AMC Strikes Deal With Netflix to Stream ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoffs and More

“Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire,” “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” and a handful of other AMC shows are coming to Netflix as part of a new deal between the network and the streamer.

The deal, which will put prior seasons of 13 AMC series on Netflix for one year, begins Aug. 19. It includes “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” Season 1, “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire” Season 1, “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” Season 1, “Monsieur Spade” Season 1, “A Discovery of Witches” Seasons 1-3, “Dark Winds” Seasons 1-2, “Fear the Walking Dead” Seasons 1-8, “Gangs of London” Seasons 1-2, “Into the Badlands” Seasons 1-3, “Kevin can F*** Himself” Seasons 1-2, “Preacher” Seasons 1-4, “That Dirty Black Bag” Season 1 and “The Terror” Season 1.

Two additional series — “The Walking Dead: Dead City” Season 1 and “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” Season 1 — will arrive on Netflix starting Jan. 13.

In addition, the new AMC series — plus the 11 seasons of “The Walking Dead” already on Netflix — will be offered without commercials on Netflix’s standard with ads plan.

AMC is hoping that tapping into Netflix’s humongous audience (compare AMC’s 11.5 million paid streaming subscribers to Netflix’s 269.6 million), the network might be able to bring mass attention to a lesser seen yet critically acclaimed series — say, the “Breaking Bad” effect.

AMC tested a similar strategy in 2023 when it sent “Fear the Walking Dead” and six other series to Max for two months only. A source close to the studio indicates that the promo brought more attention to the series and drove traffic back to AMC’s platforms.

Kristin Dolan, chief executive officer of AMC Networks, said in a statement, “This agreement puts our high-quality shows in front of the vast audience of Netflix subscribers with the AMC brand clearly represented. These curated titles are also being strategically windowed to drive interest in current and upcoming seasons on our direct-to-consumer and partner platforms. We believe this significant expansion of our Netflix relationship will drive viewership and engagement on Netflix, while also raising awareness and interest in our award-winning content on AMC-branded and partner platforms across our distribution ecosystem.”

Dolan, the wife of company owner James Dolan, started as CEO of AMC Networks on Feb. 27, 2023, and shortly after stepped down as a member of the company’s board on March 10. Previously, Dolan had served as founder and CEO of TV analytics firm 605.

Her appointment to the CEO position came after Christina Spade, formerly CFO of AMC Networks, stepped down in November 2022 after a very brief stint as CEO, following the exit of interim CEO Matt Blank.

Once Spade left, James Dolan was named interim executive chairman while a search began for another AMC Networks CEO, and announced that “large-scale layoffs” would be hitting the company amid a stall in growth at streaming AMC+ and its smaller platforms Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK and HIDIVE.

While AMC Networks saw some streaming subscriber growth in the first quarter of this year, it also experienced a 13% drop in U.S. ad sales and has been struggling against linear headwinds in the upfronts market.

Jennifer Maas contributed to this story.