Mad Men's Sensational Season Finale -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 11.10.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

It's action-packed, and not just for Mad Men, a show whose pace can sometimes be exceedingly deliberate. And it's fun, especially in contrast to the two shattering episodes which precede it.

It's November 22, 1963 On Mad Men: HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 11.04.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

I've always wondered how Mad Men's writers and producers would handle one of the most critical and shattering events in American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Halloween Costumes Ripped From The Headlines

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.31.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

So it's the morning of Halloween, and you don't have a costume. You were going to be Kanye West, but the friend you were counting on to be your Taylor...

When Everything Changed, by Gail Collins

Elaine Showalter, 10.29.2009

Reviewer for Progressive Book Club

Collins uses her great sense of revealing anecdotes, engaging personalities, representative case histories, resonant stories, and startling details to defamiliarize a decade we thought we remembered.

Mad Men: "The Gypsy and the Hobo" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 10.27.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

"The Gypsy and the Hobo" has significantly stepped up the pace of this season of Mad Men. And it contains the big confrontation we've all been waiting for from the beginning.

Sexism and the Workplace: Have We Come a Long Way (Baby)?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu, 10.24.2009

Based in Paris and holds a PhD in Cinema Studies

The reality is that, even if you are a female executive at Goldman Sachs, you will never be part of the "boys' club" -- and guess what, it's still a boys' club.

A Follow Up: "Hank Moody: For Women Only" (Question)

Reese Schonfeld, 10.24.2009

Television journalist

Despite at times being self-centered, lewd and at times irresponsible, would you date and/or marry Hank Moody?

Mad Men and the High Cost of Advertising

James Block, 10.21.2009

That Mad Men chronicles the rise of contemporary advertising should be our first warning. The fantasy machine that propels the American consumer culture achieves this leverage simply with make believe.

Don Draper: For Women Only, Please Respond

Reese Schonfeld, 10.19.2009

Television journalist

I am associated with the Culture Change Institute, a Tufts based group founded by Sam Huntington and Larry Harrison, which examines various cultures r...

Mad Men: "The Color Blue" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 10.19.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

Last night's "The Color Blue" was a cracking good episode that, after last week's rushed and rather arbitrary plot developments, returned Mad Men to its strongest ground.

TV Review: The Cleveland Show

Catie Lazarus, 10.12.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

"I'm not the one who called Child Protection Services," Cleveland yells at his wife Roberta, until he (unsurprisingly) realizes, after much back and f...

Mad Men: "Wee Small Hours" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 10.12.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

Listening to Martin Luther King on the murder of four girls in a Birmingham church, Betty opines that maybe this civil rights thing is premature. But Betty should know that a dream deferred can dry up like a raisin in sun.

Nobel Insiders: Beer Summit Sealed it for Obama

Andy Borowitz, 10.09.2009

BorowitzReport.com

A spokesman for the Nobel committee said she hoped that Mr. Obama's victory would be seen not only as a victory for him, but "as a tribute to the healing power of beer."

When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell, 10.06.2009

Author, "Why Obama Won"

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

Mad Men: "Souvenir" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 10.05.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

This episode was a big showcase for January Jones, a stunning beauty who is also a very good actress. Forget Don, this was the Betty Draper show.

House vs. Mad Men

Tom Matlack, 10.15.2009

Co-founder of The Good Men Project

At some point we have to break our emotional silence and get down to what is really going on. Don Draper has yet to do that, and it looks like he will never be able to fully. Gregory House has at least made a start.

Liz Glover Chats with Mad Men's January Jones (VIDEO)

Liz Glover, 10.01.2009

reporter at The Washington Times

Movie Phone Book: My Ticket To Hollywood

Craig Rowin, 09.29.2009

Craig is a writer and performer at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

When a movie phone number is done right, it fits perfectly into the plot and can inspire the viewing audience.

Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley, 09.28.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

What "Seven Twenty Three" is is Don Draper's Waterloo. Or I should say, Dick Whitman's Waterloo. That's the day in 1963 on which Don Draper/Dick Whitman gets lassoed.

Neil Patrick Harris Triumphs in a Much Improved Emmycast

Ed Martin, 09.21.2009

JackMyers.com Television Critic

I guess there's just no getting around the fact that most of the television audience does not watch or maintain any interest in most of the programs that take home the biggest Emmy awards, some by the bushel.

2009 Emmy Awards

Ken Levine, 09.21.2009

Emmy-Winning Writer/Director/Producer, MLB Announcer

It was painfully obvious that the producers of this year's Emmys had one goal only -- reverse the ratings trend and not lose again to the Weather Channel.