Mad Men's Matthew Weiner rejects AMC changes
Matthew Weiner objects to a few points in the deal, which would pay him an outstanding $30 million over two years. Matthew Weiner is objecting to three things AMC/Lionsgate are asking for: integrating product placement into the series, cutting 2 minutes from each episode's running time in favor of more commercials and eliminating/reducing two regular cast members to save money.
The delay in closing a new deal with Matthew Weiner has already pushed the scheduled production start on Season 5 and will lead to the Emmy-winning period drama missing its target summer premiere date.
Matthew Weiner was in a similar standoff with AMC over extra 2 minutes of commercial load on the show 2 years ago. Ultimately, the two sides agreed to let the episodes run over into the 11 PM hour so extra ad time could be added without having to shorten the scripts. Those defending losing two minutes of Mad Men to commercials point out that Mad Men's running time will still be longer than 90% of basic cable drama series.
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Jude Brown
Save Mad Men from the Ad Men! Check out the Facebook page.
1 year agoby @Jude-BrownFlag
thedude-abides
I've tried to get into this show about 15 times, but it never can hold my attention. Wish I could, though. Looks cool.
1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Dan
Bah. Give the man what he wants, AMC.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
aceinthehole12
Networks, record labels, movie studios etc. Always know how to frak up a good thing. Sunday night's are gonna be weird this summer without Mad Men.
1 year agoby @aceinthehole12Flag
Brian
Lame. Lame. Lame. AMC! Let your artists be artists! Matthew Weiner has gotten us thus far in this amazing epic... let him go the rest of the way and do what he wants to do!
1 year agoby @brianFlag