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AMC Networks Entertainment Group President Sarah Barnett will be stepping down from her position after Labor Day. Following her departure, the company's Entertainment Networks, which includes AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV, and AMC Studios will report to AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll on an interim…

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 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 Networks continues to consolidate its operations under Sarah Barnett. The latest move is integrating AMC Studios into the company’s Entertainment Networks Group. It is triggering the departure of David Madden, who will exit as President of Programming for the Entertainment Networks Group and AMC Studios later this…

AMC Entertainment Networks chief Sarah Barnett said that the issue of whether to move The Walking Dead from Georgia as a result of the state's abortion ban was a "lot to weigh on". She discussed the issue in a wide-ranging interview at the Banff World Media Festival, where she also touched on plans to move more…

Finding that sweet spot between the Season 9 finale of The Walking Dead last week and the beginning of the final season of Game of Thrones on April 14, Killing Eve hit an all-time series high with its Season 2 debut on Sunday. The second season opener of the Sandra Oh and the Jodie Comer led spy thriller snagged 1.2…

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’s President of Entertainment Networks Sarah Barnett took the stage to give a debrief of the landscape for AMC Networks, touting the networks’ phenomenal slate of shows that have celebrated inclusivity and representation in front of and behind the camera. She mentioned The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang; the…

AMC Networks has centralized its operations, promoting Sarah Barnett to president of entertainment networks and upping senior executives David Madden and Linda Schupack. The restructuring will result in about 40 layoffs, or about 2% of the workforce at the entertainment networks, sources tell Deadline. AMC Networks…

EXCLUSIVE: Having hit its best viewership numbers ever in 2016 with double-digit growth, the U.S. home of Doctor Who, Orphan Black, Top Gear and more recently Dirk Gentley’s Holistic Detective Agency and the upcoming Planet Earth II is now getting into business with Kevin Smith. “He is attached to write, direct and…

AMC Networks is reaching to its executive bench to fill the top job at BBC America. A month after the company closed a deal to acquire a 49.9% stake in BBC America for $200 million, AMC Networks has named Sundance TV president and general manager Sarah Barnett as president and general manager of BBC America. Barnett…

Consumer’s ferocious viewing appetite and The Netflix Model were some of the prime weighty topics at Produced By‘s “Take It From the Top: 10 Questions for the Cable Bosses” panel Saturday featuring Starz CEO Chris Albrecht, FX Network CEO John Landgraf, Showtime president of entertainment David Nevins and SundanceTV…