Since the original was easily one of the 10 best TV series of all time, it would be hard for this remake to not fail miserably, like all remakes of intelligent series.
For one thing, if this were even remotely as intelligent as the original, it would easily be one of the worst rated series of all times, because Joe Average would tune out (cf Kings for a recent example, and that even threw in moronic soap opera content).
By the way, like most networks, AMC does not make series, they just write checks.
Also, like a number of other quality series, like Deadwood, Rome and Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men has entertainment value for millions of people who do not really understand what went on in the episode they watched. There is no way The Prisoner can do so.
I'll give it a shot, however... I can start out being positive about " their taste in what they chose to remake "...
PS Short and simple premise of the original series: A British secret service agent resigns. As he is packing for his well deserved tropical vacation, he is kidnapped and awakens in a small village which is actually a comfortable prison, designed to get the prisoners to reveal every secret they know. His problem is that he does not know whether the prison is run by the British or by "the other side"... However, the actual subject matter of the series is the relationship between the Individual and Society, and as such, it was often on the level of post-graduate college courses...
