Friday September 25, 1998, 2:06 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

American Movie Classics Cancels "Remember WENN"

Announces Debut of "The Lot," to Air in December

WOODBURY, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1998--``Remember WENN,'' American Movie Classics' award-winning original series, will not return with new original episodes for a fifth season in order to accommodate AMC's new original series, ``The Lot,'' it was announced Friday by Marc Juris, senior vice president, original programming, packaging and production.

``Remember WENN'' will return next season in encore presentations to allow a new audience to enjoy all 56 episodes in their original broadcast order.

``While `Remember WENN' has been a tremendous success on many levels, it has not generated the kind of audience required to make the show viable,'' Juris commented. ``The four years of success we have had with `Remember WENN' has led AMC to continue its commitment to provide programming that is as innovative and original as `Remember WENN'.

``We believe `The Lot' is an ideal new show to deliver AMC's promise as the definitive classic-movie network. Finally, we thank the cast, producers, writers and creators of `Remember WENN' for creating and producing a quality series that, with one Emmy Award (and two nominations), has clearly become a standard by which all others will be judged.''

Set in 1937, ``The Lot'' tells the story of Sylver Pictures, a small-time movie studio with big-time dreams. ``The Lot'' features an inventive twist: real gossip is taken from the pages of Hollywood's most successful fan magazines and woven throughout the fictional stories.

American Movie Classics is the premier 24-hour movie network, featuring award-winning original productions about the world of American film. AMC can be seen in 68 million homes.

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