AMC Leader On 'Breaking Bad' Order, 'Walking Dead' Budget & 'Mad Men' Deal

RELATED: 'Breaking Bad' Thinking of getting Two-Season Final Run EXCLUSIVE: For any network which has only 5 shows about the air, AMC has developed in the head lines with series-related issues a great deal throughout yesteryear 8 several weeks, first within the difficult and incredibly public discussions with Mad Guy creator Matt Weiner and much more lately within the abrupt exit from the Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont and also the ongoing discussions for Breaking Bad. I swept up tonight with AMC leader Charlie Collier who rejected to go over the specifics all around the Breaking Bad talks with producer The new sony Pictures TV and Darabont's departure but addressed other issues which have been the topic of lots of speculation, including rumored budget cuts on Walking Dead which some have associated with Darabont's exit and reported AMC demands for any 6-8-episode fifth season of Breaking Bad. Deadline: Have you cut your budget about the Walking Dead in Season 2? Collier: Should you take a look at pilot budgets versus. pattern budgets usually pilot finances are much greater than eventually ends up being the pattern budget. Using The Walking Dead, rather than doing an airplane pilot, we went right to 6 episodes because we supported they and also the talent in-front and behind your camera. Only then do we returned having a 13-episode second season, and amortization over 13 episodes is extremely diverse from over 6. But we settled into among the greatest pattern budgets for any fundamental cable series. Deadline: So the entire plan for Season 2 is gloomier compared to Season 1 due to the amortization factor? Collier: We went right to series, using the first season serving in lots of ways like a pilot, therefore we have settled right into a 13-episode pattern budget. Deadline: Did AMC wish to truncate season 5 of Breaking Bad? Collier: There's been a great deal reported relating to this settlement, but we'd never discuss a wide open settlement within the press. There has been a variety of situations about how exactly to create Breaking Bad back on our air, we suggested many situations not merely one format. The fact is that we now have productive discussions with The new sony hoping to do right by both companies and also the fans of the great show. Deadline: Matt Weiner's deal was very lucrative, believed at $25 million-$$ 30 million. So how exactly does that impact your opportunities in other programming? Collier: The Mad Males deal is a that people are really happy with. We'd 2 goals starting the discussions: first, to create back Matt Weiner and next, to make sure the show not only begins on AMC, but that after Matt is prepared, it will likewise conclude on our air. But to reply to your question, the Mad Males negotiationhad nothing related to our other programming. Going into Mad Males we understood that directly behind it might be discussions on Breaking Bad, The Killing yet others. The discussions for Mad Males were considered into our plans. Some have reported the Mad Males deal has affected our assessment of other programming and absolutely nothing might be more wrong. Deadline: AMC has developed in the head lines with many different much talked about issues lately. May be the network getting growing pains? Collier: Discussions, staffing issues, negative and positive reviews, it's a part of the company. Ours are actually just a little greater profile at this time. We're feeling fortunate to become telling the best tales on tv and dealing with probably the most gifted people in the commercial.