Maddicts were catching up on previous seasons, discussing the Drapers' moving up in the world, and wondering about the real reasons their significant others love Mad Men.

• "I just purchased season 1 about a week ago & already a HUGE fan. Nothing sunk me in but a few reviews & an interview of Jon Hamm from a GQ interveiw. Great show!" -- mbustos

• "Sounds like the Drapers may be movin' on up. I still can't decide if they'll move or just redecorate." -- Mambo Deb

• "Come to think of it I think that Jon [Hamm] is the only reason she [my wife] watches Mad Men." -- vincent

Log onto the Talk forum to join in the conversation or start a Mad Men topic of your own. As always, your comments throughout the blog are also welcome.

View four new teasers for Mad Men Season 3, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of the series: drama, comedy, action, and romance.

You can watch the videos online and as well as on the AMC iPhone app.

• The Hollywood Reporter took a look at memorable guest stars on TV last year, including Colin Hanks. The actor recounts: "They asked, 'Do you sing?' And I said, 'Um, in the shower.' And the next thing I know I'm being asked to perform a Peter, Paul, and Mary song in character."

• The trade also chats up critics about who has Emmy-nomination potential. Says USA Today's Robert Bianco, Mad Men proved "its first-year triumph was no fluke." Bianco also likes January Jones for the lead-actress category, as do the critics from TV Guide and the Chicago Tribune.

• The Times-Picayune mentions Jon Hamm appeared on Kevin Pollack's online talk show and includes an embedded video. (Hamm appears about 14 minutes in.)

AMCtv.com awards the Talk forum and blog commenters quoted in our weekly "What You're Saying" post with prizes like a Mad Men pen or a Mad Men poster (limit one per person).

Forum participants this week were making suggestions for music in Season 3 and celebrating the Season 3 premiere date of August 16.

• "Fever, because, even though it's from the late 50s, it sort of personifies the pent up, then explosive, sexuality of most people at Sterling Cooper." -- Sixties Survivor

• "CHEERS!!!! I will have my Manhattan ready on August 16th." -- Holly

Log onto the Talk forum to join in the conversation or start a Mad Men topic of your own. As always, your comments on the blog are also welcome.

This particular Mad Men contest is targeted to California residents in the Bay Area (including those in Sacramento), but it might be incentive enough for die-hard fans to move to the Golden State. Comcast is sponsoring a sweepstakes that gives its subscribers a chance to attend the Season 3 premiere. Entries will be submitted online, and the winner will be chosen by random drawing. Cali-based Maddicts, why not give it a shot? Maybe you'll end up rubbing elbows with a bunch of jet-setters like Don did when he was last out west.

Click here for the contest details.

AMCtv.com awards the Talk forum and blog commenters quoted in our weekly "What You're Saying" post with prizes like a Mad Men pen or a Mad Men poster (limit one per person).

Speculation about whether Don would open his own agency, and a discussion about a "real Joan Holloway" had you Maddicts talking this week.

• "Don could get really creative and call it: Draper-Whitman, Whitman being a very silent partner." -- Rozsie

• "I agree with those who think that DD will go West. It will be interesting to see who makes the great trek with him. Flower Power, sun-tans, long(ish) hair and more swimming pools beckon." -- English Paul

• "As I see it, since Mad Men is not your afternoon soap opera I doubt Joan will kill Jane or Roger or Mona or Peggy or anyone, she will not run away with Dale or find out that she is Bert Cooper's love child. Mad Men is so well written it doesn't need any gimmicks to hold your attention." -- 485 Madison

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With still another month to go before Emmy nominations are announced, the trades take a look at the different categories and forecast who's favored.

• Variety focuses on guest stars who make the job look easy, like Patrick Fischler (Jimmy Barrett) with appearances on Mad Men, Lost and Burn Notice and Anne Dudek (Francine Hanson) who hopscotched around Mad Men, House and Big Love.

• Running down a list of their favorite guest stars of the year, Variety singles out Fischler and Mark Moses (Duck Phillips) for their work on Mad Men. (And Jon Hamm for bringing his comedic chops to 30 Rock.)

Continue reading "Emmy Prognosticating Continues in Variety and Hollywood Reporter" »

Have something to ask Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Vincent Kartheiser, Rich Sommer or Aaron Staton? If not, get your thinking cap on! Now's your chance to lob questions at the men of Sterling Cooper and get a sense of what they're really like. (We'll do our best to select questions with the broadest appeal.) Responses will be posted online in the coming weeks. Submit your questions in the comments section below.

And because no Sterling Cooper assignment comes without a deadline: Questions must be received by Fri., Jun. 19 5PM | 4C.

Mad Men episodes aren't the only thing worth repeating. Check out these interviews with the team behind Season 2 to better appreciate the work behind each episode.

• "Joan, she's always worn fitted garments; she always will wear fitted garments, until the day she's six feet under!" -- Janie Bryant (Costume Designer)

• "Maybe he thinks I'm the violent type who pounds on doors and threatens women." -- Dan Bishop (Production Designer)

Continue reading "Revisit Interviews From Season 2 and Read What the Crew Have to Say" »

With the Season 3 start date of Sun., Aug. 16 officially announced, and Emmy nominations just around the corner, Mad Men mentions are popping up everywhere:

• Mad Men's Season 3 start date was news in TV Guide, TV Squad, the Newark Star-Ledger, Buzzsugar, Vanity Fair and the Chicago Tribune among others.

• Rolling Stone talks to Matt Weiner about Season 3. Says Mad Men's creator: "All I can tell you is that I'm interested in how our successes turn out to be failures and our failures turn out to be successes."

Continue reading "Season 3 Debut Date and Emmy Buzz Gets Mad Men Mentions in Vanity Fair and Variety " »