May 14, 2019 / 03:00PM GMT
Michael Brian Nathanson - MoffettNathanson LLC - Founding Partner & Senior Research Analyst
Thank you, Josh, for being here. So hi, everyone. This is Michael Nathanson and Josh Sapan. Thank you for doing this.
Joshua W. Sapan - AMC Networks Inc. - President & CEO
Pleasure. Thanks for having me.
Questions and Answers:
Michael Brian Nathanson - MoffettNathanson LLC - Founding Partner & Senior Research AnalystIt's great to do this. Do me a favor. Stop, think back the past 12 months, right? What surprised you? And I know you think a lot of the industry, but past 12 months, what surprised you about our business?
Joshua W. Sapan - AMC Networks Inc. - President & CEO
I think -- in truth, I think these trends that we've seen for the last 5 years continued and, in some cases, they accelerated by degree some of them more than others and some slightly more than anticipated. I guess I don't think any of them were a big surprise. I think just to state them, I