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*With this season’s “Mad Men” set in 1968, you knew this was coming. Turns out the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hit viewers just as unexpectedly Sunday night as it did the characters in the episode. In the early evening of April 4, most of the characters were together at an advertising-awards ceremony [...]
*President Barack Obama’s appearance on” The View” this week gave the show a 15-month ratings high, according to Deadline.com. His Tuesday visit, where he spoke about topics like Wall Street reform and his recently announced support for gay marriage, drew 4.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen. It was his fourth visit to the ABC morning [...]
*The cable hit show “Mad Men” was hotly criticized for its lack of diversity in the cast. Viewers complained that the AMC -TV series portrayed an all-white world. So as a result, the producers decided to get on the multicultural bandwagon, by force possibly, and cast Teyonah Parris to play Dawn Chambers, the first black [...]
*During Chris Matthews’ Sunday morning talk show, the host featured a parody of the opening sequence to “Mad Men,” with an animated version of President Obama replacing Don Draper’s silhouette. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Speaking to his roundtable, Matthews wanted to know what people [...]
*The hype is now over. After a summer full of reservations from TV critics over its misogynistic vibe, from parents groups over the sexual content implied by its title, from an NBC affiliate in Utah who refuses to even air the program, and from women’s rights icon Gloria Steinem who called for a boycott of [...]
*Jennifer Hudson and “Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks were honored Tuesday for their charity work at the 4th Annual Women Doing Good Awards, which celebrates women who are changing the world for the better. The stars were the guests of honor at the glitzy New York ceremony hosted by Self magazine. Singer/actress Hudson was recognized [...]
*The Emmy nominations were announced this morning “Mad Men” leads the series pack with 19 bids, including best drama. The 1960s-set show about an advertising agency in Manhattan received 19 Emmy nominations Thursday and has a chance to repeat for a fourth time as TV’s best drama. Stars Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss are up [...]
*Guess who hopped onto TV’s hottest (and perhaps whitest) show on Sunday? Former 3LW member Naturi Naughton, best known for playing Lil Kim in the Notorious B.I.G. biopic “Notorious,” appeared in this week’s episode of “Mad Men” as a waitress at New York’s historic Playboy Club, circa 1965. Her character, named Toni, is also the [...]
*Halle Berry is headed toward the animated town of Springfield, USA. The Oscar winner is set to make a guest-appearance on “The Simpsons” when it returns for its 22nd season in September, the show’s executive producer Al Jean revealed to Entertainment Weekly. Berry will appear as herself in an episode where Homer and Bart win [...]
*Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson, “CSI: New York” star Hill Harper and comedian D.L. Hughley have been recruited by the TV Guide Channel for “Curb: The Discussion,” a series of round-table conversations to immediately follow episodes of Curb when it makes its syndication debut on the network Wednesday, June 2 (10/9c), Henson will join Jerry [...]
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