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As Joan Harris (née Holloway) Christina Hendricks became one of the most-loved characters on AMC's Mad Men. With her artfully-drawn portrait of a dynamic woman in a male-dominated workplace, Hendricks seemed made for the role, bringing depth and complexity to Joan's biting charm. Hendricks says, "Joan would say these…

In Mad Men we saw Elisabeth Moss' Peggy Olson working in a man's world and having it all in the finale, with both professional and personal success. As Moss says, "There was only one way to really surprise the audience, and that was to give her the most romantic scene in the episode and to give her the happy ending."…

With Mad Men over and Betty Draper's illness ensuring she's unlikely to appear in any potential spin-offs, January Jones is a free agent. Currently starring in Good Kill opposite Ethan Hawke, Jones is back in wifely territory again. The movie, directed by Andrew Niccol, explores the drone program and the impact of…

With the end of Mad Men comes the end of a TV era, but perhaps the biggest adjustment will be for Kiernan Shipka, who's spent much of her life on the show. Since she was six years old, Shipka has rocked period costume as Sally Draper, to emerge as one of the show's best-loved characters. From burgeoning feminism, to…

As the final season of Mad Men comes to a close, John Slattery's Roger Sterling has remained a firm viewers' favorite. This season the inimitable Sterling has fielded several crises, sold the company and grown a stellar mustache. Last seen playing the organ while Elisabeth Moss roller-skated around the…

Off-Broadway’s ever-fecund Vineyard Theatre has nabbed Vincent Kartheiser — who plays obnoxious ladder climber Pete Campbell on AMC’s Mad Men — for its upcoming show about the filming of Double Indemnity. Hollywood demi-god Garry Marshall (do I really have to list credits?) repeats as director of Mike Bencivenga’s Bill…

Deadline frequent contributor Allison Hope Weiner interviews her younger brother, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, this month on this fascinating hour-long video about his show’s origins, his difficult contract negotiations, and his inspirations when writing the series, as well as Big Media issues and a lot of personal…

Matt Weiner is a 15-time Primetime Emmy nominee and seven-time winner (six of them in the last four years alone). Now Matt Weiner is hoping his AMC drama Mad Men can capture its fourth consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmy and tie The West Wing for that many wins. But his biggest competition is HBO's Boardwalk Empi…

Of course, big and even little TV stars get to direct episodes of their successful series on an almost routine basis. But when it’s Jon Hamm, and the series is Mad Men, then that’s newsworthy as far as I’m concerned. Deadline’s sibling site TVLine is reporting that Hamm will direct the Season 5 premiere, following in…

Mad Men won big at the WGA Awards on Saturday. But months after the end of the fourth season of the much accoladed AMC series, there is still no deal with the network for a Season 5 or a new pact for creator Matt Weiner to return. That certainly is making writers on the show uneasy and clouding what should have been a…

AMC didn’t hold an executive Q&E session at TCA, just a panel for upcoming drama The Killing. But at the beginning of that panel, the network’s executives addressed the big question: the future of the network’s flagship series Mad Men. There is no deal yet with Lionsgate TV for a fifth season of the Emmy-winning…

It looks like we’re in for another round of drawn-out Mad Men negotiations between AMC and Lionsgate TV and between Lionsgate and series creator/showrunner Matthew Weiner. And while talks on both fronts are underway, another deadline is looming – the options on the cast expire at the end of the month. That certainly…