Comments on: Mad News May 29-June 3, 2009 (Updated)

By: S. Tarzan

S. Tarzan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:38:29 +0000

I don’t think it runs afoul of the spoiler policy to note that IMDb has a page open for another new episode (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449612/), with no information up except a wonderfully evocative title that apparently refers to a Robert Browning poem (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1273.html).

By: JS

JS — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:54:31 +0000

A cool Emmy roundtable with January Jones and several other TV actresses…comes with videos too:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i3506b270c4e1b2d915a3c5d8f5e87e71

By: S. Tarzan

S. Tarzan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:55:36 +0000

Karl:

I think the “what a difference a season makes” article is the one that Deborah linked with the Frank Pierson news.

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:05:43 +0000

You missed this brief interview with Jon Hamm from today’s “Envelope”:

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-en-hamm3-2009jun03,0,5104460.story

By: Lyle

Lyle — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:41:13 +0000

Thanks for clarifying, alynch. So does AMC pay any production financing for MAD MEN? Or do they merely pay Lions Gate for broadcast rights?

By: JS

JS — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:43:15 +0000

I came across this cool youtube video: a roger/betty mash-up, I love the use of modern music with a period show. Maybe AMC will do it with the trailers, I thought it worked well with Revolutionary Road…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2woOVY9bL8

By: alynch

alynch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:07:57 +0000

Lyle, home video revenue isn't really relevant to AMC. Since they don't produce or own the show, they don't make money off the DVDs. Lionsgate gets the DVD money, so ad revenue is definitely where AMC is making most of their money off the show.

By: Luisa

Luisa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:52:13 +0000

Second that wow for Frank Pierson. Also, TWoP rightfully gave a wish-list Emmy nominee spot to Jon Hamm, along with Best Actress for both January and Elisabeth. And the show as well, of course.

By: Roberta Lipp

Roberta Lipp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:02:53 +0000

Wow re Frank Pierson!

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:24:46 +0000

"If you don't think two minutes is a long time, try holding your breath that long." – Lee Pfeiffer

Well said! Are there any known published performance indictors of MAD MEN's Blu-Ray/DVD sales so far? I ask because for many shows, home entertainment revenue is significantly exceeding revenue from initial broadcast advertising (the primary source of production financing), so I'm interested to see where MAD MEN stacks up. It might refute AMC's controversial new advertising model right there.

The Forbes article is also interesting. Deep Focus is doing a fanastic job pushing MAD MEN towards the forefront of new marketing models and social media trends. Can anyone point me to examples of The New York Time's web campaign for MAD MEN referred to here?