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It's hard to say that a show that's already won a small U-Haul's worth of Emmys and other awards can be having a breakout season, but that seems to be what's happening with Mad Men during its third season. The buzz around the show has been as loud as we've heard since The Sopranos went to black, and that's not a coincidence; the man who created the early-1960s world of Sterling Cooper, Matt Weiner, was a writer on the landmark HBO drama.

Weiner just completed shooting season three, and he took time out of his post-production process to sit down with me on Monday and talk about how the season has been going so far. I tried to get him to talk about what seems to be the show's inevitable roll towards the cataclysmic event of 1963, the Kennedy assassination, but Weiner was tight-lipped as usual. However, his observations on how he approaches events like that is an interesting read. Oh, and we also touch upon how he came up with the idea to run over a British ad exec's foot with a lawn mower, which is a good story by itself...

There's a new guy running the show for ABC's drama Dirty Sexy Money and his name is Daniel Cerone. Cerone replaces Josh Reims. As executive producer, Cerone will be working with creator Craig Wright (Lost), as well as Greg Berlanti (Brothers & Sisters), Matthew Gross and Bryan Singer (House) -- so the show's got lots of first-class pedigree. Now they have to put it all together for the show.

(S01E09) Do you know the Mark Twain quote about analyzing humor? He said it was like dissecting a frog. You may learn a lot, but all you're left with is a dead frog. I'm going to take the chance and dissect me some 30 Rock. For some reason, I'm loving this show's constituent parts, but not always loving its whole. I'm greatly amused by its whole, but there's something missing I can't quite put my finger on. It reminds me of seeing a band that you know analytically is composed of great musicians doing amazing, virtuosic things, but you're not moved enough to sing-along or buy the concert tee. But, let's start taking this frog apart - using "The Baby Show" as our textbook example.

It's a rough spring for the cast and crew of Desperate Housewives. Last week, Teri Hatcher suffered an eye injury when a light bulb burst. And now, word that one of the show's top producers walked off the set. The Hollywood Reporter (via Reuters) says that Tom Spezialy, executive producer and show runner, left the show on Friday following "an unspecified falling out." Spezialy didn't quit but THR says he may be replaced next season.