Pages tagged “mad men”

Six Pieces of TV Merchandise We Covet

By Rachel Dovey on 7:00 AM on March 12, 2010

This week, it was announced that the cast of Mad Men would be made over Barbie-and-Ken-style. Personally, I’m going to try and restrain myself from buying a miniature, plastic Don Draper (though it would be very satisfying to throw the arch-male chauvinist across the room the next time he cheats). However, there’s some pretty amazing TV-related stuff out there: here is some merch the Paste staff covets.... read more

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Mad Men Barbies to Hit Stores in July

By Anna Swindle on 4:09 PM on March 10, 2010

As if Don Draper, his wife Betty, the silver-haired Roger Sterling and his ad agency’s most stylish secretary didn’t already look perfect enough through our televisions, now they’re being transformed into Barbie versions. A partnership between AMC, Lionsgate and Mattel has resulted in the four-doll set, scheduled to start popping up on select shelves in July.... read more

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Lost, Mad Men and Entourage Among U.S. Contenders at Monte-Carlo TV Festival

By Anna Swindle on 1:30 PM on February 12, 2010

Can’t wait to see what awkward things Liz Lemon is bound to say each week on 30 Rock? Do you contribute to Lost blogs after each episode? Then it might interest you to know that the U.S. will go to this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival well-represented. The Producers Guild of America chose six series- three comedies and three dramas—to send to the tiny nation: 30 Rock, The Office, Entourage, Lost, Dexter and Mad Men.... read more

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High Definition: After 3 Seasons, Mad Men Is Just Getting Started

By Josh Jackson on 9:19 AM on November 10, 2009

I was born a couple years after the 1960s ended, but the decade’s shadow loomed with import over the ones I first encountered. It was the second half of the decade I always heard about, though—Viet Nam, the moon landing, the summer of drugs. So one of my favorite things about AMC’s Mad Men is watching the forgotten beginnings of the ’60s, before John, Paul, George and Ringo touched down in an airport that had recently been named for the just-assassinated president John F. Kennedy.... read more

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Mercy Review: "The Last Thing I Said Was" (Episode 1.6)

By Emily Riemer on 10:22 PM on November 4, 2009

Though the writing on this fledgling show can still be ham-fisted and lazy at times, jolting from moment to moment without paying the attention to detail that brings an audience along for the ride, this sixth episode of new show Mercy has a few genuinely fine moments.... read more

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Readers' Picks: Best TV Shows of the Decade

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on November 4, 2009

We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best TV Shows of the Decade:... read more

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The 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade (2000-2009)

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on November 4, 2009

This list of 20 phenomenal TV shows from 2000-2009 reinforces our belief that the young millennium has launched a new Golden Age of Television. read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Mad Men

By Paste Staff on 6:18 AM on October 14, 2009

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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