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Mad Men Gets End Date

M. Morris — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:35:00 CDT

Season 4 of Mad Men is still shooting, but its creator already knows when the hit series will end, reports the Weekly Blend blog . It won't go past Season 6, Matthew Weiner said at an industry convention last week. That seems to be a sweet spot for 1-hour dramas, notes...

Top Cultural Game-Changers

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:51 CST

The ‘00s were full of important contributions to culture, but which ones will we still be talking about in another decade? Here are some of New York ’s picks: TV : The Sopranos for inventing quality cable, American Idol for changing the music industry, and of course all things Oprah Winfrey....

In a Decade, 'TV Became Art'

Harry Kimball — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:51:32 CST

For television, the past decade has been “as the sixties are to music and the seventies to movies”—some of the worst content ever was produced, but the cream of the crop rose to the level of art, Emily Nussbaum writes. Sure, “you could easily memorialize the aughts as the...

Best TV Series of the '00s

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:36 CST

From the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights ) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen ), the long-running (No. 8, Lost ) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks ), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s: No. 1, The Wire : This drama “unfolded...

10 Most Addictive Shows Ever

Matt Cantor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:19:50 CDT

Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly pulls...

Journey's 'Don't Stop' an Unlikely Phenom

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:38:02 CDT

By songwriting standards, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” should never have made it past No. 9, which is where it stalled on the charts when it was released in 1981. But since then, the song—which doesn’t get to its anthemic chorus until 3 minutes and 20 seconds in—has achieved...

Flea-Ridden Resort to Winehouse: No More Dogs!

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:27:02 CDT

Amy Winehouse is bringing fleas to St. Lucia. Her swanky resort quarters had to be fumigated thanks to the “five or six” stray dogs she’s adopted, a source tells the Sun , and management banned her from rescuing any more animals. Elsewhere: The latest in a series of TMI moments from...

Falco Brings Soul to Mean Nurse Jackie

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:47:03 CDT

Former Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie , either. The Long Island native is a warm,...

Sopranos Star Settles Abuse Suit

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:13:01 CST

Sopranos mobster Vincent Pastore (“Big Pussy”) settled his $5.5 million court battle with his ex-fiance, who accused him of whacking her—on the head, New York Daily News reports. Pastore, who describes his ex as a “gold-digger,” admitted pulling her hair and screaming at her, but denied hitting her—...