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James Lipton is a national treasure, damn it, but the erudite TV host gets precious little respect—or promotion—from his own network. Until now. Lipton lines up his first cameo in…
Comedy Central's "Fully Torqued" phallic billboard on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard touting the new season of its Workaholics sitcom is awfully silly. TMZ claiming that its coverage of the sign is…
Here's another marketing stunt for the "Could never happen in America" file. To promote its launch in Belgium, the Turner-owned TNT network placed a big red button "on an average…
CollegeHumor gets in on the Mad Men fever with this college-humorous video imagining alternate opening title sequences for the show—ranging from the gory to the silly to the NSFW. Hey,…
The mid-'60s was an anxious and uncertain period. Like Don Draper's tumbling silhouette, those years were suspended between Eisenhower's monochrome Americana and the kaleidoscopic revolution of the Woodstock generation. At…
As you've surely heard by now, Newsweek is celebrating the return of AMC's Mad Men on Sunday with a Mad Men-themed issue with a retro cover and loads of retro…
Discovery Channel reportedly terminated its relationship with Bear Grylls this week over a contractual dispute—which would seem to be unfortunate timing for Dockers, which is in the midst of rolling…
Teaser ads for Season 5 of Mad Men, showing a falling man on a stark white background above the AMC show's premiere date, have been criticized for evoking 9/11 ever…
Life won't be getting much easier for psychologically tortured Don Draper in Season 5 of Mad Men, judging by the just-released poster. His new fiancée, too, might be reconsidering her…
There's something creepy about cartoon characters come to life as prosthetic models—it's like a detour to a special part of the Uncanny Valley. The latest example are these crazy-looking Beavis…
