (which has it's own thread)

Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

I missed some Mad Men episodes and have not watched it in awhile until I can sit down and catch up.

Not a big fan of Westerns, but have enjoyed Hell on Wheels pretty well.

Really hate that Breaking Bad is ending. One of the best produced series with really good actors. Imagine the ending may be bad if they are trying to send a message to not do this.

(04-15-2013 11:38 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

I missed some Mad Men episodes and have not watched it in awhile until I can sit down and catch up.

Not a big fan of Westerns, but have enjoyed Hell on Wheels pretty well.

Really hate that Breaking Bad is ending. One of the best produced series with really good actors. Imagine the ending may be bad if they are trying to send a message to not do this.

I don't think we can call Hell On Wheels a western so to say.

And Rectify is from the same people that brought you Breaking Bad

Mad Men last night
Rectify begins tonight

Small Town Security second season premiere date announced as May 9th

Okay Rectify has my attention for sure!

Surprised no one posted the news from the upfront last week

http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/amc-conf...rall-deal/

TALKING BAD

AMC will air a special weekly, half-hour live after show to accompany the conclusion of its Emmy Award-winning series, Breaking Bad. Talking Bad will analyze and dissect every detail of Breaking Bad’s final eight episodes beginning Sunday, August 11. Talking Bad will air at 11 PM, and will be produced by Michael Davies’ Embassy Row with Sony Pictures Television serving as the studio partner.

OVERALL DEAL
AMC and writer Rolin Jones (Boardwalk Empire, Smash) announce an overall deal where Jones will be writing and executive producing projects specifically for the network.

NEW SPRING & SUMMER PROGRAMMING PREMIERES

Thursday, May 9 at 10 PM – Small Town Security
Thursday, May 23 at 9 PM – Showville
Sunday, June 2 at 8 PM - The Killing (After premiere it goes back to 9 PM)
Saturday, August 3 at 9 PM - Hell On Wheels
Sunday, August 11 at 9 PM – Breaking Bad
Sunday, August 11 at 10 PM – Low Winter Sun
Sunday, August 11 at 11 PM - Talking Bad
Thursday, August 15 at 9 PM – Owner’s Manual
Thursday, August 15 at 10 PM – The Pitch

SERIES RENEWALS

Talking Dead renewed for a third season
Comic Book Men renewed for a third season
Freakshow renewed for a second season

SCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT

Note: All show titles are Working Titles

Ballistic City
A futuristic drama, Ballistic City is the story of a former cop thrust into the criminal underworld of a city housed in a generational space ship destined for an unknown world.

King
In the early 1960s, Floridian King Carmichael sells his soul to a corrupt, racist political machine to win a seat in the Senate. Having run as a segregationist, he is then tapped by Lyndon B. Johnson to champion civil rights in the South.

Ashland
Set in 1950 in Ashland, a tiny mining town in Kentucky, the Evans family has just relocated from California and the matriarch, Del, must hide her family’s secrets and find a way to support her three children at the height of the Red Scare.

White City
The drama series follows western diplomats and journalists living in Afghanistan.

Untitled Dahvi Waller Project
Set against the New York automobile industry of the 1920s, two brothers struggle to keep their family-run company afloat with a class-hopping Ziegfeld girl and the daughter of an English competitor blurring the line between love and business.

Untitled Tim Lea/Anonymous Content Project
In America’s near future, one family is nearly torn apart in the conflict between a repressive government and the emerging movement for a second American Revolution.

The Wall
In 1960s Berlin, an American businessman becomes embroiled in a web of East-West espionage.

UNSCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT

Note: All show titles are Working Titles.

Majority Rules
Majority Rules is a docu-style, unscripted series that celebrates the American democratic process. At the most grass root level, whether it’s an election for president of the birdwatchers club or a small-town city council, it will take a light-hearted look at democracy at work as the candidates vie for votes – because, in America — Majority Rules.

All-Star Celebrity Bowling
All-Star Celebrity Bowling is the battle royale of celebrity talk shows – an unscripted, hilarious, tongue-in-cheek format that features celebrity bowling matches. In each episode, celebrity teams compete to win big money for charity while letting loose and showing how even the highest profile stars can get competitive, while letting fans in on their lives and current projects.

Cancelled
Cancelled is a social experiment that will attempt to determine just how far people will really go for fame. Over the course of eight weeks, six households will be outfitted with cameras that will give them the chance to compete for ‘ratings’ that will determine which household has the most-watched reality show.

Geek Out
An unscripted project that takes the ultimate super-fan of a specific film, comic book, author, actor, athlete, musician, video game, or television series on an adventure that emotionally connects them to their obsession. Ernest Cline, best-selling author, screenwriter and fanboy aficionado co-hosts.

