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I don't care if it's not new footage, I'm still psyched about new Mad Men promos

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Season 3 of Mad Men is set to premiere August 16th, so of course the cast and crew are busy shooting it right now. While we don't have any new footage yet, AMC has released a series of new promos for the upcoming season.The ads focus on the different aspects of the series: Drama, Romance, Comedy and Action.

The idea behind them is that there's a little something for everyone, and let me tell you: they're right. Don't believe me? Not only do you have the requisite Mad Men drinking, smoking and sleeping with inappropriate people, but you have Don Draper making a googly face and saying "Pat M'Groin." How can that be beat? IT CAN'T.

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What would Mad Men be like if it was set in Los Angeles?

Mad MenI don't mean the filming of the show moving to Los Angeles. It is already filmed there. I'm talking about the setting of the show moving from New York City to Los Angeles.

Matthew Weiner hints at such a move, in that secretive way that he does because he hates giving away spoilers. But he does say in this new Rolling Stone interview that the 60s were all about Los Angeles overtaking New York as "the future," and we've already seen a few episodes set there (last season, when Don got involved with Anna). Weiner doesn't say they will move there, but he does say "I always want the audience to be worried that I'm going to pick up and move the show somewhere. Because, you know, I might."

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Some big news for Mad Men fans

Mad Men DVDActually, two pieces of big news.

First, everyone has been wondering when season three of the AMC show would start. A lot of people have been speculating late summer, and then the network said it would be August, but now we have a definite date. The third season will bow on Sunday, August 16 at 10PM.

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AMC releases promo for new season of Mad Men

This preview doesn't show any new scenes from the upcoming third season of Mad Men, but it does give a nice quick summary of various things that happened in the second season and what the show is going to address when it comes back in August, and will get you excited for the new episodes. There's no official start date for the show other than just "August," though some have speculated it will be Sunday, August 16.

Breaking Bad: ABQ (season finale)

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Cause and effect, random selection, grief, life and death... "My father is my hero, he's just decent." Breaking Bad covered all that and more in the season finale, setting up Walter White's life after successful surgery that bought him more time. The question was this when the end credits rolled, what will that life be for the New Mexico science teacher after all that's come before?

Anyone out there who thinks they know is lying because only creator Vince Gilligan has a handle on what's been going on and what's to come. What we do know after watching the season finale is this: Breaking Bad is as good as any other drama currently on television, and that includes Lost, Mad Men, House, 24 and the other potential Emmy nominees for Outstanding Drama Series.

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Mad Men starts filming this week

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Yesterday, to be exact. Rich Sommer (Harry) is Twittering about it, and Variety has a story.

The Variety piece says that AMC has "delayed" the show until August 16, but I don't think it's really a delay since the show just started filming this week. Who wants them to rush things? Sure, it's a month later than usual (the show usually premieres in July) so I guess it's a delay, in general, but contract negotiations with Matthew Weiner and other things factored into that. It's still pretty much on target with its season opener, though the show will now go even deeper into the regular seasons of the major networks. The show remains in its Sunday night at 10PM slot.

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Here's the DVD cover for season two of Mad Men

Mad Men season 2Filming for the third season of Mad Men starts in a few weeks (and starts on AMC in August), but some folks want to watch season two again (or for the first time). Here's the cover for the season two DVD package and here are the extras.

It's not a cigarette lighter, but it's still pretty cool.

TV celebs wielding big sabers

christina hendricks mad men jedi chef light saberDo they cook? Not sure. Are they Jedi Knights? Errrrr, maybe? So what's the deal with Celebrity Jedi Chefs? We wish we knew. In their own words, they're [mostly] TV actors who "do the same sorts of things that 'normal' Jedi do, but [they] also cook." There are 216 of them, and most have appeared on buzzy sci-fi shows, including Heroes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Battlestar Galactica.

We're not talking background players, either. Yeah, we're still stuck trying to figure out what Celebrity Jedi Chefs...is exactly (and if the pictures, as suggested by the fashion, were all magically taken in 1993), but we needn't hear any more if it means we get to see pictures of Joan Holloway (among others, after the jump) weilding a saber.

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What's the best show on TV: Lost, 24, or Mad Men?

Mad MenAre Lost and 24 really the two best shows on TV right now? (A twenty second pause while you're thinking about that.)

Welcome back! I would definitely put Lost in the "best" category. I don't know if it's the best, but it's certainly in the top 5. I can't speak for 24 because I haven't seen that much of it (though I take fans' word for it). But USA Today's Robert Bianco says that Lost and 24 are the two best shows on TV.

