What drama was among the first original series on the TV channel AMC who's name was partly a humorous exaggeration?
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AMC (Africa and Middle East) AMC Middle East and Africa is a separate version of the TV channel AMC which was launched by AMC Networks International in Africa and the Arab World. AMC replaced the MGM Channel on December 1, 2014. AMC-produced dramas such as "Halt and Catch Fire" and "The Divide" are among the first original series that premiered on the channel. The channel also airs films from MGM, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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Halt and Catch Fire (TV series) Halt and Catch Fire is an American period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers that premiered on AMC on June 1, 2014. Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The series' first two seasons are set in the Silicon Prairie of Dallas–Fort Worth, while the latter two seasons are set in Silicon Valley. The show's title refers to computer machine code instruction HCF, the execution of which would cause the computer's central processing unit to stop working ("catch fire" was a humorous exaggeration).
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The Unusuals The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from April 8 to June 17, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. The pilot and first episode were written by Noah Hawley, a former writer and producer for Fox's "Bones". An ABC press release described "The Unusuals" as "like a modern-day "M*A*S*H"" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives, where every cop has a secret". Its premise elaborated:
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Thieves (TV series) Thieves is an American drama television series created by Jim Leonard. The series stars John Stamos, Melissa George, Robert Knepper and Tone Lōc. The series aired from September 28, 2001, to November 23, 2001, on ABC.
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Night Heat Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series, which aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989 in the United States, and until 1990 in Canada. "Night Heat" was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network. CBS aired the series as part of "CBS Late Night", a late night block of drama programming. Despite its late hour, "Night Heat" received good ratings for CBS, sometimes even beating NBC's Johnny Carson Show. After it was canceled, reruns continued to air on CBS for another two years, and on Canadian TV well into the early 2000s. "Night Heat" reruns were available on Showcase, TVtropolis and DejaView.
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Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent (season 1) The first season of "", an American police procedural television series, was developed by Dick Wolf and René Balcer. It began airing on September 30, 2001, on NBC, a national broadcast television network in the United States. It is the second spin-off of the long-running crime drama "Law & Order".
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General Hospital: Night Shift General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on Soapnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera "General Hospital", the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime adventures of familiar and new characters around the hospital. As of March 2008, the first season of the series was "SOAPnet's most watched series ever," with ABC Daytime and SOAPnet President Brian Frons noting that "Night Shift" drew more than 1 million new viewers to the channel during its first season. With its reruns gaining higher ratings than those of "General Hospital" on SOAPnet, a second season was expected, though Frons noted that the same crew producing two shows had taken its toll.
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Mind Games (TV series) Mind Games is an American drama television series created by Kyle Killen that aired on ABC. The show is about two brothers who run a problem solving firm called Edwards And Associates that employs solutions based on psychological manipulation. It premiered on February 25, 2014, and was canceled on May 20, 2014.
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This Sorrowful Life "This Sorrowful Life" is the fifteenth episode of the third season and 34th episode overall of the post-apocalyptic horror television series "The Walking Dead", which first aired on AMC in the United States on March 24, 2013.
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Just Kidding (TV series) Just Kidding is a Canadian live-action hidden camera reality series that first aired on February 3, 2013 on its original channel, Teletoon, and November 19, 2012 on Disney XD. It is not broadcast on Télétoon due to TVA's broadcasting rights of the series in French-Canadian territories. However, on September 1, 2015, The series moved over to La chaîne Disney. The series has also been broadcast in the UK (CBBC), France, Australia, Poland, Brazil, Spain, Norway and Sweden. Unlike the international versions, the Disney XD version is hosted by YouTube sensation Zach Fox, and the Disney XD stars Jason Earles and Tyrel Jackson Williams, and since 2014, is hosted by the Disney Channel star Calum Worthy. In 2014, "Just Kidding" (along with other live-action Teletoon shows, "My Babysitter's a Vampire", and "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour") has moved from Teletoon to YTV. The series got cancelled on November 30, 2014.
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Over There (TV series) Over There is an American action/drama/war television series co-created by Steven Bochco and Chris Gerolmo and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. It premiered in the United States on July 27, 2005 on FX and in Canada on September 6, 2005 on the History Television channel. The series was presented in widescreen format in the U.S. and UK, and mastered in high definition.
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My So-Called Life My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995, and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions.
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Raising Hope (season 1) The first season of the American television series
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Humans (TV series) Humans (stylised as HUM∀NS) is a science fiction television series that debuted on 14 June 2015 on Channel 4 and AMC. Written by the British team Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama "Real Humans", the series explores the themes of artificial intelligence and robotics, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". The series is produced jointly by AMC in the United States, and Channel 4 and Kudos in Britain.
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List of Z Nation episodes "Z Nation" is an American horror-comedy-drama/post-apocalyptic television series that airs on Syfy, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, and produced by The Asylum. The first season of 13 episodes premiered on September 12, 2014.
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The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks is an American web series from AMC. It premiered in three sub-15 minute episodes on August 22, 2011. The series marked the first production for AMC's Digital Studios, which co-released the program through Hulu. It starred Adam Goldberg as the title character and Jeffrey Tambor as his psychiatrist.
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Easy Money (TV series) Easy Money is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from October 5, 2008 to August 16, 2009. The series was created by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider. The show—along with "Valentine", "Surviving Suburbia", and "In Harm's Way"—are shows programmed by Media Rights Capital (MRC), an independent producer of television programming. The Sunday night block (5pm–10pm) was sold to the producers on a leased-time basis from The CW after the network had no ratings success with the night.
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BBC First BBC First is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring comedy and drama programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Worldwide. The channel began rolling out internationally in 2014, launching first in Australia.
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Head Cases Head Cases is an American primetime comedy-drama television program, best known as the first show cancelled for the 2005–06 season. It was broadcast by Fox and premiered on September 14, 2005. It was cancelled after two episodes on September 22 after disastrous ratings and a critical drubbing.
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Notorious (2016 TV series) Notorious is an American crime and legal drama television series broadcast on ABC. The series, starring Piper Perabo and Daniel Sunjata, was announced on May 12, 2016. The series premiered on Thursday, September 22, 2016. On October 25, 2016, the number of episodes was reduced by ABC from thirteen to ten; however, the series remained on the network's schedule until December 8, 2016, when the final episode of the first season was broadcast.
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List of Soap episodes The American situation comedy television series "Soap" originally aired 85 episodes over four seasons from September 13, 1977 to April 20, 1981. The series was a parody of soap operas and featured a large ensemble cast.
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The Middle (season 1) The first season of the television comedy series "The Middle" aired between September 30, 2009 and May 19, 2010, on ABC in the United States. It was produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers.