AMC has shot a talk-show pilot designed to do for AMC scripted programming what Bravo’s “Watch What Happens: Live” does for Bravo's reality programming.
The idea, I gather, is to have the “Walking Dead”-centric chatfest air after each new episode of “Walking Dead” this fall. If it works for “Dead,” AMC could start doing similar weekly aftershows for “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Killing” and so on.
Bravo programming exec Andy Cohen hosts “WWH” -- so will the guy who just fired Frank Darabont host the AMC version?
Probably not. Former “Singled Out” host and current “Nerdist” blogger Chris Hardwick, who also hosts G4’s “Web Soup,” was tapped to host the AMC talk pilot.
Will the stars and writers of “Walking Dead” finally be allowed to explain why Glen Mazzara (creator and original showrunner of Starz’ widely and deservedly reviled TV version of “Crash”) is now “Walking Dead” showrunner instead of “Shawshank Redmption” writer-director Darabont?
Find Joe Adalian’s Vulture exclusive on the matter here.
