American Movie Classics – AMC

«The Rifleman» (
) is on AMC right now!
Specifically, this television series from the 50s and 60s, which I haven’t seen in a very long time, is on only Saturday mornings from 6am to 8:30am EST. I guess AMC is trying to revive the popular habit of Western films /​TV Series show on Saturday mornings. In this case, AMC calls this period AMC «Cowboys» which starts off with «The Rifleman» and follows that with some Western films «True Grit» and «Rio Bravo» this morning.
As for American Movie Classics, this Cable Movie Channel (DirecTV 234, Dish 130) is really not one of my main viewing choices for movies… I prefer Turner Classic Moives or Fox Movie Channel as my main movie channels, mainly for the aspect of uninterrupted movie viewing. AMC has not been one of my primary Cable viewing choices since the introduction of commercials between movies and later within movies during the early part of this decade.
Another aspect of AMC which I do not prefer is the repetitious showing of a film over and over and over again… it seems the Cable Channel has a specific number of films that are available for a period of time… and that’s it! Just like it’s sister station IFC (Independent Film Channel), AMC has started showing «The Three Stooges» very early in the morning, I presume, to save on distribution expenses!
There has been many lauded original programs («Mad Men», «Breaking Bad», «The Walking Dead», and «The Killing») shown on AMC… but I haven’t seen a one… I really can’t follow a episodic program, no matter how critically acclaimed, for a WHOLE YEAR!
It’s good to see the revival of some classic Western TV Classics such as «The Rifleman» or «Have Gun, Will Travel» on Showtime… but I can’t rate AMC higher than 3-​Stars.