Christina Hendricks brings devilish fun to the office of Mad Men Sundays at 10 pmET AMC as sexy office manager Joan But Joans no dummy Sundays episode will reveal a new dimension to the complicated calculating vixen We caught up with Hendricks to chat about this weeks juicy storyline how she transforms herself into Joan and why she has blisters on her thighs Adam BryantTVGuidecom Sixteen Emmy nominations Doubled ratings for the Season 2 premiere Life in Mad Men land is pretty good huhChristina Hendricks Its amazing I guess AMC pumped up their advertising this year and between word of mouth and critics being so kind to us I think it really caught on We were sitting around the night before [the Emmy nominations were announced] all wondering what would happen but I think everyone is just thrilled that were working so hard and people are noticingTVGuidecom Are your surprised that a show this nuanced is getting such fan reactionHendricks I think a l
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Mad Men viewers know Christina Hendricks best as sexy and sassy office manager Joan, but the few of you who stuck with NBC's Life last season also know her as Olivia, the fiancée of Charlie's estranged father. Well, Life fans, I've learned that Olivia will be back in Season 2.While chatting with me about Sunday's episode of Mad Men, Hendricks said she would be shooting an episode for Life's sophomore season next week. "I don't know [what I'll be doing] — they haven't even sent me the script — but I will be continuing the character I was playing last year for an episode and hopefully another one after that."For those who can't wait until fall, Hendricks has an extra juicy storyline in Sunday's Mad Men (read more about it in the full interview). Are you excited to see Hendricks bring Olivia back to Life? — Adam BryantRelated:• Christina Hendricks Shares Mad Men Office Gossip
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Jon Hamm, a Golden Globe winner and likely Emmy nominee, isn’t taking the critical success of Mad Men for granted. “It’s phenomenal. It’s a wonderful experience. But the swirl that happens around the show exists outside the show.” Still, as he quotes his co-star John Slattery, “It makes you feel like … you’re not crazy. Other people like good stuff too.”Critics certainly like good stuff, and AMC’s session promoting Mad Men’s upcoming second season was easily the biggest lovefest so far in the TCA press tour, currently in its first week devoted to cable presentations.The group laughed when a critic challenged the show’s famously tight-lipped creator Matthew Weiner to explain to fans why the mystery surrounding what happened to Peggy’s illegitimate baby — the jaw-dropper of the Season 1 finale — remains unresolved by the end of the July 27 season opener. “I would say, trust me. I will give you the informat...
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Talk about va-va-va-voom. Joanie, Mad Men's (Thursdays, 10 pm/ET on AMC) frisky, flame-haired office manager, is not your average secretary: She's so hot, in fact, that the company president and her roommate are after her. But could there be some flaws behind that flawless lip liner? TVGuide.com chatted up her portrayer, Christina Hendricks, to find out about Joanie's secret life goal, her vast "rotation" of men, and how to tell when your dress is tight enough.
TVGuide.com: So Joan is my favorite Mad woman — is she yours, too?Christina Hendricks: [Laughs] I'm sure every girl in Mad Men says the same thing because all the roles are so great, but when I read [the script] I was like, "Ooh, this is the best girl part." And it's really different from any other character I've gotten t
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If you don't like tonight's first-rate episode of Grey's Anatomy, which fires on about as many cylinders as possible (humor and emotion coexisting wonderfully), then you should probably face the fact that you simply don't like Grey's anymore, if you ever did. Diahann Carroll, terrific as the departed Burke's visiting mom, hovers around Seattle Grace this week as a much-needed reality check and conscience for the various characters: including Meredith, who could always use a good dressing-down for her narcissism, and George, who's still dithering about how to do the right thing in his romantic quandary involving wife Callie and obsessive crush Izzie.But Mama Burke is really there for Cristina (the fabulous Sandra Oh), who is frozen emotionally as she surveys the wedding gifts that surround her to remind her of her broken relationship. Work is a thankful distraction (“Carnage always trumps rounds,” she tells her nameless interns), but she can only hide from Preston’s mo...
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