Ah, Sesame Street, first they parodied CSI with their very own RSI unit (Rhyme Scene Investigation), then they had a bash at the Desperate Housewives, with a much more entertaining Desperate Houseplants, and now they’ve taken on the Mad Men! We can’t wait to see what they make of Dexter….
Here’s their Mad Men parody:
Will Ferrell’s website, Funny or Die, can be a bit hit and miss, but while poking around we found a clip of Mad Men star Jon Hamm which is definitely firmly in the former category.
We can’t embed it in our site, so we’ll just have to point you in the right direction - here is Hamm, clad in a bald cap, as Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor, explaining why he definitely needs a bailout from the government.
Sunday dinner ended in tears at the Draper’s in last night’s show. Betty wants Don to back her up on the discipline front (he doesn’t quite get it, though). First Bobby breaks the hi-fi, then, poor child, he spills his milk at the table. Come on Don, set a good example…
Mad Men is repeated tonight on BBC2 & BBC HD at 11.20pm.
Fans of BBC4’s Mad Men will love this cheeky, refreshingly un-pc commercial from the FX channel in Asia. It’s a wonder how they ever managed to get any work done…
Catch tonight’s show on BBC4 & BBC HD at 10pm
The 20th series of The Simpsons starts here in the UK on Sky 1 on Sunday 9 November, and begins with the latest of its Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials.
This year’s offering sees a vote-rigging scandal, an invasion by Transformer-like robots and an homage to Peanuts called It’s The Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse. The highlight, however, promises to be How to Get Ahead In Dead-Vertising, which sees Homer killing off celebrities and begins with this brilliant spoof of the opening credits to Mad Men.
There were celebrations all round for US comedy 30 Rock and historical drama John Adams, who had bagged 20 awards between them by the culmination of the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, which took place at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles last night.
30 Rock’s Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin scooped gongs for best Actress and Actor, Comedy Series, while their hit show was voted best Comedy for the second year running.
John Adams - which premieres on More4 next week - took home a total of 13 (yes 13!) trophies including best Miniseries and Miniseries Actor and Actress for Paul Giamatti and co-star Laura Linney.
Other big winners included Damages, which won Glenn Close the Actress, Drama Series award. “It really has been the ride of my career,” she revealed at the ceremony. “This was as good as any part you would find in a feature film.”
Meanwhile, Bryan Cranston won Actor, Drama Series for his role as Walter H. White in Breaking Bad, which debuts on FX on Sunday.
Other major winners included Mad Men which scooped best Drama Series and Jeremy Piven who took home Supporting Actor, Comedy Series for his genius portrayal of slimy agent Ari Gold in Entourage.
Here’s a clip of Tina Fey and actress Amy Poehler presenting the first award of the evening to Piven…
And here are the main winners..
• Drama Series: ‘Mad Men’
• Comedy Series: ‘30 Rock’
• Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, ‘Breaking Bad’
• Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, ‘Damages’
• Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, ‘30 Rock’
• Actress, Comedy Series: Tina Fey, ‘30 Rock’
• Reality-Competition Programme: ‘The Amazing Race’
• Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Programme: Jeff Probst - ‘Survivor’
• Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Zeljko Ivanek, ‘Damages’
• Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Dianne Wiest, ‘In Treatment’
• Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, ‘Entourage’
• Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jean Smart, ‘Samantha Who?’
• Miniseries: ‘John Adams’
• Made-for-TV Movie: ‘Recount’
• Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giamatti, ‘John Adams’
• Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, ‘John Adams’
• Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, ‘John Adams’
• Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Eileen Atkins, ‘Cranford’
Like a nicotine fiend on 40 Lucky Strikes a day, I admit to being totally addicted to Mad Men.
There aren’t that many American shows that have gripped quite me as tightly as this award-winning drama, and persuaded me to forego an early night. Hopefully, next time around, BBC4 will consider scheduling this unmissable series in a friendlier primetime slot.
If you had the patience to stick around, this slowburner soon had you well and truly hooked. The eagerly-awaited second series began in the US last weekend to rave reviews, but, sadly, we British viewers will have to wait until early next year to see it.
Anyway, in the meantime, you can fill the void and enjoy the first series all over again on DVD, or why not try this Mad Men Ultimate Fan Quiz? Go on. It’s fun, it’s Friday and, who knows, maybe you’ll become an addict, too!
Ho-hum. Those lucky bleeders in America will get to see this at the end of the month. We’re going to have to wait till next year…
1) Mad Men showrunner Matthew Weiner says the ad industry saga will end after five series. Meanwhile, AMC have put the never-before-seen pilot episode online for you to watch on their website.
2) Pushing Daisies is staging a pie-eating contest as part of its promotional campaign for the second series.
3) William Shatner is getting his own chat show.
4) Courteney Cox will be appearing in the next series of Scrubs as the Sacred Heart’s new chief of medicine.
5) Peter Bogdanovich says the chances of a The Sopranos movie are slim.
6) American TV Guide says the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica will be “more soap opera than space opera”.
