American Movie Classics (AMC)

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 9:42pm on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Production on the third season of the AMC drama Mad Men began on May 4, 2009. This season, actor Jared Harris joins the cast in a recurring role, playing Lane Pryce, a financial officer at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency.

Harris joins returning cast members Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones and Christina Hendricks and guest star John Slattery.

Harris recently appeared in the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and in a recurring role on Fox's "Fringe."

See the Mad Men page at the AMC web site for more:
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:19pm on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Senator John McCain will host a Memorial Day movie marathon on AMC. The marathon will feature 6 movies, including "Patton," "The Battle of the Bulge" and "Midway." McCain, a Vietnam War veteran and former prisoner of war, will discuss his war experiences when the marathon airs on May 25, 2009.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:21pm on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

AMC has confirmed that Matthew Weiner, the creator and executive producer of Mad Men, will remain in charge of the drama after signing a new two-year deal with Lionsgate TV. As part of the deal he will also work on a feature film (although apparently not a Mad Men movie). No word yet on when shooting for season three of Mad Men will begin, but AMC plans to roll out the new season in July.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:15pm on Saturday, January 10th, 2009

On January 8, 2009, Variety reported that Mad Men will return for a third season in the summer of 2009:

"AMC prexy Charlie Collier went right to the question on every reporters' mind at the start of the cabler's Television Critics Assn. panel on Thursday afternoon: The fate of the net's Emmy-winning drama "Mad Men."

The period skein will return for its third season this summer as skedded, despite the prolonged contract negotiations between producer Lionsgate TV and creator/exec producer Matthew Weiner, Collier assured.

"As long as we get the writers' room up and running over the next few months, we're fine (for a summer launch)," Collier told reporters after the sesh, adding that he's optimistic that an agreement with Weiner will be reached soon.

The return of "Mad Men" will lead into the launch of "The Prisoner," the six-part series remake of the classic 1960s Brit drama of the same name."