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AMC Networks is rolling out cheaper, ad-supported tiers for all of its niche streaming services after putting ads on its flagship AMC+ bundle late last year. The new versions will all be up and running by the end of the 2024-25 upfront, the company said Monday. It will convene its annual upfront…

AMC Networks has set a summer premiere date for the Krysten Ritter-led Orphan Black: Echoes, an original series set in the world of Orphan Black. The spinoff will premiere Sunday, June 23 on AMC, AMC+ and BBC America. Created by Anna Fishko, set in the near future, Orphan Black: Echoes takes a deep…

BBC News is entering the growing free ad-supported TV (FAST) game in the U.S. AMC Networks and BBC Studios unveiled the launch today of a 24-hour live news channel and have landed distribution with a number of partners including Pluto, Samsung TV Plus and Sling Freestream. The FAST channel…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List is opening submissions for six diversity lists in partnership with GLAAD, CAPE, the MPAC Hollywood Bureau, The Salon, the Latin Tracking Board, NALIP, 1IN4 Coalition, and the WGA Disabled Writers Committee, in addition to establishing the Desi List-–a new, curated list that will…

EXCLUSIVE: The AMC ALLBLK supernatural drama Wicked City has been renewed for a third season with production set to begin in March. From co-creators and co-writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, Wicked City follows five urban witches who push their supernatural powers to new heights after…

UPDATED with closing price. Shares in AMC Networks dropped sharply Friday following a shaky fourth-quarter earnings report and a conference call with Wall Street analysts. The stock initially drifted down by mid-single-digits in pre-market trading after the earnings release, which revealed a 23% drop…

AMC Network posted a 23% drop in advertising for the fourth quarter as total revenue fell 30% to $679 million. The stock is down over 8% in pre-market trade after the numbers. The company saw streaming revenue up 4% to $145 million on a stronger subscriber base and a 3% increase in streaming…

Music managing mogul Deb Antney is on the hunt for the world’s next female rap star. Deb’s House, a new unscripted series that follows Antney on her search will debut on ALLBLK, the streaming service for Black television and film from AMC Networks, this summer. AMC Networks made the announcement…

AMC Networks is sharing updates on Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, including casting notes, premiere date and a production update for hits Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches, as well as development news for a potential third series. As revealed on Tuesday during the network’s TCA…

Beef and The Bear, the shows that joined Succession in a three-way domination of Monday night’s Emmy Awards, have a surprising amount of shared DNA. “I think there’s a real yearning for authenticity right now,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and Head of Programming Genres for A&E, Lifetime and LMN…

MSG Network Executive Chairman James Dolan not only knew of a woman’s sexual assault allegations against pal Harvey Weinstein, but “did little to console” her, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court today against both the executive and the one-time mogul. "[James] Dolan responded to Ms…

“Do you want to kill? Or do you want to die?” That question is posed to Grimes in the first trailer for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the latest spinoff from the TWD universe, starring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in a reprisal of their roles as Rick Grimes and Michonne. Set after the…