I wanted to blog about Sunday night’s sixth season finale of Mad Men–but then I read Tim Goodman’s spot-on deconstruction. Goodman says it all and says it well. Read it here at The Hollywood Reporter.I agree with Goodman that the jam-packed finale redeemed an up and down season. It was as if creator Matthew Weiner,
Tonight at 10/9c is the season finale of Mad Men (AMC). This is the end of Season Six, or as its known at my house, the year I stopped watching every week.I’ll catch up; this is still a great TV show. The first three to six episodes just seemed a little shark jumpy to me.
Second in a series of Mad Men character sketches by mydaughter Katie–collect them all A friend–let’s call her the Media Mistress of Mill Street–suggested recently that it was time to warm up Don Draper’s jet ski: Mad Men had jumped the shark.Sacrilege, I thought. This is a show I’d watch in German or Mandarin Chinese
For a variety of reasons, last week’s radio chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson is just getting posted now. The buzz last week was the return of Mad Men, and there is much discussion of that here.The second episode of the season, directed by Jon Hamm, ran this past Sunday. Hamm has directed the past two
The attention to detail and tone that goes into a Mad Man poster tells a lot about the series itself. The Season Six poster illustration, right, was painted in the bubble and squeak style by Brian Sanders. Read the incredible story about his contribution to the look of ’60s advertising art here. I’m busy watching
Walter White (Bryan Cranston) shows his dark side Well, you didn’t think Walter White was going to get away Scott free, didya? Sunday night’s fifth season finale of Breaking Badstarted out like an homage to spaghetti western auteur Sergio Leone: all close ups of flies juxtaposed with pull focus close-ups of squinty eyes, plus lots
Don Draper sees what other men think Man Men returns Sunday at 9/8c on AMC with a two-hour, fifth season premiere. Will viewers flock back after a 17 month hiatus?The answer, of course, is yes. This is television’s best drama, an Emmy-winner four years in a row. The Sopranos sat out similar breaks and came
Among the many things I liked about The Walking Dead when it premiered last year: it was a six episode season.I’m down with that U.K. series length, I knew it was something I could possibly catch beginning to end.Which I did, with my 18-year-old son, who was nuts for this series.The Walking Dead returns tonight