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• Mad Men: New Amsterdam

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:19 pm

  Tags: 1960s New York, Advertising, Amc, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Mad Men, Madmen, Robert Morse, Robertmorse, Smoking, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd (S01E04) "Direct Marketing. I thought of that. Turns out it already existed, but I arrived at it independently." - Pete Campbell I think it's quite interesting that the most subversive, edgy show of the year is one set in the Leave It To Beaver days of 1960. Who would have thought that? You can have your Weeds

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• Mad Men: 5G

  Published: August 16, 2007, 8:33 pm

  Tags: Advertising, Don Draper, Dondraper, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, Pete Campbell, Sterling Cooper, The Atlantic Magazine, Theatlanticmagazine, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd(S01E05) "The story wasn't to my liking, but it shows an uncanny understanding of what other people like." - Roger Am I a horrible, cynical person because I thought that Don was going to pull a gun out of his suitcase and shoot his step-brother? Oh, come on, you thought it too. The way they didn't show what he

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• A guide to what's on Labor Day weekend

  Published: September 1, 2007, 3:40 am

  Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Anthonybourdain, College Football, Csi Miami, Csimiami, Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telehon, Kyle Xy, Labor Day Schedule, Labor Day Weekend, Labordayschedule, Mad Men, Madmen, Real Housewives Of Orange County, Realhousewivesoforangecounty, The Closer, Theclo

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, What To Watch TonightAh, September. This means the horrible, horrible month of August and the summer in general are going away. Thank God. Labor Day is the unofficial "last hurrah" for summer, and there are a bunch of special shows and marathons on this three day weekend. Here's the day by day breakdown.Continue

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• Mad Men: Shoot

  Published: September 13, 2007, 8:41 pm

  Tags: Amc Tv, American Movie Classics, Bbdo, Coca Cola, Elisabeth Moss, Elisabethmoss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, Mccann Erickson, Mccannerickson, Pan Am, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd (S01E09) "I didn't think you had it in you. And I mean that." - Roger, trying to "compliment" Pete on an ad campaign Last week I told you that I thought that one of the themes of this show is freedom, and I think in the opening scene of this week's episode solidifies that a little bit more. It's a shot of

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• Mad Men renewed for a second season

  Published: September 19, 2007, 2:34 pm

  Tags: 1960, Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, New York City, Sterling Cooper

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals Woo-hoo! Variety is reporting that American Movie Classics is going to renew the critically-acclaimed 1960 advertising drama Mad Men for a second season. The show is currently nine episodes into its first season.Continue reading Mad Men renewed for a second

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• What's On Tonight: Survivor, Mad Men, Burn Notice

  Published: September 20, 2007, 12:07 pm

  Tags: Ace Of Cakes, American Hot Rod, Burn Notice, Divine Design, It S Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Mad Men, Madmen, September 20 2007, September202007, Survivor, Tim Gunn

  Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight At 8, CBS has the season premiere of Survivor: China. FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader at 8, followed by a new Don't Forget The Lyrics! There's a Democratic Presidential Debate on PBS at 8. TLC has a new American Hot Rod at 8. Also at 8: American Life has

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• What's On Tonight: 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, It's Always Sunny, Mad Men

  Published: October 4, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: 30 Rock, You Smarter Than Fifth Grader, Csi, Drawn Together, Grey S Anatomy, It S Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Mad Men, Madmen, October 4 2007, October42007, Smallville, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty

  Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight At 8, NBC has a new My Name Is Earl, followed by the season premiere of 30 Rock (with Jerry Seinfeld) and new episodes of The Office (one hour again) and ER. ABC has a new Ugly Betty at 8, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Big Shots. CBS has new episodes of Survivor, CSI, and

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• Here's a sneak peek of tonight's Mad Men - VIDEO

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, Rachel Mencken, Robert Morse, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Katheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, VideoI've been trying to get friends of mine to watch Mad Men, but not a lot of them take me up on it. Their responses run from "Oh, I don't need yet another TV show to watch" to "Huh? Mad Men? What's that?" It probably doesn't help that it's on American Movie Classics, a niche network that a lot of people don't

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• Lots of goodies in store for the Mad Men season finale

  Published: October 9, 2007, 5:17 am

  Tags: 1960, Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Directv, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, New York City, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Commercials I'm so happy to see Mad Men getting the recognition it deserves. It doesn't get Grey's Anatomy numbers (it's on cable) and it hasn't spawned devoted web sites like Lost, but it's critically-acclaimed, loved by those in the know, and has been given a second season by American Movie

