As Mad Men starts its fifth season, David and Leah look back at the cultural impact of the show and what can be expected in the new season. Mad Men follows the world of marketing in New York City in the early to mid-1960s and the people who sell those dreams.
Starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, January Jones and John Slattery.
Created and produced by Matthew Weiner.
Written by Matthew Weiner.
Network: AMC.
Genre: Period Piece Drama. Check out all our reviews at www.justseenit.com
Cougar Town began as a series about an older woman dating younger men – hence the title – but then turned into this peculiar and specific comedy about finding family not just in blood relatives, but also in the friends made over the years.
After three seasons on ABC, Cougar Town’s ratings had dipped to the point where the show couldn’t be sustained on a major network, but a white knight has arrived to save the series. Cougar Town’s fourth season will be on TBS – the Turner network that is based on comedy.
For the official TBS press release, follow the jump.
Turner Classic Movies and the American Film Institute produce a series of specials on some of the greatest collaborations in film. The latest edition of TCM Presents AFI’s Master Class – The Art of Collaboration [Tuesday, 10/9C] features director David O. Russell and actor/producer Mark Wahlberg in conversation about their work together.
Michael bay is producing Black Sails, a prequel to Treasure Island, for Starz. Beginning twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckler, Black Sails is expected to premiere in 2014.
Full details from the official press release follow the jump.
Fringe [Fox, Fridays, 10/9C] has taken us through some wild and compelling tales of multiple universes and timeframes over its four season run, to date. Now, following the precedent set by Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, Fox has renewed the best science fiction series on television for a fifth and final season – giving its creators the chance to complete the story they’ve been developing since its debut in the fall of 2008.
For more details – including a tease for this week’s episode – check out the official press release following the jump.
The year is 2036 and the Observers have taken over – but there is a resistance. That’s the basic setup for Fringe’s [Fox, Fridays, 10/9C] annual ‘out there’ episode [remember the previous animated, or musical 19th episodes], Letters of Transit [check out the cast teasing the episode above, and follow the jump to my review].
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