Glenn Mazzara's out on The Walking Dead, anyone know the deets? He asked for Matt Weiner money and they told him to hit the road? That would be ironic, considering that TWD will make 10 times the profit that Mad Men will over the next 20 years.
Kirkman is a known "problem" in Hollywood. His ego was blown wide open when he was getting hte praise from everyone and anyone when they were setting up TWD. Hopefully, it's not too big of an issue to kill the show (which truthfully only became watchable in season 3).
He was hired off the bottom of the barrel Hawthorne because he was cheap and efficient not for any creative input. AMC'll hire another average train conductor and no one will notice the difference.