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Is AMC panicking a bit?

posted 11 years ago by MovieWatcher2009
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The reason I ask is in the past 2 weeks, they've announced 2 spinoffs of current successful shows and the dragging out of another show for another year. Their best drama, BB, is about to be officially over, and they gave the "Better Call Saul" spinoff the go ahead. They also game TWD a spinoff, and they announced that the last season of MM will be split into 2 7 episode half seasons a year apart (a la BB).

Seems to me they are trying to milk what's already working because LWS has been a bomb. They also cancelled The Killing (which given the above announcements makes me scratch my head more, it's ratings weren't THAT bad), and they moved Hell on Wheels to Saturdays. I know they have new shows coming back, but the spinoffs and stretching out MM seem kind of desperate a bit, especially the MM thing. Honestly MM hasn't been very good for 2-3 seasons now, and the story is slow as is. To drag it out like they're going to is silly.

I love BB and TWD but BCS sounds like a bad idea. I like Saul as a secondary character, but carrying a show? And is the spinoff for TWD basically going to be the same thing with a different group? Sounds like oversaturation to me.

[–] cj71378 11 years ago

I felt as soon as the BB split season was a success (ie after the first episode in August), that they'd do the same for MM. I've never watched the show, but I know it's still beloved (your POV notwithstanding) so it might not be a dumb play to drag it out.

As far as the rest of their moves...well...I am not sure panic is the right word, but I do think AMC concerned.

[–] MovieWatcher2009 11 years ago

MM has always been more beloved by the critics than the fans; its ratings have been decent but it's never been a huge ratings getter. I know it's hard to gauge based on the internet, because yes it's full of whiny fanboys and such, but the reaction to breaking up MM has been very negative.

[–] LuckyMatt93 11 years ago

The reaction to breaking up MM's final season has little to do with the subjective 'ohh the show's been going downhill' and more the fact that it's merely seven episodes per year, the whole season will already have been filmed, and that (for me) this is the kind of show that doesn't benefit in any way from getting split up with the design it's always had.

For the record too; I loved Seasons 4 and 5, and have come across several others who've felt the same way about one or both. Honestly, come on, the worst thing you can do is generalize.

"All in the game..." - Omar Little

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[–] TheMociety 11 years ago

I don't know if they're panicking, but I am. I loved "The Killing" and it got cancelled. I actually liked this show, too...but that's gone. Which for me means one thing...goodbye, AMC. (Sorry, don't watch any of the other shows).

That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

[–] complex-gal-1 11 years ago

AMC also cancelled Rubicon, which I liked a lot.

[–] LuckyMatt93 11 years ago

The cancellation of Rubicon still pisses me off. Their last truly great show had to make room for the likes of The Killing (which took three effin years to get good) and Walking Dead (which hasn't at all gotten 'good' even with three years already under its belt).

So much wasted potential.

"All in the game..." - Omar Little