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> AMC is ending Breaking Bad next season because of Madmen sucking up the budget Thankfully, that's not going to happen. AMC tried cutting BrBa back to only 6
by nhebb 15y ago
> AMC is ending Breaking Bad next season because of Madmen sucking up the budget
Thankfully, that's not going to happen. AMC tried cutting BrBa back to only 6 episodes next season. But Sony owns the rights to the show, so they shopped it around. AMC caved. For all the press Mad Men gets, Breaking Bad has ~2x the viewers per episode, and Walking Dead (which had it's budget cut due to Mad Men's cost) gets about ~2.5x the viewers.
[Edit: Removed my snarky comment about AMC's management.]
- d2vid 15y agoTo AMC's credit, the CPM AMC receives for Mad Men is much higher: $34 instead of $12-$25. It could be because people pay attention to the commercials, since the show is about advertising. A cynic would say it's a prestige thing for media buyers to get their ads run on Mad Men. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendly&art_aid=147874 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFrie...
- joezydeco 15y agoYou mean classy ad campaigns like this one? http://main.stylelist.com/2010/08/05/dove-mad-men-commercial/ http://main.stylelist.com/2010/08/05/dove-mad-men-commercial...
- xcode 15y agoWhile I agree with the original poster, i.e., those who are already using netflix are unlikely to go back, netflix is supposed to be a growth business (P/E of > 60), ergo, if this leads to less growth, that will be terrible terrible terrible for the company.
- sliverstorm 15y agoMaybe AMC's management fancy themselves as modern-day Mad Men and are fond of the show
- ErrantX 15y agoThey aired Walking Dead season 1 in the UK earlier this year, awesome stuff. It was the first time I turned my TV on for about 3 months & worth every minute :) Very glad it is coming back for a second season.
- georgehaake 15y agoLove Breaking Bad. I appreciate it ending after next season as too many shows die a prolonged declining death.