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High Definition: AMC's The Prisoner Escapes From the Ordinary

AMC doesn’t do a tremendous amount of original programming, but when it does, it does it well. After two critically acclaimed series, Mad Men and Breaking Bad, the network is broacasting its second miniseries, a six-episode remake of the 1960s 17-part series The Prisoner, originally broadcast on ITV in the UK....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Mad Men

Sundays at 10 p.m. on AMCA British invasion has made things even more interesting at Sterling Cooper during Season 3. So pour yourself an Old Fashioned (or better yet, have your kid pour you one), relax and head back to the Kennedy years....  read more

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Mad Men Meets Sesame Street

Sesame Street can make light, kid-friendly fare out of just about anything....  read more

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Oprah, Meet Don Draper: Mad Men Cast to Hit Daytime TV This Afternoon

AMC's Mad Men captures the style and social climate of the early '60s in a darkly sexy and understated way, tying together romantic, political and historical plot lines with a sea of skinny ties, dapper suits and clinking brandy glasses. What better match for the show then the lady who gives away free cars!But seriously, according to the New York Times' ArtsBeat, Mad Men's January Jones and Jon Hamm will visit Oprah on her talk show this afternoon....  read more

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AMC Reinterprets Sci-Fi Series The Prisoner

With new seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad comes AMC's second original miniseries, The Prisoner, a reinterpretation the 1967 tale of utopia-induced paranoia....  read more

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It's Official: Mad Men Will be Back for Fourth Season

It’s about time. AMC has confirmed that Mad Men has been picked up for a fourth season as its third go-around shapes up to be the most-watched and -discussed the celebrated series has had so far....  read more

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AMC Sniffs Out Zombie Series The Walking Dead

AMC is close to a deal with Frank Darabont to adapt a new original series from The Walking Dead, a graphic novel about a group of apocalypse survivors trying to make their way through zombie-infested landscapes....  read more

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Why Mad Men isn't on HBO

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One of the most fascinating and inexplicable parts of Mad Men lore is how HBO famously passed on the pilot before it ended up at AMC. Instead, HBO struggled mightily to follow up The Sopranos with a show that pulled the cultural weight that its earlier series did, while Mad Men went on to sweep the Emmys and become widely referred to as the best show on television. (HBO, arguably, has found that series at last with True Blood.) How did the network pass it up?...  read more

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How to Get Yourself on Mad Men, Real or Imagined

It’s barely two weeks until the third-season premiere of Mad Men on Aug. 16, and AMC has no intention of letting anyone forget it....  read more

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Mad Men: Season 2

The irresistible appeal of Mad Men lies in how candidly it delves into a historical moment...  read more

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