AMC's Bad 'Omen': Film Channel Takes A Commercial Turn For the Worse From: The Washington Post | Date: October 30, 2001| Author: Tom Shales | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"The Omen Legacy" appears to be merely a bad documentary about the "Omen" pictures. But looking deeper, which is what we always do around here, we can see it as another sign that American Movie Classics, the cable network airing the film, is going straight to Hell.

A more ominous if not more Omenous sign has been apparent to viewers since mid-October: AMC, which for nearly 20 years has shown movies without commercial interruption, started interrupting them two weeks ago with commercial...

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