There are a lot of other winners, of course, but the above are the ones I'm cheering about.
Mad Men on AMC was the most original, powerful new series of the year - which is not taking anything away from Showtime's The Tudors (Henry VIII) and HBO's Big Love (polygamy today), which were also superb, also nominated, and I loved. Jon Hamm was magnificent as Don Draper in Mad Men - but I wouldn't have been unhappy, either, had nominee Michael C. Hall won it for Showtime's delightful serially killing Dexter. And nominees Jonathan Rhys Meyers in The Tudors, Bill Paxton in Big Love and Hugh Laurie in House gave powerhouse performances, too. It was a great year for riveting drama on television. That's why I call this the Platinum Age.
David Duchovny as Hank Moody in Showtime's Californication was fall-down-on-the-floor laughing - as hilarious a savvy, comedic performance as ever I've seen.
And Atonement - which my wife and I saw a few weeks ago - is an original masterpiece of a movie. I would have reviewed it here in Infinite Regress already, had not Presidential politics jumped in the way. I will review Atonement here in the next few weeks or months.
In the meantime, links to my reviews of Mad Men, The Tudors, Big Love, Dexter, and Californication follow. The link brings you to my review of the first episode, which contains links to my reviews of all the others...
reviews of Mad Men begin with Cigarette Companies and Nixon Coming
reviews of The Tudors begin with History So Colorful You Can Taste It
reviews of Big Love begin with Big Love Resumes
reviews of Dexter begin with Dexter's Back!
reviews of Californication begin with Californication Going On Mondays
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It's a beautiful day for Mad Fans!
p.s. Any chance of you becoming TV Guide's Mad Men blogger next season? The blogger they had last season didn't really get the nuances of the show, bless her heart.
:) well, be my guest and ask TV Guide - I won't turn down any reasonable offer (and, actually, I love the show so much, I probably wouldn't turn down any unreasonable offer, either...)
Hello Prof. Levinson =)
I'll be taking your Communications course this semester, and I can't tell you how excited I am to be taught by a fellow Mad Men fan!
:) Make sure you say hello in class tomorrow!
Fordham University ... our faculty not only have the best educations and are the most productive scholars, at least one is a Mad Men fan! :)
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