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"Sons of Anarchy showrunner Kurt Sutter has slammed AMC over the network&amp;#039;s handling of hit show The Walking Dead.  The network recently announced that showrunner Glen Mazzara will be stepping down from the series due to differences in opinion regarding the show&amp;#039;s direction.    Deadline reports that Sutter, whose FX series is now in its fifth season, took to Twitter on Friday (December 21) to blast AMC for letting Mazzara go.  He tweeted: &amp;quot;AMC is run by small-minded, bottom-line thinkers who have no appreciation or gratitude for the effort of its creative personal (sic).&amp;quot; Sutter criticized AMC for its &amp;quot;disrespect&amp;quot; to writers and viewers, adding: &amp;quot;Mazzara took the work-in-progress that was Walking Dead and turned it into a viable TV show with a future. Without him, that future is dim.&amp;quot;  The Shield showrunner Shawn Ryan also damned AMC on the social networking site, adding: &amp;quot;AMC, WTF? Common knowledge that AMC cut Breaking Bad shorter than it should have been.  &amp;quot;Now you have creative differences w/ biggest hit&amp;#039;s savior? With FX, Showtime, HBO, Starz, Cinemax, A&amp;amp;E, TNT and others to sell to, it&amp;#039;s a real question now why good show runners should sell to AMC?&amp;quot; The second half of season three of The Walking Dead returns in February 2013.  Watch the trailer for The Walking Dead&amp;#039;s third season below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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