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AMC to air TNA IMPACT beginning in 2026.

AMC used to be TCM (Turner Classic Movies) with more mainstream, recent movies, plus original series, my favorite being "Remember WENN." But once the advertising started, I watched less and less, and what was shown became less and less interesting, and the movies less "classic." Now I expect the letters "AMC" to become just as meaningless as "TLC" and "A&E."
 
CTListener said:
AMC used to be TCM (Turner Classic Movies) with more mainstream, recent movies, plus original series, my favorite being "Remember WENN." But once the advertising started, I watched less and less, and what was shown became less and less interesting, and the movies less "classic." Now I expect the letters "AMC" to become just as meaningless as "TLC" and "A&E."
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Its like when they use to have wwe I think it was monday night raw on the syfy channel. That had nothing to do with science fiction at all.
 
Syfy said:
Its like when they use to have wwe I think it was monday night raw on the syfy channel. That had nothing to do with science fiction at all.
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It was WWE's version of ECW
Only time Monday Night Raw would be on Syfy is when USA had the dog show
 
CTListener said:
AMC used to be TCM (Turner Classic Movies) with more mainstream, recent movies, plus original series, my favorite color being "Remember WENN." But once the advertising started, I watched less and less, and what was shown became less and less interesting, and the movies less "classic." Now I expect the letters "AMC" to become just as meaningless as "TLC" and "A&E."
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AMC was originally what TCM is now. They had to change when TCM started up and took most of their library. So, AMC had to adjust - modern movies, commercials, original series, etc.

But wrestling? Nowadays, doesn't seem like there's much difference between the cable channels anymore.
 
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Peacock's Annie Luo hired by AMC Networks to lead streaming growth

December 12, 2025 - Her appointment follows an assertion by executives in October that AMC was transitioning from a cable networks business into a streaming-first company.
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Also at play there is a management change at AMC Networks. In this case Annie Luo moves from Comcast Peacock division to AMC Networks to boost their streaming. Yes TNA Impact came to AMC because AMC Networks have to go after Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+ to boost viewership to their apps.
 
CTListener said:
AMC used to be TCM (Turner Classic Movies) with more mainstream, recent movies, plus original series, my favorite being "Remember WENN." But once the advertising started, I watched less and less, and what was shown became less and less interesting, and the movies less "classic." Now I expect the letters "AMC" to become just as meaningless as "TLC" and "A&E."
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You do realize that the way you worded that makes it read as if AMC and TCM were the same channel at some point?

It took me three reads to realize that wasn't what you were saying. (I would have added the word "except" after TCM, but that's just me.)
 
Fighting Irish said:
AMC was originally what TCM is now. They had to change when TCM started up and took most of their library.
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Not exactly correct, but pretty damn close.

AMC got into a legal battle with Turner Broadcasting because Ted bought MGM/UA (only a year after AMC had started operation) and claimed his rights to air that library on SuperStation WTBS overrode the agreement AMC had made shortly after its launch to license 800 pre-1950s films for exclusive cable airing for a period of five years. Both sides sued each other, with Turner relying on the absurd -- based on how he was operating and marketing WTBS -- argument that channel 17's airings "just happened to also be on cable".

AMC's owners won, sort of ... MGM/UA terminated the agreement and paid AMC $50 million, then Turner did a partial about face and sold the studios back to the original owners, keeping the film library.

The whole matter made it more difficult to attract cable system carriage (by some reports, they were available in less than 300,000 homes nationwide after the first 18 months of operation). They were saved when major cable system owner TCI bought a one-third stake in the network and quickly added it to all of their systems.

TCM wasn't launched until about a decade after all that.
 
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