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LA Times Praises The Pitch; Patch Chats With JDRF About This Sunday's Episode
This week, the Los Angeles Times praises The Pitch, and Patch talks to JDRF about rebranding itself by being on the series. Read on for more:
• The Los Angeles Times praises The Pitch, noting, "This reality show captures the drama behind today's ad game and transcends the cliches while doing it."
• Patch speaks with JDRF about using The Pitch as a way to rebrand itself: "JDRF so rarely gets exposure on TV, and we have a whole hour."
• The New York Times reports on an ad that one of the agencies will run in Episode 6.
• Austin360 talks to Scott Brown of FKM, Episode 3's winner, who "expects all that exposure on one of cable's most-watched networks will lead to more new accounts."
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Tom Brokaw Hosts AMC's Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend
Tom Brokaw hosts AMC's Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend, celebrating and remembering America's bravest servicemen and women. This annual four-day programming event will be comprised of airings of classic war movies including Patton,The Dirty Dozen, Midway and, for the first time together, Clint Eastwood's Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, among many others. (Click here for the full AMC War Heroes Weekend schedule.)
Interspersed throughout each film will be episodes from AMC's original short documentary A Path to Honor. Created by Academy Award-winning producer and director James Moll, the four documentary shorts depict seminal moments in the lives of those who serve our country in the Armed Forces from their enlistment process, deployment overseas and active duty in the field, to their emotional homecomings.
As host, Brokaw will introduce films including:
- AMC Celebrates the 45th Anniversary of The Dirty Dozen on Fri., May 25 at 8PM | 7C and Midway at 11:30PM | 10:30C.
- The AMC Premiere of Flags of Our Fathers on Sat., May 26 at 8PM | 7C followed by Letters From Iwo Jima at 11PM | 10C.
- The AMC Premiere of Hart's War on Sun., May 27 at 5PM | 4C.
- Encore airings of Midway on Mon., May 28 at 5PM | 4C, and Flags of Our Fathers at 8PM | 7C.
Additional films on Fri., May 25 include A Bridge Too Far at 9AM | 8C, Academy Award-winning Patton at 1PM | 12C, The Green Berets at 5PM | 4C and The Great Raid at 2:30AM | 1:30C. Other films airing Sat., May 26 include Battle of the Bulge at 7:15AM | 6:15C, The Green Berets at 11AM | 10C, Midway at 2PM | 1C, Heartbreak Ridge at 5PM | 4C and Patton at 2AM | 1C. Films on Sun., May 27 include To Hell and Back at 10AM | 9C and Apocalypse Now: Redux at 12:30PM | 11:30C. Mon., May 28 will feature encore presentations of Heartbreak Ridge at 11AM | 10C and The Green Berets at 2PM | 1C.
War Heroes Weekend airs Fri., May 25 through Mon., May 28
MediaPost and Forbes Praise The Pitch; The Charlotte Observer Chats With BooneOakley
This week, MediaPost lauds The Pitch as "entertaining" while Forbes examines ad agency cultures in light of The Pitch. Read on for more:
• MediaPost considers The Pitch the "most entertaining new reality series of the year."
• Forbes is "enthralled" by The Pitch and examines how the show "can have a lasting impact on the reputation of each agency."
• BooneOakley talks to The Charlotte Observer about participating in this past Sunday's episode of The Pitch.
• The president of The Hive, featured in Episode 3, tells Canada's The National Post he's glad the agency participated because "it's going to be terrific for name recognition."
EW Touts The Pitch; Ad Age Chats with McKinney Exec
This week, Entertainment Weekly touts The Pitch, and Ad Age chats with a McKinney exec who recently appeared on the show. Plus, Canada's Postmedia News shares its fascination with the series. Read on for more:
• The Pitch is No. 2 on Entertainment Weekly's Must List, noting, "It will totally satisfy your inner Peggy Olson." (No Link.)
