High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! AMC is an American cable television specialty channel that primarily airs movies, along with a limited amount of original programming. The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics; since 2002, the full name has been deemphasized as a result of a major shift in programming. AMC is owned by AMC Networks and signed on October 1, 1984. AMC`s most successful original series include Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Hell on Wheels.