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Stuff we're waiting to hear on that was previously announced

Untitled Legal Thriller (Pilot order given May 3, 2012/Remains in consideration for series pick-up in 2013)
Legal thriller with major political, personal and ethical stakes. It centers on a District Attorney who uncovers new evidence that prompts the reinvestigation of a sensational murder case. The series is an exploration of personal morality and how people struggle with the shades of grey found in the absence of a simple, ordered moral universe. Richard LaGravenese serves as writer, Tony Goldwyn as executive producer and Andrew Sugarman as co-executive producer. AMC greenlit the pilot in May 3, 2012 and it remains in consideration for a potential series pick-up in 2013.

Turn (Pilot order given on November 27, 2012)
Set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form the Culper Ring, an unlikely group of allies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence. Written by showrunner Craig Silverstein and executive produced by Barry Josephson. Meegan Warner and Daniel Henshall have been cast

Halt & Catch Fire (Unknown?)
Set in the early 1980s, and about a fictional visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations confronts the corporate behemoths of the time, heir personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie. Created by Chris Rodgers and Chris Cantwell, executive produced by Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein.

We Hate Paul Revere (Went to pilot script showcase)
A comedy set in colonial Boston about two brothers who aren't fans of local industrialist and activist Paul Revere. Created by Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner.

Rights of Bill (Received a script order in January 12, 2013)
About a sheriff who forms his own militia becoming the law and an outlaw simultaneously. Created by Alex Winter

Raiders (Went to pilot script showcase)
From writer Evan Wright (Generation Kill) and Scott Free [6]

Line of Sight (Went to pilot script showcase)
From Brotherhood creator Blake Masters and Fox TV Studios

Unscripted

Inside the DHS (Ordered)
Road Show (Ordered)

So as you may have noticed I changed the title from AMC to AMC Networks to better represent the thread. This was done in part because of Rectify (former AMC developmental project that was picked up by Sundance) and in part to the first update.

Link The Untitled LaGravenese/Goldwyn Legal Thriller, which is an AMC developmental project, is likely to be picked up by We TV once a new showrunner is found.

Link Halt & Catch Fire's pilot was filmed in Georgia during April.

Link Turn's pilot was slated to begin filming in Richmond during April and has been said it would take a few month to film, around 6 months for AMC to decide on the pickup, and if picked up would not be ready to air until 2015.

Link Line Of Sight received a pilot order in April.

Hell On Wheels was pushed back a week from August 3rd to 10th.

The Descendants likely to premiere on Sundance Channel in early 2014.

Link Portlandia renewed for Seasons 4(2014) and 5(2015).

Is Small Town Security the one about a guy that gets out of prison and becomes the new sheriff of a town when the guy that was taking over is killed?
Does anyone know the name of that show?

Anyone watch The Killing?

(04-15-2013 01:26 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 11:38 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

I missed some Mad Men episodes and have not watched it in awhile until I can sit down and catch up.

Not a big fan of Westerns, but have enjoyed Hell on Wheels pretty well.

Really hate that Breaking Bad is ending. One of the best produced series with really good actors. Imagine the ending may be bad if they are trying to send a message to not do this.

I don't think we can call Hell On Wheels a western so to say.

And Rectify is from the same people that brought you Breaking Bad

Hell on Wheels is a western. It is Blazing Saddles with violence. Railroads, Indians, brothels, hired guns, horses, etc. is about as western as you can get.

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

Late to the discussion but what did you think of the season? Don is staying in NY, right? Ted is out of the picture. I see Don trying to put his family back together or at least becoming a family man again. Does he grab Peggy and Pete and start a new company?

BTW, Roger Sterling's daughter is my cousin (the actress that is). Had to brag a little.

(06-26-2013 07:55 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Is Small Town Security the one about a guy that gets out of prison and becomes the new sheriff of a town when the guy that was taking over is killed?
Does anyone know the name of that show?

No Small Town Security is a reality show that's only purpose is for AMC to suck the succulent nip of the Georgia filming money. Not sure what show you're thinking of.

(06-26-2013 12:32 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 01:26 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 11:38 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

I missed some Mad Men episodes and have not watched it in awhile until I can sit down and catch up.

Not a big fan of Westerns, but have enjoyed Hell on Wheels pretty well.

Really hate that Breaking Bad is ending. One of the best produced series with really good actors. Imagine the ending may be bad if they are trying to send a message to not do this.

I don't think we can call Hell On Wheels a western so to say.

And Rectify is from the same people that brought you Breaking Bad

Hell on Wheels is a western. It is Blazing Saddles with violence. Railroads, Indians, brothels, hired guns, horses, etc. is about as western as you can get.

It's a western but it's in a time period we don't usually see on tv that's what i was trying to say, you know?

(06-26-2013 12:35 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 09:41 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Thoughts on Mad Men's episode last night?

Late to the discussion but what did you think of the season? Don is staying in NY, right? Ted is out of the picture. I see Don trying to put his family back together or at least becoming a family man again. Does he grab Peggy and Pete and start a new company?

