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Why so mysterious? Worst promotion of a show of all time!

posted 8 years ago by xreliable
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This is a great show. But it's like they don't want it to be successful for some reason. Everything seems to be a big mystery in terms of the show dates, times, etc. It is not even on the AMC app. The odds are against anyone even finding the show randomly. Last season when I first heard about it, it didn't appear in the search for DirecTV even after the season started.
WTF? Please promote this show properly and give it an honest chance so that more viewers can find it and we can get more episodes. It is a gem and I don't want to see it go the way of other great shows like Firefly or even Life that for whatever reason were poorly promoted and didn't gain a following until after the show was cancelled!

[–] trouxx 8 years ago

Agree 1000%. AMC dont promote this show and its weird. Not the best show ever but its different like Banshee

[–] draivin 8 years ago

The only show AMC truly promotes to no end, where it's borderline annoying, is Walking Dead and I don't watch it anyway so it's more annoying. They have other good shows such as this one, Better Call Saul (which I recently got into), and Preacher, which I'm a huge fan of, but I guess TWD is their "golden goose".

I have EXORCISED the demon

[–] DarcyBrandon 8 years ago

This and Humans needs to have better promotion. I'm bummed that AMC doesn't even to pay attention to these shows.

[–] rin666 8 years ago

I saw it in EVERY commercial break of walking dead, and i found it in the directv listings-? but i do agree it couldv'e used more promotion

[–] xreliable 8 years ago

I saw it advertised this year but not last and it was NOT in DTV last year until after it started airing. I no longer have DirecTV but glad to hear that it is now getting listed before the season starts. I guess AMC has some kind of relationship with BBC. Humans and Dirk Gently are BBC productions which I assume AMC has distribution rights. LOVE Dirk Gently btw. Hope it gets another season. More episodes would be nice but the British seem to have some aversion to episodes. Some of their series have literally 4 episodes/season...

[–] rin666 8 years ago

Could've ;)

[–] Cinaet 8 years ago

It's cheap. It's also kind of *beep*. Just pull out a couple of scenes from last season and throw them up with a tease that says 'sometime in 2017'. If they knew when they were going to air it they'd tell us. They're probably still filming. Cheap bastards probably didn't make a commitment to a second season until they knew they had a fan base. Plus, I'm so sick of seeing ads for poor kids and abused animals every commercial break. That crap hits the heart but by the time you sit through them a dozen times an episode you become numb to it.