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A decade after its premiere, “Mad Men” is still one of the leading lights of prestige television, a hall-of-fame show that put together an array of once-in-a-lifetime performances. On a more ...
I wish I knew an obscure series from Uzbekistan available only through pirate websites that I could share, but I usually end up giving the same not-so-thrilling answer: “I really like ‘Mad Men ...
Much of Mad Men is spent interrogating Don’s status as a Difficult Man. Sure, he has reasons to do the things he does, but they’re uninteresting and flat; the show’s worst scenes are the ...
According to the critics of our day, we are living in another Golden Age of Television. I don’t disagree, but I would ask that the observation be amended ever so slightly. We are indeed living ...
Steven Spielberg's credentials as the man behind Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park speak for themselves. He could probably name anything as his favorite and instantly validate it as high art. So when the ...
Sexism, adultery, abject alcoholism - they're all back, and they're as scandalous as ever. After waiting nearly a year and a half for "Mad Men" to grace TV screens again, fans of television's most ...
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Your Friends & Neighbors episodes 1 and 2. Mad Men may not have found a worthy replacement, but Jon Hamm's new show seems to reimagine Don Draper in one ...
“Mad Men” understood that for TV to be great in the canonical sense, ... Don Draper is not the center of a “complicated man” drama that is otherwise populated by philandering ad execs, old fashioneds ...
A "highly addictive" period drama that's "better than Mad Men" is now streaming for free. US series Halt and Catch Fire, created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers, offers a ...
When Mad Men premiered in 2007, it wasn’t the TV hit it later became. The AMC period drama is known for its intriguing characters and top-notch costume designs. As fans may expect, Mad Men was ...
Mad Men was one of TV’s crowning achievements – but its dispiriting take on queerness always left a sour taste. As the superlative period drama celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, its place ...
‘Mad Men’ at 10: The Last Great Drama of TV’s Golden Age AMC’s first drama recast what television could be. It also ushered in a new chapter for TV. By Sonia Saraiya. Plus Icon.