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Amazon has opted not to renew drama series Mad Dogs for a second season. Executive producer Shawn Ryan just confirmed the news in a series of tweets. The dark comedy, based on a British format, launched on Jan. 21 with little promotion. It garnered mostly positive reviews, and there has been anecdotal evidence of…

Producers of Amazon’s adaptation of Mad Dogs toyed with the idea of having the killer wear a Donald Trump mask. In the original British series, the killer wears a Tony Blair mask. “We thought about who it could be and went through various machinations and various ideas we realized would get us into terrible trouble,&#8221…

Amazon has set a January 22 premiere for Mad Dogs, the hourlong thriller-comedy series whose pilot streamed during Amazon pilot season earlier this year. Created by Cris Cole and based on his UK show, Mad Dogs will be available exclusively for Amazon Prime members in the U.S., UK, Germany and Austria. The first…

Rachael Holmes (Chasing Life) has booked a recurring role on Amazon’s hourlong dark comedy/drama Mad Dogs from Cris Cole (The Good Times Are Killing Me), and Shawn Ryan (The Shield). Based on the UK original, Mad Dogs follows the reunion of a group of underachieving 40-something friends in a Belizean villa where a…

During Amazon Studios’ latest pilot season, The Man In The High Castle became the most-watched since the original series development program began. Amazon has now greenlit a full season of the drama from Frank Spotnitz. It has also picked up full seasons of hour-long dark comedy Mad Dogs, from Shawn Ryan; docu-series T…

Amazon Studios has announced the titles that will premiere on January 15 on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the U.S., UK and Germany as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015. The slate includes four drama, two comedy, one documentary and six kids pilots. The four hour-long shows are: Cocked from Samuel Baum (L…

I’ve learned that Amazon has given a pilot order to Mad Dogs, based on the British black comedy/thriller series. The original show’s creator, Cris Cole, wrote the adaptation and is executive producing with The Shield creator Shawn Ryan for Sony Pictures TV, where Ryan is under an overall deal. Emmy winner Charles…