It added Weiner was objecting to AMC and series producer Lionsgate's requests for integrating product placement into the series, cutting two minutes from each episode for more advertising breaks and culling two regular cast members to save money.

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The Brooklyn bar, Pacific Standard , hosts The Story Collider, The Standard Issues, a thematic storytelling show that invites one hat-picked "mystery guest", and Mimsy, an experimental show featuring a regular cast of eight who mix storytelling with improvisation, skits and audience participation.

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Up until last year Patane and his fellow cast members were anomalies: "regular" folk who became famous, however modestly, for having their lives broadcast on television.

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