Mad Men-related stories
Posted Jun 18th 2009 7:08PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Reality-Free, Mad Men
I 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."
Continue reading What would Mad Men be like if it was set in Los Angeles?
Posted Jun 12th 2009 6:00PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
Note that over the summer,
Spoilers Anonymous will be published every two weeks due to production hiatus for most TV series. Weekly columns will resume in August.
This week we have spoilers for:
24, 90210, Bones, Californication, Ghost Whisperer, Greek, Lost, Mad Men, One Tree Hill, Psych and The Mentalist. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Jun 11th 2009 4:25PM by Bob Sassone
OK, I'll just link to
this picture from the set of Mad Men, since it's kinda (though not really) spoilery. It gives a clue as to what year the show is going to be set in and what happens to two of the major characters. Probably not a huge surprise considering how season two ended, but it's interesting to have a confirmation when it comes to what year the show will be set in.
Posted Jun 11th 2009 3:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Video, Web, Reality-Free
Why do we, as viewers, like to be
spoiled? It was never like this in the 60s or the 70s or the 80s or even most of the 90s. We never found out who shot JR before
Dallas aired or what was going to happen on the next
Seinfeld. THR.com sat down with the showrunners of several popular shows, including Matthew Weiner (
Mad Men), Shonda Rhimes (
Grey's Anatomy), Greg Daniels (
The Office), Katie Jacobs (
House), Alan Ball (
True Blood), and Jenji Kohan (
Weeds), and they talked about this and many other things. (
Full interviews here.)
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free, Mad Men
Actually, 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.
Continue reading Some big news for Mad Men fans
Posted Jun 8th 2009 3:26PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, TV Squad Polls, Reality-Free
It's amazing how many new shows are on during the summer now. Who needs the outdoors? Let us know which show you're most looking forward to watching this summer (I didn't include shows that have
already premiered, such as
Burn Notice,
So You Think You Can Dance, and
The Listener). A poll can only be so long, so if you're show isn't listed let us know in the comments.
Continue reading Which summer show are you most looking forward to?
Posted Jun 1st 2009 8:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Reality-Free, 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.
Posted May 26th 2009 2:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
Remember that
Barbra Streisand-Donna Summer disco duet, "Enough Is Enough"? That's what came to mind when I read that
Bravo is planning another edition of The Real Housewives, this time D.C. Is there any end to Bravo's lack of innovation? Are there no new ideas out there that they have to spin out more housewives. How real they are remains debatable, if you ask me.
Don't get me wrong. I've actually watched
The Real Housewives of Orange County, as well as the New York City ladies and even the newest creation, those Jersey girls,
The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The latter, in fact, are a hoot if you can get past the similarities to
Carmela Soprano that imbue the entire series. I keep expecting Tony or Uncle Junior to pop up at one of their parties.
Continue reading Bravo concocts The Real Housewives of D.C.
Posted May 17th 2009 12:40PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S34E23) Wow. Way to go, Will Ferrell. Maybe they should just bring back
Saturday Night Live alumni for season finales from now on, because this episode was spectacular. Ferrell brought back some old favorites and a slew of famous faces, from the familiar to the inexplicable, including Amy Poehler, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway and Artie Lange. Here are some video highlights from the evening (Hulu vids are US only. Sorry, kids... you can also watch these videos
at NBC's website).
Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Will Ferell/Green Day (season finale)
Posted May 10th 2009 11:45AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free, Jane After Dark
Well, I've covered
Buffy the Vampire Slayer here on
Jane After Dark, and my nephew, who loaned me his
Buffy DVDs, also got me into
Angel. Nearly everyone I talked to about
Angel said they just couldn't get into it. After
Buffy, maybe everything else pales in comparison.
I have to say, I really only started watching
Angel out of respect for
Buffy and Joss Whedon, and because I really loved the character of Angel (and David Boreanaz is not hard to look at). I was alternately watching
Buffy and
Angel at the same time (one disc of
Buffy, one of
Angel, and so on); it was a good way to do it, because there were a few crossover episodes that made a lot more sense watching them that way.
Continue reading Jane After Dark: Is Angel as good as Buffy?
Posted May 5th 2009 9:46AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Reality-Free, Mad Men
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.
Continue reading Mad Men starts filming this week
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 3:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Programming, Reality-Free
I know, I know, that's an impossible question to answer. But
Harris just conducted a poll where they asked people what their favorite shows are. Topping the list are shows like
M*A*S*H,
Seinfeld,
Friends,
House,
Star Trek, and
The Simpsons. The number one show?
CSI. Yeah, that's my thought exactly. What, do these people have long-term memory loss?
My list would include
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
The Simpsons,
Seinfeld,
The Twilight Zone,
The West Wing,
The Andy Griffith Show,
NewsRadio,
Sports Night,
Lost,
Magnum, P.I.,
Kate and Allie, and
Columbo. Oh, and
Mad Men and
30 Rock have zoomed onto the list in the past couple of years. What's on your all-time list?
Posted Apr 20th 2009 4:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free, Mad Men
Filming 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.
Posted Apr 13th 2009 3:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Web, Reality-Free
So it's Monday afternoon and you're just in the mood to watch a movie where viking women battle big sea monsters or one where a girl gets involved with the men who race souped-sports cars (and one that doesn't have "fast" or "furious" in the title). What are you to do?
Well, AMC has come to the rescue! Besides putting great original shows like
Mad Men and
Breaking Bad on TV,
AMC's web site is now streaming old B sci-fi, monster, biker, western, horror, comedy, and crime flicks.
Continue reading AMC.com is showing B-movies for free
Posted Apr 2nd 2009 9:45AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Breaking Bad, Reality-Free
Yesterday was a sad day for many TV fans.
Guiding Light was cancelled after 72 years of continuous broadcasting (radio and TV). Even people I know who don't watch soaps, were upset by the end of this program.
That said, it's with some real glee that I tell you that
AMC has picked up Breaking Bad for a third season. It's not just that the Vince Gilligan's show is one of the best dramas on television – it might be the best! – it's the fact that renewing the program for year number three restores my faith that idiosyncratic, unusual stories like
Breaking Bad can find a place to thrive and survive on the tube.
Continue reading Breaking Bad is renewed for a third season
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