AMC Cancels 'Rubicon' After 1 Season - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-11-2010, 11:03 PM

It was a short run for AMC's Rubicon, which is being canceled after one season. The political thriller, produced by Warner Horizon Television, premiered on Aug. 1, a year after it was ordered to series, and never found a wide audience, averaging 1.6 million viewers and 439,000 among 18-49 in its first season. It becomes the first AMC original series to get canceled. Here is AMC's statement: "Rubicon gave us an opportunity to tell a rich and compelling story and we're very proud of the series. This was not an easy decision, but we are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such a phenomenally talented and dedicated team."

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/page/2/

TV Knowledge Fan · 11-12-2010, 02:35 AM

...AMC's first "original series", way back when it used to be a commercial-free movie channel, was a half-hour comedy/drama, "REMEMBER WENN" (1996-'98). In those days, AMC allowed more "slack" when it came to giving original series a fair chance of survival. However, after new management took over in 1998 [eventually turning it into the channel it is today- full of commercials and a limited number of "classic movies"], they decided 'REMEMBER WENN" wasn't drawing enough viewers, and cancelled it after 56 episodes. The next series they scheduled, "THE LOT", lasted exactly 13 episodes in 1999 (they thought it was more "appropriate"- and "hipper"- for its supposed core of viewers). And with "MAD MEN" [which, incidentally, they kept on, despite about only a million or so viewers each week in its first season], there was a renaissance of original series. Unfortunately, in the case of "RUBICON", there weren't enough viewers- or advertising support- to keep it on for another season. Too bad....

11-11-2010, 11:03 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	AMC Cancels 'Rubicon' After 1 Season It was a short run for AMC's Rubicon, which is being canceled after one season. The political thriller, produced by Warner Horizon Television, premiered on Aug. 1, a year after it was ordered to series, and never found a wide audience, averaging 1.6 million viewers and 439,000 among 18-49 in its first season. It becomes the first AMC original series to get canceled. Here is AMC's statement: "Rubicon gave us an opportunity to tell a rich and compelling story and we're very proud of the series. This was not an easy decision, but we are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such a phenomenally talented and dedicated team." http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/page/2/
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11-12-2010, 02:35 AM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Actually... ...AMC's first "original series", way back when it used to be a commercial-free movie channel, was a half-hour comedy/drama, "REMEMBER WENN" (1996-'98). In those days, AMC allowed more "slack" when it came to giving original series a fair chance of survival. However, after new management took over in 1998 [eventually turning it into the channel it is today- full of commercials and a limited number of "classic movies"], they decided 'REMEMBER WENN" wasn't drawing enough viewers, and cancelled it after 56 episodes. The next series they scheduled, "THE LOT", lasted exactly 13 episodes in 1999 (they thought it was more "appropriate"- and "hipper"- for its supposed core of viewers). And with "MAD MEN" [which, incidentally, they kept on, despite about only a million or so viewers each week in its first season], there was a renaissance of original series. Unfortunately, in the case of "RUBICON", there weren't enough viewers- or advertising support- to keep it on for another season. Too bad....