tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post3676572412581704642..comments2023-11-05T07:24:00.960-05:00Comments on The TV guy: Mad About 'Mad Men'Phillip Ramatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-49311778086893225872008-07-25T14:29:00.000-04:002008-07-25T14:29:00.000-04:00Well, the guys at HBO who passed on Mad Men are th...Well, the guys at HBO who passed on Mad Men are the previous administration for a reason.<BR/><BR/>CB - thanks, it only seems like 500,000!Phillip Ramatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739438191519332313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-16479738060880288712008-07-25T13:35:00.000-04:002008-07-25T13:35:00.000-04:00Congrats on Blog 500!Congrats on Blog 500!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32031147.post-72634456635984327492008-07-25T10:13:00.000-04:002008-07-25T10:13:00.000-04:00The best show of 2007 was "Mad Men". No ...The best show of 2007 was "Mad Men". No question this is a fact. <BR/><BR/>A close second were shows such as "Friday Night Lights", "Battlestar Galactica", "Lost" and "The Shield", but this was the show I thought about more than anything. <BR/><BR/>The cast is fantastic and I would have been especially pleased to additionally see Emmy nods for Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss & Vincent Kartheiser, but 16 total nods including best dramatic series, and emmy nominations for Slattery and Hamm are very satisfying. <BR/><BR/>Despite having already witnessed the beauty of season 1, my wife and I had our TV's turned to AMC last Sunday and re-watched portions of last season's episodes - still just as enjoyable. <BR/><BR/>Now last Summer, with no writer's strik and USA not having cancelled "The 4400" and "The Dead Zone", plus all the HBO stuff was running on time as well as "rescue Me", but despite arguably the best summer for TV, "Mad Men" easily was better than everything. <BR/><BR/>This summer's been the complete opposite. HBO and FX pushed their shows back, USA got rid of their higher quality stuff like "The 4400" and "The Dead Zone", and "Monk and "Psych" are now officially, unwatchable, leaving the only 2 actual 'good' shows on the last several weeks being "My Boys" and "Burn Notice". (and by default, I have been watching fluff like "Swingtown" and staying with dreck like "Psych", with so little on.)<BR/><BR/>"Mad Men" finally gives us a great show, and on a different night. Everything has been on Thursdays and last summer, "Mad Men" aired on Thursdays. But AMC is doing a rather smart thing. They are grabbing that infamous HBO spot - 10 PM EST on Sunday nights - and airing the best show on Television, a show that HBO is now kicking themselves hard for passing up on. <BR/><BR/>(the 16 emmy nominations had to really sting HBO - they get what they deserve for passing on a show like "Mad Men" and instead picking up trash like "John from Cinncinati" and "Flight of the Concords").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com