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When "Mad Men" came back to AMC after a long break, the 1960s ad executives saw a 20% spike in ratings, and the reason why is as clear as a dry martini: Millions of viewers have streamed the first four seasons on Netflix.

If you are drawn to stories about foods with outrageous amounts of unhealthy fats, you already know that movie popcorn is as bad as it gets. The Center for Science in the Public Interest regularly exposes fat and calorie numbers that have your eyes popping along with the kernels: a large popcorn...

Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC) is considering spinning off its Rainbow unit, which includes cable channels AMC, Sundance and IFC. The company may spin off the unit to its shareholders as a "tax-free pro-rata distribution," Cablevision said in a statement. The deal would be completed by mid-year...

Why hasn't Mad Men been picked up for another season? Matthew Wiener, the show's creator, isn't sure. All he could say at the screening of the star-studded finale for the show was that it has something to do with money. Translation: Hey AMC -- pay up! You've got a blockbuster on your hands. This is one deal you want to close.

AMC Theatres has won a large tub of good will with extra butter for its low-priced series of "sensory friendly screenings" for autistic children -- the next is "How to Train Your Dragon" at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 10, at participating theaters. The program also helped recent AMC missteps fade...

Trying to cash in on a new wave of 3D movies, theaters across the country are quietly raising ticket prices up to almost $20 a head. No official announcement has been made. But theaters owned by Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark Holdings and AMC Entertainment are upping prices by as much as 26%...

It may not be the best $74.95 you'll ever spend, but Mattel's "Mad Men" dolls sure have a lot of possibilities for fun. That's the suggested retail price for one of four "Mad Men" dolls to be sold by Mattel in specialty stores and at amctv.com and barbiecollector.com, although I couldn't find them...

Most adults I know have distinct memories of the criminal thrill of smuggling outside snacks into a movie theater at some point in their lives. It's a transgression so low on the outlaw scale it's probably not even worth one Hail Mary, were a Catholic moviegoer to confess some Sunday. To date, I've...

The biggest horror show in movie theaters right now isn't on screens but in the tubs of popcorn resting in audience members' laps, if you ask one consumer advocate. Snacking on a medium popcorn and soda at one of Regal Entertainment Group's (RGC) cinemas is the nutritional equivalent of eating...

Ever since Edison decided to sell the Vitascope Projector, which jump-started the movie industry in 1896, newspapers like the Buffalo Express have been used to advertise feature attractions such as "Trotting Race at Charter Oak Park" and "The Bathers" to the public. The past 100 years have seen...