# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/21 "2013-02-08T16:28:50Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I didn’t think it possible, but I think AMC has now show \*\*\*Shawshank \*\*\*more times than TNT has shown _ **Kelley’s Heroes** _. If you’re going to watch only two movies over the weekend these two are pretty good choices. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/22 "2013-02-08T17:35:34Z")
Well, if you want quality, next week is “Happy Gilmore” week on AMC. Nothing says classic American movie better than Adam Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/23 "2013-02-08T18:02:54Z")
I noticed they had Demolition Man on last night. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/24 "2013-02-08T20:11:46Z")
[Morgan Freeman Lamb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkL42MgGjtk) approves. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/25 "2013-02-08T20:13:52Z")
For a long time you couldn’t channel surf without seeing “Dirty Dancing” running on at least two channels. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/26 "2013-02-08T20:24:48Z")
According to IMDB: "After the film gained popularity, Ted Turner sold the television rights to TNT, his own network, for much lower than normal for such a big film. Because it is so inexpensive to show, the film is broadcast on TNT extremely often. " I think Turner also has a large interest in AMC. Coincidence? Linky: [The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Trivia - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539/27 "2013-02-08T22:30:21Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > For a long time you couldn’t channel surf without seeing “Dirty Dancing” running on at least two channels. It seems like there was a period of a few years in the mid-late 2000s, when you couldn’t go a single weekend without seeing Goodfellas on some cable channel. Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-and-the-shawshank-redemption/649539.md?page=1)