This look like an potential 2+2 classic to me. Premiers April 22 on Sundance. Here is the trailer:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84Hsm5V5NzI

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Story doesn't look interesting to me, I'll wait to see if people actually like it before tuning in. Right now it has a 2.7 rating on imdb...lol. H8rs out in force. Oh, and if this had classic potential, I doubt it would be on Sundance.

AMC owns Sundance. They need original programming on their other networks for business reasons.

well **** you

lol...wat? Having a show that has the "quality" of an AMC show on Sundance as original programming makes no sense (even as their first original program). This is the equivalent of dumping something that could be on USA off onto Syfy. No one's predicting this will be a classic, or they would put it where they expect it to have a wider audience. Ad dollars are far more valuable on AMC than they are on Sundance.

They might think it's a decent mid tier show, like how most of A&E's scripted dramas are viewed, but I find it hard to believe anyone thinks this show is going to be special in any kind of meaningful way. Don't get your hopes up.

I know AMC was looking for original programming for their other networks because cable companies have been balking at having to buy all the channels just to get AMC.

Sundance just started airing Breaking Bad Re-runs and there were rumors that AMC was thinking about airing 2nd and 3rd airings of new Walking Dead episodes on Sundance (as opposed to having the 11:00 airing of TWD run on AMC)

You might be right about the quality idk, but I do know their looking to strengthen the quality of their other channels. I personally thought the trailer looked dope.

Those are good business decisions (Breaking Bad, potentially The Walking Dead, and basically any of AMC's "successful" original programming filling holes to bring eyeballs). Thinking that some new original show is going to hit high level status out the gate just isn't realistic (I think it's far more likely it will be a turd, but am definitely willing to be wrong).

In the case of this show, the premise is fundamentally flawed. The guy has been on death row for 19 years and is exonerated. Based on the trailer, there seems to be some chance he really did do it, but maybe the storytelling was just bad in the trailer, and it was referring to a different character. The problem is that the guy gets out, everyone still looks at him like he did it, and his life is apparently in danger (just like it's been for the last 19 years!).

In real life, if this happens, he gets an amazingly phat settlement for wrongful imprisonment and moves away to where no one ever heard of him...literally anywhere he wants. This show is just building conflict for conflict's sake. That's almost the exact definition of a weak premise. I have very little hope for this being good, and thought the trailer was weak.

My take was they are borrowing from Homeland and start the series with a did he do it/did he not do it type thing to build drama. Homeland made it work well. The actor who played Jonny Burns on Deadwood is the guy that is going to play the other suspect. That guy can probably play a creeper pretty well.

Also, I think someone who was on death row for 19 years is probably going to be pretty f'ed up and makes for a potential compelling character. I can see the jail flashbacks being interesting as well. Death row is an interesting topic.

Last, I think it's plausible that a small town guy comes home, doesn't have anywhere else to go, and doesn't leave. The small town setting is perfect for a story like this.

Admittedly, I may be fooled by marketing. There is a part of me that auto gives this the benefit of the doubt when I see "from the producers of Breaking Bad." Even "Sundance original series" puts an image of quality acting in my head.

It's all about suspension of disbelief. Maybe they will do it well, but I think the main character would have to be pretty effing stupid to go back to his small town where everyone hates him when he should have at least several million dollars in settlement money.

Selected Producing Credits Of The Producers Of The Show:

Melissa Bernstein-Executive Producer (Breaking Bad was her first producing credit)

Evan Dunsky-Co-Executive Producer (CSI, Nurse Jackie)

Mark Johnson-Executive Producer (Breaking Bad, Chronicles of Narnia, and a bunch of other B-level movies along with occasional A titles)

Don Kurt-Producer (Justified, New York Undercover)

Ray McKinnon-Executive Producer (mostly an actor, first "big" producing credit)

That's your basic talent, in a nutshell. I didn't list the director of the Pilot who is always given Executive Producer credit.

sundance just started a mini series called on top of the lake. a lot of critics are saying its good. Which is not on amc which im guessing it could be if they wanted.

Does anyone know if this is a series or just a mini series. I watched the trailer about week ago and I liked it also. The topic interest me tho. I'll def be watching.

No matter where the guy went his life is going to be tough he admitted to murder.

It's a series, but season 1 is only 6 episodes.

It's probably ot for everyone but I liked it. It slower type show.

Top of the Lake was alright.

The first 3 episodes of Rectify are already up on Xfinity On Demand for free preview if anyone is interested.

I don't know it's such a strange story. I wasn't really pulled in.
He confessed to the crimes, but DNA set him free and he's far from a stupid guy.

This chick is going places tho:

It's definitely a decent show.

Watched first 2 eps and it's not very good, but I'll check this thread later to see if it's worth coming back to.

"From the producers of Breaking Bad" means absolutely nothing in terms of quality.

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-wat...undance-series

I thought the ads for this seemed interesting but a few of the preview/reviews I read said that the story drags quite a bit.

And the "in real life he would have gotten a settlement" issue is a non-starter, in this story the guy is released because of a trial issue, not because he's cleared by DNA or something. Apparently re-trial is a possibility. Think conviction overturned on a legal technicality, not guy is innocent because of DNA.

I might check it out, there's nothing else I generally watch at this time. Interesting concept at least.

If AMC is going to air these episodes about a week after Sundance, right after new episodes of Mad Men, what does this say for the nunnehi-savant business argument?

In the article I read from Sepinwall, it sure seemed to me the premise was that the guy confessed, but DNA evidence exonerated him.

The ratings for Mad Men are pretty bad (good enough for renewal, but any standard drops from it as a lead in would lead to cancellation for most shows). Because of that, it's not going to provide a good ratings lead in, and if Rectify's ratings crash badly behind it, it will likely hurt the show and not help it. This isn't a situation where it's likely to increase the ratings from the lead in, but if it does, you could make a very good case for it eventually moving to AMC. They could actually be trying to prove a point with it. I guess we won't know until it happens.

Well then I guess we'll have to wait and see, because the article I read said differently.

Oooooo, intrigue!

Anyone know when the 4th episode will come out ?

May 6