Tag: Matthew Weiner
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2010 Emmy Predictions: Writing for Drama and Comedy Series
In case you didn’t know (because I sure as heck didn’t until I saw something the latest Entertainment Weekly), the Primetime Emmy Awards air on Sunday, August 29 on NBC. In the glow of some great nominations and not too many ridiculous slights (I’m resigned to the fact that Sons of Anarchy won’t get its due),…
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Mad Men, “The Rejected”
On this past week’s Firewall and Iceberg podcast, Sepinwall and Fienberg discussed Mad Men‘s execution of its themes and whether or not said execution was on-the-nose or not. Both of those gentlemen came to the conclusion that while Matthew Weiner makes certain that the audience takes in the point he’s trying to make each week,…
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Mad Men, “Public Relations”
I’ve been clamoring to get to the Mad Men season four premiere since it aired for the first time on Sunday night, but my traveling home and subsequent sleep deprivation kept me from doing so until early this afternoon. I was also kept from reading others’ thoughts on the premiere effort, “Public Relations,” which perhaps made me…
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TV Surveillance Last Minute Emmy Nomination Picks
The title to this post is somewhat misleading because I’ve actually had my “official” Emmy picks finished for a few days, aside from a few of the minor categories I wrapped up yesterday. However, thanks to my summer excursion into manual labor, this is the first time I’ve had a real good chunk of time…
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TV Surveillance Dream Emmy Ballot: Writing for a Drama Series
This week I’ll be pretending that I have an Emmy vote and discussing my picks for all the major categories. Once it gets closer to the time that nominees are actually announced, I’ll do an official “picks” column. Today: Writing for a Drama Series!
CB, PhD 