In watching "Mad Men" episode 5.10, "Christmas Waltz," my first thought was not about the episode's theme. In fact, at first, a theme didn't emerge. Instead, my first thought was how much fun this episode is.
Read More »Mick Jagger was host of one of the best SNL’s of the season, a high-energy finale that relied on Jagger’s persona and was fueled by so much nostalgia that it seemed like classic rock, with Jagger doing "19th Nervous Breakdown" with Foo Fighters, "The Last Time" w...
Read More »Great news breaking tonight for fans of two very excellent TV shows. First comes word that "Friday Night Lights" star Kyle Chandler (Coach Taylor!) will be joining Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf Of Wall Street." Based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort and his experienc...
Read More »IFC's upcoming Scott Aukerman series "Comedy Bang! Bang!" seems to be about as far from your typical talk show as you can get while still technically keeping to the format. To see just how far, check out the video below from "Reggie Makes Music," a web series of outtakes...
Read More »Don Draper and Harry Potter as the older and younger versions of each other? If these reports pan out that could very well be the case.
Read More »When recorded series go live, it’s usually hard to overcome the stuntiness of it all. (Alec Baldwin promised in a promo that the live 30 Rock would be “liver” than ever, so we all get to make up new words). But 30 Rock found a brilliant, hilarious meta-solution by making its l...
Read More »Paul Feig, the director of "Bridesmaids" and creator of the great "Freaks and Geeks," is headed across the pond for his latest TV venture. "Ronna & Beverly" is a six-part mock talk show for Sky Atlantic HD based on Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo's comedic&...
Read More »"Mad Men" returns tonight, and while a few details have escaped series creator Matthew Weiner's cone of silence -- that Betty Francis, formerly Draper, will not appear in the two-hour opener, and that one of this year's themes, as in every year, is how the characters...
Read More »Jon Hamm, Vincent Kartheiser and Jared Harris discuss the hotly anticipated return of their show.
Read More »There has been an avalanche of hype and a little hand-wringing about the season premiere of Mad Men on Sunday. (Brief review: it’s good and answers some cliff-hanging questions in a flash.) But don’t let his amazing performance as Don Draper obscure the fact that Jon Hamm is a very ...
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