{"id":305145,"date":"2025-11-21T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305145\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:44:13","slug":"amc-networks-extends-content-chief-dan-mcdermotts-contract-through-end-of-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305145\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC Networks Extends Content Chief Dan McDermott&#8217;s Contract Through End Of 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amc-networks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amc-networks\" data-tag=\"amc-networks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMC Networks<\/a> has extended the contract of Chief Content Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dan-mcdermott\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dan-mcdermott\" data-tag=\"dan-mcdermott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan McDermott<\/a>, who also heads up AMC Studios, through the end of 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cable programmer and specialty streamer revealed the extension in an SEC filing Thursday, saying the move had been made Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDermott will receive a base salary of $1.625 million a year and also be eligible for bonuses. About $1.6 million a year in cash grants and equity awards are expected, the filing said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLike other owners of cable networks, AMC Networks has been under pressure due to cord cutting and eroding viewing and advertising on traditional linear TV. The company has made a push into streaming, but via a collection of niche properties like Shudder, AMC+ and AcornTV, with the portfolio at 10.4 million total subscribers. Streaming is poised to overtake linear TV in terms of annual revenue, but its economic models are still a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDermott has shepherded the Anne Rice and Walking Dead universes for AMC Networks as well as the well-regarded anthology mystery Dark Winds. AMC Studios also has occasionally produced shows for third parties, among them Silo for Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPrior to joining AMC Networks, McDermott was head of the Lionsgate-BBC Studios scripted TV partnership, a producer, writer and partner in Di Bonaventura Pictures Television, and the first president of television at DreamWorks. Over a decade-long run at DreamWorks, McDermott oversaw shows like\u00a0Spin City,\u00a0Freaks and Geeks and miniseries\u00a0Band of Brothers. He also held various roles at the Fox Broadcasting Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMC Networks has extended the contract of Chief Content Officer Dan McDermott, who also heads up AMC Studios,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[122179,158316,158315,158317,88,9135,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-305145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-amc-networks","9":"tag-anne-rices-mayfair-witches","10":"tag-anne-rices-interview-with-the-vampire","11":"tag-dan-mcdermott","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-executives","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}