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Why This Isn’t the Golden Age of Television

July 16, 2013

Mad Men, Game of Thrones, House of Cards — nothing compares to the shared experiences provided by the TV shows of yesteryear.

Moral Fluctuations: A Mad Men Season 6 Wrap-Up [Infographic]

By Iona Holloway

June 28, 2013

Plotting the rise and fall of socially acceptable behavior on season six of Mad Men

Dick Whitman, Meet Yeezy: A Kanye/Don Draper Quote Quiz

By Kate Gavino

June 11, 2013

See if you can tell the men apart based solely on their pearls of wisdom. And if you fail? It never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened.

I Will Watch Anything (Except What I Should)

By Sarah Bennett

April 10, 2013

Bad first impressions have kept me away from a few of the best shows. Please don't judge me hastily, as I did them.

Six Out-Of-Office Replies For Your Mad Men Party Hangover

By Kate Gavino

April 04, 2013

When you're nursing a post Mad Men party hangover, you'll need the perfect out-of-office reply for all those pesky emails. Here are some of the best from the staff of Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Price (had email been invented in 1968).

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