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AMC: ‘Mad Men’ to return in 2012
We’ll have to wait a while to see how Don Draper’s new marriage is working out for him.
Zap2It reports that AMC has finally authorized production on Season 5 of it’s popular 1960’s-era advertising drama “Mad Men” while it continues to complete “non-cast negotiations” with creator Matthew Weiner. Protracted negotiations, however, have pushed the series’ next installment to early 2012.
AMC announced the deal in response to earlier reports about contentious, fever-pitched negotiations between Weiner and the network on budgeting — specifically, the infusion of product placement into episodes, a slight trimming of each episode to make room for additional commercials and the elimination or scaling-back of two cast members, according to stories including this one at Deadline.com.
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By Cars
March 29, 2011 4:45 PM | Link to this
"the infusion of product placement into episodes, a slight trimming of each episode to make room for additional commercials and the elimination or scaling-back of two cast members"
In other words ruining the series. Way to go!