AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan responded to the criticism over Mazzara’s exit from The Walking Dead with The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hollywood Reporter: Why let Mazzara go from The Walking Dead when the show is breaking records? What happened?
Josh Sapan: We love the show, and we admire and cherish the work of everybody involved who made it an extraordinarily well-crafted TV series. … In the case of Glen, we decided mutually to part ways.
THR: But other showrunners have blasted your network. The Shield’s Shawn Ryan said, “It’s a real question now why good showrunners should sell to AMC.” How does that make you feel?
Sapan: We really do believe that people who make great TV shows have a rare capability, and we hold them in extraordinarily high regard. Certainly it would be preferable to have as much continuity as possible. We’ll forge ahead and hope to make great shows and be the best place to work.
THR: So those comments don’t concern you?
Sapan: We’ll do the best we can to be an environment where the best creative people can flourish. We’ll hopefully learn from everything we do.
Not very informational. Almost sounds as if it was Mazzara who was more frustrated and decided to leave.
Not very informational. Almost sounds as if it was Mazzara who was more frustrated and decided to leave.
This isn’t even a response to criticism. It’s the same little mantra repeated three times in the hopes it suddenly will have some validity.
Respond to questions or not; here’s the truth: Having a hit show carries with it the responsibility and burden not to screw it up. If you do AMC, there are a great many viewers who may never forgive you.
Respond to questions or not; here’s the truth: Having a hit show carries with it the responsibility and burden not to screw it up. If you do AMC, there are a great many viewers who may never forgive you.
Wow, thanks for telling us nothing, Josh Sapan! Not that I really expected Jim to be all, “Ok guys, here’s what’s REALLY happened.”
Wow, thanks for telling us nothing, Josh Sapan! Not that I really expected Jim to be all, “Ok guys, here’s what’s REALLY happened.”
And by Jim I mean him
And by Jim I mean him
Wow, his replies came strait from a copy of, “Douche Bag Managers Guide to Ultimate Douchieness.” I have not read the manual but I hear quotes from it on a regular basis. I’m confident its required reading for most manager and all politicians.
Wow, his replies came strait from a copy of, “Douche Bag Managers Guide to Ultimate Douchieness.” I have not read the manual but I hear quotes from it on a regular basis. I’m confident its required reading for most manager and all politicians.