Is there anyone else as excited about this show as I am? AMC has picked up 13 episodes of a new series titled Mad Men, which will focus on the lives and careers of advertising execs in 1960 New York City.
This sounds fantastic! Of course, we'll have to wait and see how the writing, direction, stories, etc are, but this sounds like a really cool idea for a drama. Or maybe it's just that I'm a sucker for anything filmed or set in New York City in the 1950s or 60s.
It's not everyday that any network picks up a show that is a period piece, something set 30, 40, 50 years ago or more, something almost retro. But I'm really looking forward to this. It will star Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elizabeth Moss (The West Wing), Vincent Kartheiser, and John Slattery (Ed) and was created by and written by The Sopranos' Matt Weiner.
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8-14-2006 @ 6:03PM
Toby OB said...
I always like the period piece shows, but not all of them catch their era correctly. The Westerns were probably the easiest through the years.
'City of Angels' was one of my favorites which went for the feel of the forties. 'Ellery Queen' and 'Nero Wolfe' was pretty good as well.
That fifties cop show with Robert Lindsay on PBS ('Jericho') was well-done, I thought.
This show sounds like it will have the big screen feel of the movies from that time, similar to the feeling you get from 'Hu$tle' for those late sixties caper flicks.
"Executive Suite", "Man In The Gray Flannel Suit", maybe even the Rock Hudson/Doris Day films could serve as inspirations....
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8-15-2006 @ 1:50AM
hessian said...
Am I the only who is growing weary of cable channels straying from their paths?
AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS (there's one laugh already) producing a series about advertising?
Heck, the next thing you know SCI-FI will be airing wrestling.
Oh no - too late.
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