BTW, Roger Sterling's daughter is my cousin (the actress that is). Had to brag a little.

Gave up after episode 4.

If you have yet to see Rectify, AMC is marathoning it Sunday starting at 9 am ET.

Sundance news today.

The Writer's Room premieres July 29th at 10 pm.

Developmental slate:


Valentines - Based on the novel by Olaf Olafsson, Valentines is a white-knuckled emotional journey, capturing the most candid of moments between lovers when unspoken truths and long buried secrets surge to the surface and everything changes in an instant. The story follows Herman Peterson - a high-powered New York attorney, and his three attractive daughters - Cathryn, Margaret, and Soley - as we delve into their upscale homes, cosmopolitan social circles, and volatile personal relationships to discover that not all is what it seems. Writer: Olaf Olafsson (novels including, "The Journey Home" and "Absolution") | Producers: Sundance Productions (Robert Redford & Laura Michalchyshyn), Fred Berner

Behind the Sun - A wildly distinct coming-of-age tale set in the surfer paradise of Malibu, Calif., during the mid-1980s that follows the growing pains of the Georges - a determined, single child family whose lives begin to unravel after teenage son Farron learns he has an incredibly rare allergy to the sun. The series explores the shifting notions of parenting, and how the delayed adolescence and personal ambitions of the adults within this world are throwing their children into psychological and physical jeopardy. Writer: Dylan Gary (Tell Me You Love Me) | Producers: Olive Productions (Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, Wren Arthur)

T - A deeply personal look at Terrence, a transgender male who has recently undergone gender reassignment surgery and is beginning to live life as a man. Series cuts between Terrence's emotional struggle in the present and his past as Thora - a lesbian, student activist at Mt. Holyoke College circa 2005 struggling to find her true self. Writer: Anya Epstein (In Treatment) and Dan Futterman (In Treatment, Capote) | Producers: Ira Glass & Alissa Shipp (This American Life)

Death in the Modern Age - After his personal and professional lives implode in spectacular fashion, a down-on-his-luck suburbanite who has always played by the rules decides to radically reinvent himself by plotting to fake his own death in order to start life anew. In today's age of DNA testing, digital footprints, and lack of individual anonymity, his escape and ultimate transformation prove to be much easier said than done. Writers: Josh Shaffer & Eli Kooris | Producers: Landscape Entertainment (Bob Cooper, JJ Jamieson), Michel Fuchs

IFC

Maron orders second season for 2014. Link

WE TV

WE TV Officially Greenlights LaGravenese/Goldwyn Drama As First Scripted Series, Sets 3 Scripted Projects In Development Link

ALL AMERICAN WOMAN (wt)
America: 1964. 1988. 2013. Three years set in distinctive decades that changed the cultural landscape of the country forever. In All American Woman, the lives of three unique and compelling women unfold against the backdrop of one common thread – All American Woman magazine. All American Woman is executive produced by Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy) and Andrew Miano through Depth of Field productions, with executive producers/writers Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott and co-executive producer Jenni Ross. The project is from Fox Television Studios.

DIRTY
From writers Nancy Fichman and Jennifer Hoppe (Damages) and executive producer RJ Cutler (Nashville), Dirty pairs Lucy – a successful financier who has fallen on hard times and is forced to live and work with her former housekeeper, Maize, in an unexpected and clever enterprise. The project is from Fox Television Studios.

HEADHUNTERS
Executive produced by Tom Fontana (Copper) and Barry Levinson and written by Susanna Styron (Borgia). As generations of women are being encouraged to ‘lean in’ in new and innovative ways, Headhunters examines their attempts to confront the ambiguity and conflicting choices that surround their lives today.

15 more days until the greatest weekend of AMC in history! Final episodes of Breaking Bad, season premiere of Hell On Wheels, AND series premiere of Low Winter Sun! Not to mention the unneeded (but warmly welcomed) Talking Bad.

The Floping can't finish the third season fast enough...

AMC Picks Up ‘Halt & Catch Fire’ & ‘Turn’ To Series

YES!!!!!! Halt & Catch Fire got picked up!

Revised schedule with guesses for Summer 2014 with pickups announced

Aug/Sep 13 - Breaking Bad (Final Season)/Low Winter Sun
Oct 13-Mar 14 - The Walking Dead
April/May 14 - Mad Men (Final Season)
June/July 14 - [Hell On Wheels/Halt & Catch Fire or Low Winter Sun/Turn]
Aug/Sep 14 - [Hell On Wheels/Halt & Catch Fire or Low Winter Sun/Turn]
Oct 14-Mar 15 - The Walking Dead

Halt & Catch Fire MAY receive a post-Mad Men slot to place one of the new shows in that timeframe, but that with be an extreme fast tracked schedule production wise.

The time has finally come! The final episodes of Breaking Bad, the series premiere of Low Winter Sun, season 3 of Hell On Wheels, and series premiere of Talking Bad.