Maddicts know that summer means two things: The return of the series and Emmy nominations. Recent articles in publications such as the Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and the LA Times tackled the two topics:

• Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello conjures up his dream roster of Emmy nominees: Christina Hendricks in the supporting actress race; January Jones and Elisabeth Moss in the lead category. As for best drama, Ausiello has hopes for both Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

• USA Today's Robert Bianco also put in his two cents, suggesting January Jones and Mad Men as nomination-worthy in their respective categories. Remember the Television Academy switched up the nomination process this year, including opening the ten main categories to six contenders, so the playing field could look different this year.

• As part of its Emmy Roundtable series, the Hollywood Reporter brought together potential nominees to discuss their work, including actresses January Jones, Anna Paquin (True Blood) and Sigourney Weaver (Prayers for Bobby). One tidbit from Jones: "I auditioned for Peggy twice."

• The LA Times canvassed the stars of Mad Men and asked them to select their favorite scene from Season 2. Interestingly, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser, Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss all went with the same one.