AMC’S AWARD WINNING SERIES “MAD MEN” BEGINS PRODUCTION OF THIRD SEASON.
NEW YORK, NY – May 4, 2009 – AMC announced today the start of production on season three of its award-winning and critically acclaimed original drama series, “Mad Men.” Created, written and executive produced by Matthew Weiner (Executive Producer/Writer, “The Sopranos”), “Mad Men” follows the personal and professional lives of New York advertising execs circa 1960. Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, produces the series for AMC.
Returning cast members include Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm (“We Were Soldiers”), Elisabeth Moss (“West Wing”), Vincent Kartheiser (“Angel”), January Jones (“We Are Marshall”), and Christina Hendricks (“Kevin Hill”), as well as guest star John Slattery (“Charlie Wilson’s War,” “K Street”).
“Mad Men”, which The New York Times declared to be, “a sleek, hard boiled drama with a soft, satirical core”, debuted on AMC in July 2007 and quickly gained critical praise and the series has gone on to win six Emmy Awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Drama, the first ever for a basic cable network. It is also the only basic cable series to win the Golden Globe award two years in a row (2007 and 2008) for Best Television Series-Drama.
Season three is scheduled to premiere in August 2009.
I have not been so excited in my entire life, this show is definitely aces