Dark AMC Now Booking Comedy and Reality Shows

“AMC, on the other hand, this year alone passed on ‘Boss,’ starring Kelsey Grammer with Gus Van Sant attached to direct the pilot (the project went to Starz). It turned down a J. J. Abrams pitch for a noir show one insider compares to Sin City. A high-profile pass Stillerman won’t name (it was Kevin Spacey’s ‘House of Cards’) ‘was a very solid piece of material, needed a little work. But they wanted us to commit straight to series. And we were going to be deliberate developers. And a very good piece of talent walked out the door, because someone else was willing to order six or eight episodes right away.’ That someone was, interestingly, Netflix.”
 — What’s next for AMC and its magical TV touch? Comedy, baby. (Fellow wonks will be most interested in the financial stuff — for instance, AMC gets 40 cents per cable subscriber, while ESPN gets $4.)