EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks has acquired the rights to Mona Awad's (13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl) anticipated forthcoming novel Bunny to develop as a television series. Playwright Megan Mostyn-Brown is attached to write the pilot as part of her overall deal with AMC. Bunny will be released June 11 by Viking, an…

UPDATED with addditional statements: A day after Disney CEO Bob Iger said it would be "difficult" for the media giant to produce TV shows and films in Georgia given its strict new abortion law, a handful of major media companies have added their voices to the chorus in a series of statements. Following reservations…

eOne's international output deal with AMC Networks is coming to an end. However, the agreement between eOne and the cable network will see the Designated Survivor studio continue to handle international distribution on The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead. eOne revealed the end of the output arrangement, which…

It was bound to be a freewheeling discussion about comedy on television in the #MeToo era at the AMC Networks Summit when moderator Jill Kargman, creator and star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, began asking stars, writers and showrunners about the challenges of being funny in the "political hellscape sh*t-show"…

An emotional Melissa McBride, who plays the strong and resourceful Carol on The Walking Dead, seemed to sum up the resonance of a pair of panels at an AMC Network event devoted to Hollywood's new diversity. With the company's second-annual summit working through an agenda covering the theme that "Story Matters,"…

AMC Networks has set premiere dates for several new and returning series including season 2 of Lodge 49 and The Terror: Infamy, the second installment of the horror anthology series. The Terror: Infamy will debut Monday, August 12 at 9 p.m. and will be followed by Season 2 of Lodge 49 at 10 p.m. Set during World War…

Expanding on an announcement made on the AMC Networks quarterly earnings call in February, AMC has revealed more plans for a new spinoff of The Walking Dead. Giving the new show a formal series order, the network said it will be run by Matt Negrete, who has been a writer and producer on The Walking Dead for the past…

AMC Networks, whose Killing Eve lit up BBC America last year, will simulcast the emerging show across AMC and BBC America for its second season. The initiative began with Sunday night’s season premiere. The move is one of many announced by the company during its upfront week. It also revealed more details about a new W…

AMC Networks has named RLJ Entertainment head Miguel Penella to the new role of President, Global Direct-to-Consumer. He will continue to run RLJE, the parent of Acorn TV and UMC in which AMC acquired a majority stake last year. In his new position, Penella will oversee a portfolio that includes Shudder and Sundance…

UPDATED with closing stock prices. The stocks of cable programmers Discovery, AMC Networks and Viacom have all dropped between 3%-4% today despite broader-market gains as investors process the news that their networks are caught in the shuffle at DirecTV Now. After reports in recent days pointed to changes, AT&T’s…

A new spinoff of The Walking Dead is in the works, AMC Networks confirmed during its quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Asked to elaborate on CEO Josh Sapan’s mention of a third zombie outing, COO Ed Carroll said the spinoff is in “active development.” He declined to offer many more specifics…

AMC Networks set premiere dates for several new and returning original series, BBC AMERICA's Top Gear and Luther, IFC's Brockmire and SundanceTV's Ministry of Evil, Unspeakable and The Name of the Rose. The announcements were made at winter TCA. As previously announced, AMC's The Walking Dead and Ride with Norman Reedu…