• AMC Has a Lot on the Line With ‘The Prisoner’

    With a new creative team, the pressure’s on to see whether the channel can maintain the bar of high quality.

    AMC Has a Lot on the Line With ‘The Prisoner’
  • AMC Sets Premiere for ‘The Prisoner’

    Six-hour miniseries will unspool in November. Can it match the success of ‘Broken Trail’?

  • AMC Snags Fitzgerald for West Coast Development

    Former Darren Star exec fills (most of the) gap left by Christina Wayne’s departure.

  • ‘Mad Men’ Holds Up in Week Two

    "Mad Men" continues to show some Nielsen muscle.   Week two of the AMC drama’s third season drew 1.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That’s down about 30 percent from last week’s record premiere, which saw "Mad Men" attract 2.8 million viewers.   But it’s doubtful anybody at AMC is frowning over the week two…

  • Why Don Draper Is Smiling Today

    "Mad Men" may finally have the ratings to match its hype and critical acclaim.   AMC’s signature drama set network records with its third season premiere Sunday, averaging a highball-worthy 2.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen data released by the network. That’s the show’s biggest audience ever, and the best ratings ever for an AMC…

  • Don’t Say ‘Agent’ to ‘Mad Men’s’ Weiner

    The Television Academy continued its love affair with Matt Weiner this year, nominating his show “Mad Men” for a best dramatic series Emmy, after giving it the same award in its freshman season last year. He also won a 2008 Emmy for writing the show’s pilot and is nominated again this year in four of…

  • How I Made It to ‘Mad Men’

    His big moment as a writer for “The Sopranos”? When his agents lost interest, he just did it himself.