Mad Men Forum

I take this story with a few grains of salt, as it always seems like when cable companies threaten to drop some marquee network over contractual disputes, things always work out at the 11:59th hour. Still, this one would wicked suck, if it didn't come together.
 
For the last six months, AT&T's cable division, U-Verse, has been locked in contract negotiations with Rainbow Media Holdings, the company that owns the AMC, IFC and WE cable networks. According to Deadline, those negotiations have been nothing short of contemptuous, with AT&T claiming that Rainbow's networks are among the "least watched and most overpriced" out there, while Rainbow says that "AT&T is acting in an aggressive manner that puts their corporate interests ahead of their customers."
 
So why do you care about any of this? Because if you happen to be a U-Verse customer, this means that AMC might disappear from your lineup ahead of the July 25th debut of Mad Men's fourth season. Oh. Em. GEE.
 
I say again, I fully expect this to work out, but if you're one of the couple of million people who subscribes to AT&T U-Verse, and you have any interest in watching the Mad Men premiere, maybe this would be a good time to call your local cable provider and hassle whatever poor schmuck happens to answer your call. It won't fix anything, but at least you'll be able to scream at a total stranger with no power to solve your Mad Men-related woes. 
 
Also, U-Verse is a really stupid name for a cable company.

Also Breaking Bad.  If they make people miss Breaking Bad, fuck them.

I would just like to point out that Rainbow Media Holdings are putting their corporate interest ahead of their viewers. 
 
That's how it fuckin works. 
 
I never want to hear  cable network or cable provider claim to be populist ever again.

Agreed, U-Verse is a completely stupid name for a Cable Company. 
 
This reminds me of when Time Warner's Cable systems threatened to drop ABC. If it amounts to anything, it won't last long.

I have Time Warner. I have other problems.

Man, fuck AT&T.
 
And fuck all cable companies in general.
 
They're all awful.

Shit like this, as well as TV just being one giant commercial with an occasional show thrown in for variety, is why I don't watch TV anymore. Piratebay is where I get any TV that I want to watch. I would conisder using something like Hulu if they had shows on it that I wanted to watch and you know, actually allowed people out side of the US to use it.

Mad Men is my favorite show, and if they drop it, I can't feel good about smoking anymore

when i think of A&E  i think of Breaking Bad but this is outrageous cable companies need to get along man i have had to go with out Versus for ages becasue of this i had to go watch through other means so many other WEC shows its not fair 

Unfortunately I'm a U-Verse customer and with over 6 months of experience with them I want to warn everybody. Do not, under any circumstances, go to AT&T for anything. They're a terrible company will terrible support and terrible products. As soon as my contract is up I'm dumping them.

I would get a lot more angry if they dropped Breaking Bad, which is way better and underrated than Mad Men.

Agreed on Breaking Bad

More importantly, will Breaking Bad be affected by this in a year's time when Season 4 finally happens?

Maybe they should call is X-Verse. it's like X times the number of universes, dawg!
 
That's like infinite possible universes!

@Tyler_Durden: Blow them up dude. Then make some soap.

Officially STILL did not air in Germany (nor can you buy the DVD-Set w/o Import) - so I officially have never heard, nor watched a single episode of a single season of this completely unknown show to me; nor know any ways and sources how to watch this great, awesome series, without AT&T or talking about it, without being banned from this Website.
 
Must be really bad for U-Verse customers ... I guess.

Breaking Bad > Mad Men.