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These Vandalized Mad Men Ads Are Absolutely Wonderful
Ever since AMC began advertising the new season of Mad Men (starting March 25) with almost entirely blank posters showing a falling man in a suit, vandals in New York have been adding their own...
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Here's Everything You Need To Know About Cable’s Hottest Show ‘The Walking Dead’
If you tuned into the Grammys Sunday, you missed out on the midseason premiere of cable's hottest show, "The Walking Dead." The show, which follows a post apocalyptic world run by zombies, is earning...
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The 10 Most Shocking Moments From The 'Walking Dead' Season Finale
We asked for zombies and they came! Last night's season 2 finale of "The Walking Dead" was filled with zombie guts, gore, deaths and a big reveal from season one's finale. Sure, there were some...
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MAD MEN v. REALITY: Compare Don Draper's Ads With Those That Actually Ran In...
Over the past four seasons, a number of real brands have appeared on Mad Men as clients of Sterling Cooper, and now Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Those clients have included Playtex, Kodak and, of...
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Why Madison Avenue Is Boycotting AMC's Reality Show 'The Pitch'
All of adland will be glued to the TV on April 8, when a new episode of Mad Men will be followed by AMC's latest reality TV show, The Pitch, which features real ad agencies pitching the ad accounts of...
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The Outrageously Sexist Ads Of The Mad Men Era That Some Companies Wish We'd...
Mad Men contains many guilty pleasures. For men, it evokes a simpler time (ahem), when men were men and women fetched them coffee, if not whisky, at their desks. For women, it's the period outfits and...
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STOP PRESS: Here's Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's Client Portfolio Broken...
The first year for the fledgling Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce agency was rough. After losing Lucky Strike, Jai Alai, and Glo-Coat, and resigning the North American Aviation and Clearasil accounts, the...
View ArticleWatch Jimmy Fallon Throw Water In Jon Hamm's Face
Jon Hamm stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" for a game of cards … with a twist. Oh, and to promote "Mad Men," but mostly to play a game of war where the loser gets drenched in water after every...
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INFOGRAPHIC: From The Desk Of Don Draper, The Cost Of 'Mad Men' Today
"Mad Men" protagonist Don Draper (Jon Hamm) enjoys the finer things in life, from his women to his liquor. But back in 1962, before Don knew that smoking his favorite Lucky Strikes was bad for him,...
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Harvey Weinstein And AMC Just Gave The MPAA The Finger Over 'Bully' Rating
After countless repeals, petitions and complaints, the MPAA refuses to change its rating for the documentary "Bully" from an R-rating to PG-13. And now in the F-you to the ratings board, Harvey...
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Meet Jessica Paré—Jon Hamm's New Wife On 'Mad Men'
This post originally appeared at AskMen. If Jessica Paré -- Hollywood’s newly-minted “It Girl” -- is experiencing deja vu, it’s because the striking Montreal-born actress has been here before. After...
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Forget Mad Men, Here's How Advertising Agencies Really Recruited Women In 1963
Peggy Olson is depicted as the sole female copywriter to wander the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in Mad Men's depiction of advertising in the Sixties, but women had actually been working in...
View ArticleWATCH: What If 'The Walking Dead' Was A Family Sitcom?
Since season three of "The Walking Dead" doesn't start until fall 2012, we're going to need more than the "Get out of here, Carl" Tumblr to hold us over. Thankfully, there's no shortage of "Walking...
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DISASTER: This AMC Show's Ratings Are, Literally, Zero
The fourth episode of AMC's reality TV show, The Pitch, aired last night and it could be one of the last. The show, which AMC hoped would capitalize on the success of Mad Men, pits two ad agencies...
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Amazingly, 'The Pitch' Manages To Make The Clients Look Dumber Than The Ad...
Not so long ago I did a column that started off with an“homage” to French ad agency legend, Jacques Seguela’s 1979 book… “Please don’t tell my mother I work in advertising, tell her I play the piano...
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China's Wanda Group Purchases Debt-ridden AMC
China's Dalian Wanda Group announced yesterday it has agreed to buy AMC entertainment in a $2.6 billion deal. The acquisition will create the world's largest cinema owner, while allowing more IMAX...
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This Chinese Company Is Buying AMC, America's Second Largest Theatre Chain
The Chinese are coming -- to your local movie theater. With the fanfare from Superman, and toasts of red wine, representatives of Chinese company Wanda signed a deal in Beijing Monday to buy AMC, the...
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CHART: Mad Men Has Lost A Third Of Its Viewers
Maybe Mad Men's "falling man" theme relates to its ratings—they're declining rapidly as the season progresses. Last week, we chronicled how AMC's advertising competition show, The Pitch, had some...
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Check Out The New 'Breaking Bad' Poster Promoting Its Final Season
"All Hail The King."That's the tagline of the 'Breaking Bad' season 5 poster, which puts antihero Walter White (perennial Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston) in a warehouse wearing his trademark hazmat suit,...
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These New 'Walking Dead' Photos Reveal One Character's Huge Return
AMC just revealed four new set photos from season three of "The Walking Dead." They also answered a long-time question of fans by confirming the return of Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker)! Last time we...
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