Um, Mad Men, anyone?

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TV Squad Ten: The coolest characters on TV now

MargWhat is cool? Can you define that thing, that quality that makes certain characters seem like they're more with it than everyone around them? Maybe cool is a state of being, not a thing you can pick up by wearing Armani or drinking Grey Goose or driving a BMW.

As I was looking around the current crop of television shows, I found ten characters who seem to capture the essence of cool -- whether they know it or not. After the jump, we count them down.

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What if Jon Hamm played Jack on 30 Rock?

Fey/HammAll this talk about Mad Men star Jon Hamm doing several episodes of 30 Rock as Liz's new boyfriend and this is the first time that this little nugget of information has come out: Hamm auditioned for the role of Jack Donaghy!

(He didn't get it.)

In an Entertainment Weekly interview with Fey and Hamm, Hamm unveils that he was one of the first people to audition for the role of the NBC executive on 30 Rock. It was so early in the auditioning process that even Fey doesn't remember him coming in to read the lines. Hmmm...someone else as Jack. Baldwin is so perfect in the role that it's hard to picture someone else there, though I guess if someone else was in the role we wouldn't even think of Baldwin. It will make a great extra for the next DVD set though.

As for Baldwin doing Don Draper, that wouldn't have worked out. I think he'd be too well-known. One of the things that makes Mad Men work is that a lot of the cast aren't household names.

Yes! Matthew Weiner signs deal with Lionsgate!

Matthew WeinerAt the risk of sounding all wimpy and lame, let me just say "Yee-hah!"

Mad Men creator/producer/visionary Matthew Weiner signed a deal with Lionsgate earlier today after several months of back and forth. The deal secures Weiner for two more seasons of the show, and not only includes a deal for developing more TV shows but also includes a deal for movies.

There aren't any hard numbers on the deal (not yet anyway), but it is believed to be in the seven figures. Of course, that's a no-brainer. As if it wasn't going to be at least $1 million. But it's probably a helluva lot more than that. AMC might have helped with the money.

This is fantastic news. I suppose that Mad Men would have gone on regardless (it was picked up for a third season by AMC), but it wouldn't be the same without Weiner. Now everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, get back to work, and make sure those episodes debut this summer as planned.

To repeat: "Yee-hah!"

Here are the first pics of Jon Hamm on 30 Rock

Fey and HammI think the producers of 30 Rock are inside my head, which is probably a bad thing, since I have a crush on Tina Fey.

But it really does seem that way since the news came that Mad Men''s Jon Hamm was going to join the NBC comedy for some episodes, playing a doctor that lives in Liz Lemon's building and begins to date her.

It's as if the writers and producers got together and said, "Hey, why don't we take the star of Bob's favorite drama and put him on Bob's favorite comedy?" There really can't be any other explanation (my role in the casting on TV shows and the overall programming scheme at NBC has an amazing amount of importance in my head).

Anyway, here are the first pictures of Hamm and Fey on the set of the show. Looks like Hamm's character drives a motorcycle. No word on whether or not he smokes or will cheat on Liz with the wife of a jerky comedian. (More pics here.)

[via TV Tattle]

Mad Men's third season coming this summer

Mad MenIf you're a Mad Men fan and you've been wondering when the third season was going to premiere (especially since creator/producer Matthew Weiner hasn't been re-signed yet), there's good news coming out of the Television Critics Association panel: the third season will debut this summer.

This has always been the plan, of course, but there was a bit of confusion and worry over whether or not Weiner would return to the show, and if he didn't, who would be put in his place and how would this affect the start of the third season. But AMC's Charlie Collier says that he's sure they'll make a deal with Weiner soon, and that the writing of the third season should be getting under way in the next couple of months.

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Merry Christmas from a Mad Snowman - VIDEO

Mad Men logoIt's funny how Mad Men has become such a pop culture and social phenomenon. It's on a niche cable channel, but it's still one of those shows that has infiltrated the world in so many different ways: fashion, advertising, music, other TV shows. Maybe it's the fact that it's the best show on television or maybe people want to be hip or maybe people want a return to a different time and place, but you can see influences from the show everywhere, even if you're not a regular viewer.

There has been an onslaught of advertising-related Mad Men homages, some of them lame, some of them clever. This one falls in the latter category. It's a holiday e-card from the advertising/marketing staffing agency Markinekt. It's a takeoff on the opening sequence from the show, but instead of Don Draper it features a snowman falling from the building. On the way down he passes giant cartons of Baxter Egg Nog and a woman wearing snow boots.

I wonder if this snowman has been cheating on his wife?

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