They talked about that at the NYCC panel. Apparently AMC does not give a fuck. Darabont and producer Gale Ann Hurdt could not stop singing the praises of the network the entire time. Darabont actually prepared two cuts of the film, figuring that the gorier version would be released as an Unrated DVD. Then he showed it to AMC's Broadcast Standards and they saw the gore and just went, "That looks really cool."Quoting Henry Gale (view post)