question: What drama was among the first original series on the TV channel AMC who's name was partly a humorous exaggeration?
answer: Halt and Catch Fire
context: Title: AMC (Africa and Middle East)
  Passage: AMC Middle East and Africa is a separate version of the TV channel AMC which was launched by AMC Networks International in Africa and the Arab World.  AMC replaced the MGM Channel on December 1, 2014.  AMC-produced dramas such as "Halt and Catch Fire" and "The Divide" are among the first original series that premiered on the channel.  The channel also airs films from MGM, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
  Title: AMC (Europe)
  Passage: AMC is a European TV channel launched by AMC Networks International.  AMC replaced the MGM Channel on 5 November 2014.  AMC-produced dramas "Halt & Catch Fire" and "The Divide" are among the first original series that premiered on the channel.  The channel also airs films from MGM, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment.  The channel launched in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2015, in partnership with BT TV and branded AMC from
  Title: Josquin Des Pres (20th century musician)
  Passage: Josquin Des Pres (Born Josquin Turenne Des Pres) is a 20th-century French born American composer, bassist, author, producer, songwriter and most known for his contributions to music media books for Hal Leonard Corporation and Mel Bay instructional music books.  Josquin has written a vast library of compositions and music techniques on bass, music studies and various collections which are used by music teachers, private studies and in schools both nationally and internationally as a standard tool in the music industry.  Des Pres is also a collaborative writer with English lyricist, poet, and singer Bernie Taupin on several compositions.  Josquin Des Pres also writes musical scores and music trailers for more than 40 major TV networks and television shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Bachelor (U.S. TV series), American Idol, The Tyra Banks Show, George Lopez (TV series), Anderson Cooper, TMZ on TV, Extra (TV program), American Chopper, Pawn Stars, Deadliest Catch, CNN, NBC, HGTV, TBS (U.S. TV channel), Bravo (U.S. TV network), Food Network, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, History (U.S. TV channel), Travel Channel, CBS Television Stations, Viacom, VH1, ABC, BET, KPBS (TV), TLC (TV network), and The CW Network.  His works are also known on MTV Networks Television Series Catfish, The Seven, When I Was Seventeen, MTV Cribs, Pimp My Ride, Teen Mom, True Life and 10 on Top.
  Title: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
  Passage: Halt and Catch Fire is an American period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers that premiered on AMC on June 1, 2014.  Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s.  The series' first two seasons are set in the Silicon Prairie of Dallas–Fort Worth, while the latter two seasons are set in Silicon Valley.  The show's title refers to computer machine code instruction HCF, the execution of which would cause the computer's central processing unit to stop working ("catch fire" was a humorous exaggeration).
citations: AMC (Africa and Middle East) Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)