About

AMC is an American cable television channel that, since 2002, mainly airs a mix of original AMC shows, mostly dramas and documentaries, as well as acquired TV programs, and theatrically released films. Launched in late 1980 as Montage, a Cablevision Programming Services project in the New York City, it originally broadcast classic films in black and white. The network changed its name to American Movie Classics in late 1984 and became the flagship namesake property of Rainbow Media, similar to Turner Classic Movies, the channel's former rival. In 2002, AMC retired the American Movie Classics name, resulting from the major shift in its programming.