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EXCLUSIVE: Tosin Cole (Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is set as the lead opposite Courtney B. Vance in AMC's upcoming courtroom drama series 61st Street from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (The Night Of). Bentley Green (Snowfall) also has been cast in a key role in the series executive produced by Michael B…

Two of AMC Networks' most offbeat hits are musical comedy Sherman's Showcase and short-form series State of the Union. The group is now looking at the future of both shows. State of the Union aired on SundanceTV and Sherman's Showcase airs on IFC. The good news for the latter is that the company is set to give it a…

One of the challenges surrounding AMC and ITV drama Quiz, which explores the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal in the UK, was how it was going to portray the television executives at the center of it. The show, produced by The Crown producer Left Bank and starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen, The Good…

AMC is developing a number of ideas that could be the basis for a third season of historical horror anthology drama The Terror. The network has been pitched concepts by production company Scott Free and is talking about which would make it for a third run. The first season of the drama, which was based on Dan Simmons'…

AMC Networks ended the day at TCA with one of their most critically acclaimed shows Better Call Saul. Big news was unveiled as showrunner Peter Gould and fellow executive producer and co-creator Vince Gilligan announced that they have been picked up for a sixth season ahead of the February 23 premiere of the fifth…

Better Call Saul has been renewed for a sixth and final season by AMC. The Sony Pictures Television-produced show has handed the Emmy-nominated Breaking Bad prequel a 13-episode season to go into production later this year and air in 2021. The news was announced during the Better Call Saul panel at the TCA winter…

UPDATED with trailer. AMC’s forthcoming Dispatches From Elsewhere is an interesting series. The 10-episode anthology created by and starring Jason Segel is a self-reflective, transcendental series about a group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life. The series also…

AMC boss Sarah Barnett has warned that the streaming wars and the drive towards data-led commissioning will hurt the quality of television. Barnett, president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios, opened the company's afternoon of panel sessions at the Winter TCA with an eloquent and punchy take-down of…

AMC has unveiled a slew of developments including scripted projects from Katie Couric, The Report's Scott Z. Burns, Broad City's Ilana Glazer and Owen and Stephen King. The majority of the projects are being developed for its networks but there are also projects set up for AMC Studios to sell to third party…

Emmy-winning actor Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) is set to star in AMC’s 61st Street from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of, Your Honor). The courtroom drama will be executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and Alana Mayo of Outlier Society while AMC…

AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has acquired the North American rights to Channel 4’s David Tennant drama Deadwater Fell from Endemol Shine International. Acorn will premiere the four-part drama — which is made by Tin Star producer Kudos — in April this year, general manager Matthew Graham announced at the winter…

The Berlin Film Festival’s sixth Berlinale Series lineup will include Damien Chazelle’s anticipated Paris-set musical-drama The Eddy for Netflix, Jason Segal’s starry AMC series Dispatches From Elswehere, buzzy Cate Blanchett project Stateless and BBC-HBO Max show Trigonometry.  Moonlight star André Holland leads cast…