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• Mad Men: Nixon vs. Kennedy

  Published: October 12, 2007, 7:46 am

  Tags: 1960, Advertising, Amc, American Movie Classics, Dick Whitman, Don Draper, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Madmen, New York City, Robert Morse, Sterling Cooper, Vincent Kartheiser

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews (S01E12) "Fire him if you want. But I'd keep an eye on him. You never know how loyalty is born." Cooper, to Don, about Pete. I don't think I'm giving anything away when I tell you that at the end of this episode, Kennedy wins. But it's not really about that anyway, despite the title. The

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• 2007 Satellite Award nominees announced

  Published: December 1, 2007, 5:21 am

  Tags: Award, Back To You, Backtoyou, Chuck, Damages, Glenn Close, Glennclose, Heaton, Mad Men, Madmen, Pushing Daisies, Pushingdaisies, Satellite, Satellite Awards, Satelliteawards

  Filed under: Industry, AwardsVariety reports the 12th Annual Satellite Awards will be handed out on December 16, 2007. The awards cover film, television, DVD, and new media. These appear to be the first major awards to involve television series from the new season, and include multiple nominations for both Chuck and Pushing Daisies, including nods

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• Breaking Bad: Cat's in the Bag...

  Published: January 28, 2008, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Aaron Paul, Aaronpaul, Amc, Anna Gunn, Annagunn, Breaking Bad, Breakingbad, Bryan Cranston, Bryancranston, Jesse Pinkman, Jessepinkman, Mad Men, Madmen, Skyler White, Skylerwhite, Walter White, Walterwhite

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews(S01E02) "Is this going to be on the murder?" -- question asked by a student in Walter White's class, or at least how he heard it.Things are starting to unravel fast for our "odd couple" of meth makers. Last episode left them with two dead bodies in the back of a wrecked RV filled with meth

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• Mad Men, 30 Rock & others honored with Peabody awards

  Published: April 2, 2008, 5:20 pm

  Tags: 30 Rock, 30rock, 60 Minutes, 60minutes, Abc News, Abcnews, Awards, Cbs News, Cbsnews, Dexter, George Foster Peabody, Georgefosterpeabody, Horace Newcomb, Horacenewcomb, Mad Men, Madmen, Mtv, The Colbert Report, Thecolbertreport, University Of Georgia, Universityofgeorgia

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, News, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Documentary, AwardsThey most prestigious award for excellence in broadcasting -- next to the Emmys -- were announced today. The 67th Annual Peabody Awards honored Mad Men, 30 Rock, Dexter, Project Runway, The Colbert Report -- all favorites here at TV Squad -- among others. To the

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• Swingtown -- An early look

  Published: June 3, 2008, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Bicentennial, Boogie Nights, Boogienights, Cbs, Featured, Ghost Whisperer, Ghostwhisperer, July 4th, July4th, Knots Landing, Knotslanding, Mad Men, Madmen, Mike Kelly, Mikekelly, Molly Parker, Mollyparker, Swingtown, The Jeffersons, The Stepford Wives, Thejeffersons, Thestepf

  Filed under: OpEd, Early Looks, Reality-FreeHow swinging is CBS's new summer series Swingtown? It's not swinging in the Sinatra-Rat Pack-ring-a-ding-ding way. No, this Swingtown is set in an era ten years later, specifically July 4, 1976, the bicentennial. But Swingtown, which premieres on Thursday at 10 PM ET, is not a nostalgic, optimistic

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• McKellan and Caviezel captured for AMC's remake of The Prisoner

  Published: June 30, 2008, 10:20 pm

  Tags: Amc, Andromeda Strain, Andromedastrain, Breaking Bad, Breakingbad, Ian Mckellan, Ianmckellan, James Caviezel, Jamescaviezel, Mad Men, Madmen, Number Six, Number Two, Numbersix, Numbertwo, Patrick Mcgoohan, Patrickmcgoohan, The Prisoner, Theprisoner

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Casting, Reality-FreeI don't know how they keep doing it; AMC that is. Not only have they brought us stellar series (Mad Men) after stellar series (Breaking Bad), but now they've managed to snag two big-time Hollywood names to join the cast of their remake of one of the smartest

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