# AMC and The Shawshank Redemption **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539 "2013-02-07T02:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/1 "2013-02-07T02:16:25Z")
How many times can they show this movie per week? It’s on multiple times per night several nights a week and on the weekends. This seems to have been going on for months. Several networks do this kind of thing but amc seems to be the worst offender by far. So Wtf? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/2 "2013-02-07T02:57:01Z")
Study it carefully. You never know when the knowledge will come in handy. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/3 "2013-02-07T03:53:10Z")
Eight. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/4 "2013-02-07T04:03:49Z")
Well, prison life consists of routine and more routine. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/5 "2013-02-07T05:00:00Z")
American? Check. Movie? Check Classic? Check It falls within their purview, so it seems like it could go on like that for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/6 "2013-02-07T14:09:43Z")
They’ve also shown the Green Mile roughly 455 times the last two months. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/7 "2013-02-07T15:56:11Z")
I didn’t think it possible, but I think AMC has now show \*\*\*Shawshank \*\*\*more times than TNT has shown _ **Kelley’s Heroes** _. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/8 "2013-02-07T16:09:29Z")
The Shawshank Redemption is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/9 "2013-02-07T16:17:21Z")
I tuned in one night recently to see if anything had changed (maybe they’d found a new alternative ending where Andy Dufresne gets stuck in the sewer pipe), and AMC is now adding gratuitous text messages to explain key stuff like how the car a character is driving isn’t really authentic to the period. Maybe next, they can convene a panel of ex-cons to comment on the film during commercial breaks. > [@phungi](#): > > The Shawshank Redemption is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. It needs a stake through its heart. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/10 "2013-02-07T17:38:13Z")
It’s institutionalized now. If they let it go you know what will happen. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/11 "2013-02-07T17:42:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > AMC is now adding gratuitous text messages to explain key stuff like how the car a character is driving isn’t really authentic to the period. Maybe next, they can convene a panel of ex-cons to comment on the film during commercial breaks.It needs a stake through its heart. That reminds me of [PopUP Video,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-Up_Video) which has notes from serious to frivolous inserted into music videos. No reason why that can’t be done with movies, and I’ve seen some really old horror shows done as you propose. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/12 "2013-02-07T18:40:33Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > So Wtf? My guess is there is a simple answer. People watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/13 "2013-02-07T18:49:47Z")
It’s only repeated airings of gems like _The Shawshank Redemption_ that allow one to crawl through the river of shit that is modern TV programing and still come out clean on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/14 "2013-02-07T20:30:22Z")
AMC is like that. I used to call them the _Escape From Alcatraz Channel_, and before that, used to call them _To Catch A Thief Televsion_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/15 "2013-02-07T20:31:40Z")
> [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > It’s institutionalized now. If they let it go you know what will happen. Shhh you, or I’ll cast you down with the Sodomites! ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/16 "2013-02-07T22:41:25Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It needs a stake through its heart. How can you be so obtuse? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/17 "2013-02-07T23:43:58Z")
> [@campp](#): > > AMC is like that. I used to call them the _Escape From Alcatraz Channel_ Oh god yes. > [@Pashnish Ewing](#): > > How can you be so obtuse? I don’t get your angle. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/18 "2013-02-08T01:12:19Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Oh god yes.I don’t get your angle. 😕 It’s a line from the movie. I hear it might be playing on AMC. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/19 "2013-02-08T04:41:43Z")
Oh yeah, that’s the movie “starring Morgan Freeman.” ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/20 "2013-02-08T16:03:50Z")
They say AMC has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539.md?page=2)