AMC's "Hell on Wheels" begins production later this month, as the cable channel continues to build its repertoire of quality original programming. Set just after the Civil War, the show centers on a fomer member of the Confederacy searching for the Union soldiers that killed his wife. He ends up becoming a part of a dangerous, lawless town that travels with and services the construction of the transcontinental railroad. The show is set to debut in late 2011.
AMC will challenge HBO's dominance at the Emmy for the next few years with their strong lineup of "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," "The Walking Dead," "The Killing," and "Hell on Wheels." How is it possible for the networks to compete with those shows and HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," and "Game of Thrones?"