• A McKinney executive speaks with Ad Age about swearing on The Pitch: "The fact that only one F-bomb made it in there is probably pretty good."
• Postmedia News of Canada reviews The Pitch, calling it "fascinating TV."
• Resource 411 thinks The Pitch's "visual style and gripping stories are 'pitch' perfect."
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AMC Renews Comic Book Men and Talking Dead
AMC announced a second season pick-up for its unscripted series Comic Book Men and Talking Dead. Comic Book Men is executive produced by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), Charlie Corwin's Original Media (LA Ink, Storm Chasers, Swamp People) and Elyse Seiden (Red State). The series continues to delve into fanboy culture by following the antics in and around Smith's New Jersey comic shop, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Talking Dead, the network's first live after show that serves as a platform for discussion for AMC's series The Walking Dead, is executive produced by Michael Davies and co-executive produced by Jen Kelly from Embassy Row. Chris Hardwick (Nerdist; G4) is the host. Season two of both series consists of 16 half-hour episodes.
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EW Calls The Pitch a "Thrill"; Las Vegas Media Is All Over Premiere Episode's Winning Agency
This week, Entertainment Weekly calls The Pitch "absorbing," and a variety of Las Vegas media profile the local agency that won The Pitch Series Premiere. Read on for more:
• Entertainment Weekly calls The Pitch "an absorbing look at the frustrations and satisfactions of the creative process itself." (No Link.)
• The Las Vegas Sun talks to SK+G Creative Director Doug Hentges, who, despite his agency's win "watched the show with my hands over my eyes."
• Vegas Seven also talks to Kramer about how winning The Pitch will impact SK+G: ""You are going to see this agency with national accounts out of this. I guarantee it."
AMC Greenlights Pilots for Low Winter Sun and Untitled LaGravenese & Goldwyn Project
AMC announced today pilot orders for Low Winter Sun and the Untitled LaGravenese & Goldwyn Project marking the first time the network has greenlit two scripted pilots at the same time. Low Winter Sun is a co-production between Endemol Studios and AMC Studios. Untitled LaGravenese & Goldwyn Project will be produced by AMC Studios. The pilot orders continue to build on the network's programming strategy of creating original scripted series that serve passionate audiences with quality and distinction.
"Both of these shows represent an opportunity to continue what our existing scripted series have established so well -- a commitment to great writing, and shows that tackle complex characters in a genuine and authentic way," said Joel Stillerman, AMC's EVP of original programming, production and digital content. "Richard and Tony have collaborated on an explosive piece of storytelling that explores race and capital punishment in a way that transcends the legal genre; and Chris has captured the strength and intensity of the source material to create a muscular, Detroit-based character piece that explores the themes of such diverse stories as Crime and Punishment and Heat."
Star Gives The Pitch High Marks; Forbes Talks to Agency Exec in Series Premiere
This week, Star Magazine rates The Pitch highly while Forbes talks to Tracy Wong, Chairman / Executive Creative Director of WDCW, from The Pitch sneak preview. Read on for more:
• Star Magazine awards The Pitch with three out of four stars.
• Forbes interviews WDCW's Tracy Wong about his experience in The Pitch sneak preview and thinks he had "the guts to expose himself and his agency to...the ad industry's hottest crucible: the pitch."
• The founders of SK+G chat with the Las Vegas Sun about competing in The Pitch: "I don't think we had anything to lose... I had great faith we would come up with smart work."
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Zap2it Praises The Pitch; Execs From Subway, McKinney and WDCW Talk About the Show
This week, Zap2it praises The Pitch, and execs from McKinney, WDCW and Subway talk about their experiences with the show. Plus, McKinney is spotlighted by the local papers of hometown Durham, NC. Read on for more:
• Zap2it applauds The Pitch as "a fascinating take on the difficulties of creative gimmicking."
• McKinney's Chief Creative Officer, Jonathan Cude, discusses his experience on the show on Forbes.com's Ideasicle Podcast.
AMC Announces Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves as Project in Development
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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