AMC announced today Thief of Thieves, a new project in development from The Walking Dead executive producer/writer Robert Kirkman and Chic Eglee (The Shield, Dexter) based upon the new comic Kirkman created under the same name. The Walking Dead executive producer David Alpert and Kirkman reunite with Eglee who will serve as showrunner. All three also serve as executive producers on the new skein. The comic book Thief of Thieves, a new crime caper published by Kirkman's Skybound imprint at Image Comics, debuted on Feb. 8 and sold out the same day.

"Much like The Walking Dead brought horror to television in a unique and groundbreaking way, I feel Thief of Thieves can do the same thing for heist stories, showing the humanity of all the characters, including the criminals," explains Kirkman, who created The Walking Dead comic in 2003 and still writes each issue, among many other titles.

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After breaking the Western mold with the hit mini-series Broken Trail, AMC returns to the genre with the epic drama Hell On Wheels, starring Anson Mount (City by the Sea, Cook County), Common (Just Wright, Date Night), Colm Meaney (Get Him to the Greek), Dominique McElligott (Moon), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Philip Burke (Mercy), and Eddie Spears (Into the West). The series is written and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster, Murder By Numbers) and John Shiban (X-Files, Breaking Bad). The project is developed by Endemol USA and Jeremy Gold, Endemol USA's SVP of scripted programming serves as executive producer. David Goldberg is Chairman of Endemol North America. The pilot is directed by David von Ancken (Californication, Seraphim Falls).

Hell On Wheels is set to premiere on the network with a ten episode run on Sun., Nov. 6, 2011 at 10PM ET/PT.

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The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this morning the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations, recognizing AMC with 29 nominations, the most for any basic cable network for the fourth year in a row, breaking the previous 26 nomination record for the network from 2010. Mad Men, which reigns as the only television series in cable history to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama three years in row (2008, 2009 and 2010), continues to be the most Emmy nominated drama on television. This year the series garnered 19 nominations making it the most recognized series on television.

AMC's The Killing received 6 nominations, while The Walking Dead received 3 nominations. The network series Rubicon garnered 1 nomination. The network's Breaking Bad, which garnered wins for three years in a row for Bryan Cranston as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Aaron Paul last year as Outstanding Supporting Actor, was not eligible for this year's competition based upon it not being telecast during the Jun. 1, 2010-May 31, 2011 awards year. Breaking Bad will premiere its fourth season this Sun., Jul. 17 and be in full competition next year.

The following is a statement from AMC President and General Manager Charlie Collier:

"We thank the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for recognizing AMC and our amazing creative partners. It's exciting to be the network with the most nominations on basic cable.

"We congratulate all of the Mad Men, The Killing, The Walking Dead, and Rubicon nominees, their talented production teams, spectacular casts and our exceptional production partners on these well-deserved nominations."

Following is the complete list of nominations for AMC:

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