Brian Damage
12-12-2008, 11:57 PM
'Mad Men Still in Limbo
The hit TV show “Mad Men” is still in limbo.
Yesterday those creaky Golden Globers gave the AMC drama nominations for Best Drama and Best Actor—Jon Hamm, as Don Draper. So that’s the good news. The bad news is that AMC still has no deal with show creator Matthew Weiner to make more episodes.
We know this because Hamm, looking like the movie star he’s about to be, turned up with gorgeous girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt at the premiere of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” on Tuesday night. Forget Brangelina, this is the glam couple of the moment. Hamm is in “Earth” playing a cheesy kind of scientist who rounds up more cheesy scientists to figure out who’s invading our little planet. He plays it tongue in cheek, just like the great Hugh Marlowe did in the original.
But what about “Mad Men”? While he waits to begin new episodes, Hamm has just signed to play Tina Fey’s boyfriend on “30 Rock.” Frankly, by the time AMC and LionsGate cut a new deal with Weiner and get started, Hamm will be even a bigger star. And even with his own contract, I smell renegotiations coming—especially if he gets another Globe come January 11th.
“We can’t do the show without Matthew,” Hamm told me. “Of course, you ‘can’ do it, but you know you can’t.” And I know what he means. It would be like "The Sopranos" without David Chase, or "Brothers and Sisters" without Jon Robin Baitz. Oh wait: that’s what happened in the latter case. But you know what I mean.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465884,00.html
The hit TV show “Mad Men” is still in limbo.
Yesterday those creaky Golden Globers gave the AMC drama nominations for Best Drama and Best Actor—Jon Hamm, as Don Draper. So that’s the good news. The bad news is that AMC still has no deal with show creator Matthew Weiner to make more episodes.
We know this because Hamm, looking like the movie star he’s about to be, turned up with gorgeous girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt at the premiere of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” on Tuesday night. Forget Brangelina, this is the glam couple of the moment. Hamm is in “Earth” playing a cheesy kind of scientist who rounds up more cheesy scientists to figure out who’s invading our little planet. He plays it tongue in cheek, just like the great Hugh Marlowe did in the original.
But what about “Mad Men”? While he waits to begin new episodes, Hamm has just signed to play Tina Fey’s boyfriend on “30 Rock.” Frankly, by the time AMC and LionsGate cut a new deal with Weiner and get started, Hamm will be even a bigger star. And even with his own contract, I smell renegotiations coming—especially if he gets another Globe come January 11th.
“We can’t do the show without Matthew,” Hamm told me. “Of course, you ‘can’ do it, but you know you can’t.” And I know what he means. It would be like "The Sopranos" without David Chase, or "Brothers and Sisters" without Jon Robin Baitz. Oh wait: that’s what happened in the latter case. But you know what I mean.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465884,00.html