Mad Men
Before Mad Men's third season, fans wondered when, as in what year, series creator Matthew Weiner would resume the story.
There was reason for the anticipation: In the Season2 finale, Betty (January Jones) revealed to reformed womanizer Don (Jon Hamm) that she was pregnant, and viewers were curious how that would play out. But more significantly, everyone wondered whether or not Weiner would skip over the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After all, Weiner said more than a few times that he didn't think he had anything to add to the historical landmark.
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But Weiner changed his mind. "My attitude about the assassination changed as I got deeper and deeper into the period and after I wrote the first two seasons," he tells TVGuide.com "I thought it was a melodramatic trope the way it had been treated...
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Jon Hamm and Kayla Ewell
This week demonstrated that not everyone on TV is cynical. Mad Men's Don Draper finally came clean with his wife. A One Tree Hill investigation uncovered a cruel deception. Amazing Race's Mika had a panic attack. And it would take a real cynic to think that Shepard Smith wasn't being real in calling for more balance in Fox News Channel's political coverage. This Halloween, we're removing our masks and embracing genuine human emotion. Welcome to Top Moments: Cynicism-Free Edition.
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24, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives
Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
What's the story with new episodes of 24? — Randy
MICKEY: Are you a baseball fan, Randy? Even if you're not, you should tune in to the World Series because that's when Fox will unveil the first preview of the new season of 24, which starts in January 2010. But until then, here's a tidbit: Within the first hour of Season 8, Jack will meet his granddaughter. No word yet on whether Baby Bauer is rooting for New York or Philadelphia. (Go Phillies!)
Any news on what's ahead for Cristina and Owen on Grey's Anatomy? I don't want Kim Raver's character to break this couple up. — Lisa
ADAM: Sorry, Lisa, but Raver's Teddy is definitely going to...
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Kristin Chenoweth
Recent Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth brings some literal glee when she guest-stars on Glee Wednesday (9/8c, Fox). Chenoweth plays April Rhodes, a boozy former classmate of Will's who has a penchant for really young men. TVGuide.com spoke to Chenoweth about her uncharacteristic Glee gig, when she'll be appearing on Mad Men and what really happened on Emmy night.
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TVGuide.com: Tell us about April.
Kristin Chenoweth: April is a woman who was kind of "the deal" in glee in high school with Matthew Morrison's character. Let's just say he calls on April for some "help."
TVGuide.com: How did you like playing such a different role?
Chenoweth: This part is...
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Tina Fey, Jon Hamm
Tina Fey an Emmy presenter? You betcha.
The 30 Rock mastermind and multiple Emmy nominee will be among the presenters at Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced. Fey will head into the ceremony already a winner, having snatched up a comedy guest actress statuette at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend for her impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.
Fey's fellow nominees ...
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Jon Hamm
Mad Men star Jon Hamm has signed on to co-star with Ben Affleck in the crime thriller The Town.
Hamm will play an FBI agent on the heels of a bank robber (Affleck) who is considering going straight after falling in love with a bank teller (Rebecca Hall), according to the Hollywood Reporter. Despite their romance, the teller ...
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Tina Fey, Jim Parsons
An extra slot in this year's Primetime Emmy categories meant fresh, new nominees as Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, Jim Parsons, Simon Baker and more newcomers joined Emmy stalwarts like 30 Rock, House and The Office on the ballot.
NBC's 30 Rock was the most-nominated show with 22 nods, and HBO had the most nominations of any network with 99.
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Parsons, who announced the nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmys Thursday with Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson, benefited ...
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Jennifer Westfeldt and Jon Hamm
Longtime couple Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt have taken the next big step in their relationship: forming a production company.
The Mad Men star and Westfeldt, a screenwriter/actress, have launched Points West Pictures, which will find them collaborating ...
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Jon Hamm
Who wants to go to a (three-martini) lunch with Don Draper?
Mad Men's Jon Hamm is up for bid on eBay, offering a lunch with the star in Los Angeles.
All the proceeds from the auction go to the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, which provides scholarships and grants to female filmmakers. Other celebs participating in the auction include Hamm's Mad Men costar John Slattery, I Love You Man'sPaul Rudd, director Kevin Smith, Castle'sNathan Fillion, Friends' David Schwimmer, and ER's Julianna Margulies.
The auctions are live now, and will remain open until April 16.
The lunch date will cost you at least $670 so far. Of course, you could always roll the dice and see if Joan Holloway will pencil you into Draper's appointment book for free.
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Jon Hamm
Mad Men's Jon Hamm is now going to work for a mad man.
The Golden Globe winner has been cast as defense attorney Jake Ehrlich in the Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl, Variety reports. The film, starring James Franco as the controversial Beat poet, chronicles the ...
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