EXCLUSIVE: Here a first look at the new TV spot for Season 2 of AMC’s ’80s computer drama Halt And Catch Fire. The show’s sophomore year picks up in 1985 as the startup company run by Cameron (Mackenzie Davis) and Donna (Kerry Bishé) wrestles with a wild new concept that will come to be known as the…
AMC has slotted the Season 2 premiere of Halt And Catch Fire for 10 PM Sunday, May 31. The second season will pick up in early 1985 and center on the rise of Mutiny, Cameron (Mackenzie Davis) and Donna's (Kerry Bishé) start-up company that is built upon the most disruptive idea of the modern era: the Internet. Lee…
EXCLUSIVE: There's about to be a new major player on the 1980s set series about the early days of the computer industry. Having played Presidents, fictional and real, a Nazi war criminal, royalty and a pig farmer, James Cromwell is now joining Season 2 of Halt And Catch Fire I've learned.
In a major recurring role…
Very appropriate to today's TCA panel on AMC's 1980s period drama about computers, Halt and Catch Fire executive producer/writer Jonathan Lisco and cast members were asked: "Who do you think hacked Sony?"
They were ready with a quip: "I'm glad you asked that, because I have the answer— I just cant share it," said…
In an era when options for watching (and producing and distributing) great TV came from seemingly everywhere, I had lots to choose from in pulling together my year-end choices for the top 10 best new shows for 2014.
In the video above, I talk about the bottom half of that top 10. I have to confess that, with all the…
The quest for the future of computing continues. AMC is bringing Halt And Catch Fire back for a second season. "This is a show about invention, experimentation, and the inherent risks in trying to break new ground – themes that really resonate with us as a network and attracted a passionate audience," said Charlie…
AMC has ordered a second season of the drama Halt and Catch Fire for 2015. The series, about the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, was not a breakout, opening with soft 1.2 million viewers and a 0.34 demo rating, but attracted what the network said was a committed core audience. The renewal is not about what the…
UPDATE, 11:55 AM: Whether or not AMC decides to bring Halt And Catch Fire back for a second season will of course be influenced by how many people were actually watching the 1980s set tech drama. If Live + 3 numbers for H&CF's August 3 freshman season finale are any indication, a lot of fans were watching after the…
AMC made the kickoff telecast numbers on new series Halt And Catch Fire extra super meaningless by making it available for two weeks prior in a sneak preview on AMC.com, Tumblr, TV provider VOD and TV Everywhere. Even so, the premiere of the computing-boom series logged an average of 1.2 million viewers at 10 PM…
AMC is officially jumping on the social media bandwagon. Starting today, the premiere episode of its new drama Halt And Catch Firewill be available for two weeks on Tumblr, running through May 31, ahead of its June 1 debut on the AMC network. It’s the first-ever TV series on Tumblr and the first time AMC has…
Set in the early 1980s, Halt And Catch Fire from AMC Studios dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, Joe (Lee Pace); an engineer, Gordon (Scoot McNairy); and a prodigy, Cameron (Mackenzie Davis), whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Series picks up…
AMC‘s new 10-episode drama series Halt And Catch Fire will debut on Sunday June 1 at 10 PM. Starring Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Kerry Bishé and Toby Huss, Halt And Catch Fire captures the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, during which an unlikely trio – a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy – take…
