Returning: Mad Men
Time to light up again, Mad Men is finally returning to SBS this month.
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Time to light up again, Mad Men is finally returning to SBS this month.
This is Season Two of the critical darling, which aired in the US in 2008.
Of the second season, creator Matthew Weiner says: “If you had asked me at the beginning of it I would have been hedging a lot more, and talking about how I hope people don’t discover I’m a fraud.
“I actually think that we built on that, and I think it is a lot deeper and maybe the timing, also, seems to be very much related to what is going on right now, even unintentionally on some level.
“I was writing about something I was interested in, but it really seems to have resonated. I’m really proud of the storytelling – all aspects of the production and the writing and action – everything seemed to be clicking.
“It is a totally new story with the same people, it is the next chapter in their lives and it is on the level that they seem more confident and both more bewildering and shocking.”
Season Four will air on Movie Extra in September.
Series Two – Episode 1 – For Those Who Think Young
It is 1962, two years since the end of the last series. Set to the back drop of the Kennedy’s White House tour, For Those Who Think Young opens with Don Draper undergoing an insurance medical.
At first glance, not much has changed in the lives of the employees of Sterling Cooper – Don Draper is still a man at the top of his game.
However his marriage to Betty is far from harmonious. Don is trying to be a better husband and father. He even makes a romantic gesture for Valentine’s Day – dinner and a hotel stay at the Savoy. As their evening slowly descends into disaster it’s clear that the unspoken problems in their marriage still remain.
Peggy has returned newly slim to her copywriter’s job at Sterling Cooper. There’s much speculation among the men in the office as to Peggy’s obvious weight loss. Pete thinks she has been to a fat farm, others speculate she has had Don’s baby – what else could explain Peggy’s meteoric rise up the corporate ladder?
It airs 9.30pm Sunday, 15 August on SBS ONE.
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11 Responses
way too late indeed – have all the seasons on DVD – brilliant show
Meh. The horse has bolted, SBS is way too late with S2. Anyone who was waiting for this either downloaded it or (like me) bought the DVDs.
They have released all three seasons on DVD in Australia.
Is it too much to hope that it’ll be in true HD and not just up-converted from the SD stream?
argh typical, I bought the DVD sets of the first 2 seasons locally, haven’t watched them yet. Going to get the 3rd season from Amazon. But I really do like watching things on TV. What to do, what to do.
Oh, goodie, tho’ would’ve preferred Mon or Tue night. Pairing it with Deadwood would have been F***ing perfect!
Would be better on ABC2. Mad Men followed by Deadwood. Great viewing.
‘Parenthood’ is a comedy/drama not soap and yes it is very good. I’ve seen the first season and have the DVDs on order from Amazon…
If the FTA brains had acted sooner then maybe it would have been shown there and not on Pay TV. SBS probably couldn’t afford it before now? Don’t the rates get cheaper over time?
What on earth is SBS’s poor excuse for running this season so late? Not everyone has pay-tv!!
It would be partly due to Pay TV having rights (and repeat rights) before FTA. But it still seems too long to me.
Finally! An excuse to turn my television on!
I wonder if it still works – I think the last time I switched it on was to watch Arrested Development be butchered by Seven. Having said that, apparently this ‘Parenthood’ comedy/soap by little Ritchie Cunningham is also supposed to be good.
Thank you SBS.