A pilot based on the world of advertising has been picked
up by AMC, and from what it sounds like, it's not going to present a very favorable look at life in an ad agency. The
show, which will be called Mad Men, focuses on ad executives working for a fictional ad agency in
the 1960s called Sterling Cooper. Matt Weiner, who wrote for The Sopranos, is the creator of the series, which
he describes as people working for an ad agency who "are aware of the fact that what they’re doing is
bulls**t." Well, if it wasn't scathing it wouldn't be funny, right? I don't know how this could be considered an
American Movie Classic, thought it is definitely American. Maybe as long as the program falls under one of
those three descriptions they go ahead and give it the greenlight.AMC picks up show about ad agency
A pilot based on the world of advertising has been picked
up by AMC, and from what it sounds like, it's not going to present a very favorable look at life in an ad agency. The
show, which will be called Mad Men, focuses on ad executives working for a fictional ad agency in
the 1960s called Sterling Cooper. Matt Weiner, who wrote for The Sopranos, is the creator of the series, which
he describes as people working for an ad agency who "are aware of the fact that what they’re doing is
bulls**t." Well, if it wasn't scathing it wouldn't be funny, right? I don't know how this could be considered an
American Movie Classic, thought it is definitely American. Maybe as long as the program falls under one of
those three descriptions they go ahead and give it the greenlight.Add your comments
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