Category Archives: MAD MEN

Jon Hamm, agony aunt

Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm has already proven himself as an actor and director, and now he reveals a somewhat unexpected talent for tact as he doles out advice to troubled teenagers in one of Vimeo‘s ongoing online video strands, ‘Ask … Continue reading

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Jeremy’s Pick of the Day | Tuesday 10 April

9pm, Alcatraz, Watch HD An Alcatraz guard named Guy Hastings (True Blood’s Jim Parrack) who has ties to Rebecca’s uncle, Ray Archer (Robert Forster), comes back from the past and is asked to do bad things that will bring him … Continue reading

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Jeremy’s Pick of the Day | Tuesday 3 April

9pm, Alcatraz, Watch HD When bank robbing criminal Cal Sweeney (guest star Eric Johnson from Rookie Blue) returns from the past and things start to go wrong in the present, Rebecca has to break him out of the hostage-filled bank … Continue reading

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Jeremy’s Pick of the Day | Tuesday 27 March

9pm, Alcatraz, Watch HD When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home – after he has killed them – reappears from the past, the team is in a race against time to catch the … Continue reading

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Competition time | Win Mad Men Season 4 on DVD, plus The Complete Collection

Our Mad Men competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered our competition. The first person picked out the office Trilby is Veronica O’Brien from London. Congratulations Veronica, you get the Complete Collection box-set, courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. … Continue reading

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Check out these new pictures from series four of Mad Men

Mad Men series four

  Mad Men series four – words that make us very happy here at TV Spy HQ! We thought you’d like a sneak peak of some shots of Don Draper, Peggy Olson and co from the new run, and we’ll … Continue reading

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Who has won our Mad Men Season 3 DVD competition?

Who has won Mad Men

  Our competition to win the complete Season 3 of Mad Men on DVD has now closed. A big thank you to everyone who took part, and well done to everyone who correctly answered that the ad agency where Don … Continue reading

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Competition Time | Win season three of Mad Men on DVD

Mad Men DVD Season three competition

Having scored Emmy and Golden Globe awards two years in a row, season three of the sexy, stylish drama Mad Men  heads to DVD and Blu-ray on 26 April. Led by dapper ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm), this smoke-enveloped … Continue reading

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Mad Men – Sesame Street style!

Ah, Sesame Street, first they parodied CSI with their very own RSI unit (Rhyme Scene Investigation), then they had a bash at the Desperate Housewives, with a much more entertaining Desperate Houseplants, and now they’ve taken on the Mad Men! … Continue reading

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Want to watch the first episode of series 3 of Mad Men?

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Well, here it is!

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Jon Hamm, star of Mad Men, hams it up as the ultimate baddie

Jon Hamm as Lex Luthor

  Will Ferrell’s website, Funny or Die, can be a bit hit and miss, but while poking around we found a clip of Mad Men star Jon Hamm which is definitely firmly in the former category. We can’t embed it … Continue reading

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Dinner with the Drapers in Mad Men

Sunday dinner ended in tears at the Draper’s in last night’s show. Betty wants Don to back her up on the discipline front (he doesn’t quite get it, though). First Bobby breaks the hi-fi, then, poor child, he spills his … Continue reading

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Get ahead in the workplace 1960s-style with Mad Men

Fans of BBC4′s Mad Men will love this cheeky, refreshingly un-pc commercial from the FX channel in Asia. It’s a wonder how they ever managed to get any work done… Catch tonight’s show on BBC4 & BBC HD at 10pm … Continue reading

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The Simpsons parody Mad Men

The 20th series of The Simpsons starts here in the UK on Sky 1 on Sunday 9 November, and begins with the latest of its Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials. This year’s offering sees a vote-rigging scandal, an invasion by … Continue reading

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The Emmys: 30 Rock and John Adams steal the show!

30 Rock

There were celebrations all round for US comedy 30 Rock and historical drama John Adams, who had bagged 20 awards between them by the culmination of the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, which took place at the Nokia Theatre in downtown … Continue reading

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Mad Men | The ultimate fan quiz

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Like a nicotine fiend on 40 Lucky Strikes a day, I admit to being totally addicted to Mad Men. There aren’t that many American shows that have gripped quite me as tightly as this award-winning drama, and persuaded me to … Continue reading

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Mad Men season 2 trailer

Ho-hum. Those lucky bleeders in America will get to see this at the end of the month. We’re going to have to wait till next year… You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Six things we learned today | Thursday 10 July

Mad Men logo

1) Mad Men showrunner Matthew Weiner says the ad industry saga will end after five series. Meanwhile, AMC have put the never-before-seen pilot episode online for you to watch on their website. 2) Pushing Daisies is staging a pie-eating contest … Continue reading

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Five things we learned today | Wednesday 2 July

Sawyer reading a book, looking kinda handsome

1) Lost’s head honchos Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have launched a Lost Book Club, with more info on the books that have featured in the series. 2) On the same day that Presidential candidate John McCain reveals he’s a … Continue reading

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More exciting Emmys nominations news

OK, remember how last week we told you about the shortlists for this year’s drama and comedy Emmy awards? Well, now, via Los Angeles Times writer Tom O’Neil’s hugely impressive Gold Derby blog, we are picking up news on the … Continue reading

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