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10 By Drew Grant 2/07 4:17pm

The sausage fest of 'Comic Book Men' (AMC)

Kevin Smith on Lack of Women on AMC Comic Book Show: ‘That’s Reality’

Today over a long lunch at Caroline's, actor/director/oversized advocate Kevin Smith discussed his new AMC reality show, Comic Book Men. The series, which focuses on Mr. Smith's own New Jersey comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash (as well as the kooky individuals who both work at and patronize the store), has been given a prime spot on the channel: directly after the zombie drama The Walking Dead.

After various mentions of how high he was, Mr. Smith took questions from the audience. The Observer enjoys a good comic book now and then, so we just had one question about the "reality" show...where were the female comic geeks?

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By Daniel D'Addario 2/01 4:00pm

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Promising young comedian Steve Martin. (Getty Images)

Tonight in DVR: Noted Banjo Player Makes Good Movie

We're not weary of Steve Martin, as such--we're always delighted on the biennial occasion when he pokes his head out to seek his own shadow, and we still think he's the great Oscar host. (Take that, Billy Crystal!) But we're perpetually girding our loins for disappointment, knowing that his next project will very likely be Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 1/17 4:50pm

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Check Out How Many Seconds It Will Be Until Mad Men Returns

Mad Men, whose fourth season concluded with Don happily affianced to a wrong-for-him-in-all-the-right-ways secretary on October 17, 2010, is set to return on March 25, all disputes between creator Matthew Weiner and network AMC settled for now. And AMC's promoting the show with a nod to just how long it's been away: the Read More

5 By Daniel D'Addario 7/28/11 4:05pm

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After Apologizing For Killing, AMC Announces a Western

This morning, AMC's head of original programming, Joel Stillerman, apologized to journalists, after a fashion, for The Killing, a show about a murder investigation whose first season featured no conclusive solution to the mystery. "For everybody who was frustrated, we hear you. We would have taken a different approach to managing the expectations about Read More

2 By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 7/25/11 6:55pm

America's Mayor

Rudy Giuliani Goes to the Mattresses… for AMC

Former mayor and also-ran presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani made a name for himself as a District Attorney tough on the Mob. When it comes to fiction, however, he's apparently a fan of organized crime. Mr. Giuliani will host “Mob Week” on classic movie channel AMC. “Mob Week” will feature such classics as The Godfather Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/15/11 10:36pm

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How the ‘Mad Men’ Spent Their Bummer Vacation

Mad Men is still mired in renewal talks between network AMC and production company Lionsgate (show creator Matthew Weiner, pictured at right, has indicated it may never return), and fans are getting restless. So, too, actors! As delays run on indefinitely, it's unclear to what degree the stars of the show should be seeking Read More

By Christopher Rosen 7/27/10 2:25pm

Today in Crazy: Crossovers Galore!

Sometimes while perusing your assembled and well-honed RSS reader in the morning hours, a theme appears. And with that in mind, call today Crossover Tuesday.

It starts, as things often do, with Rihanna. The multi-platinum "Rude Boy" singer has decided on her first film role: Battleship. And if you're wondering: Yes, that is the same Read More

By Joe Pompeo 3/31/10 3:23am

TV: Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad‘s Dark Side

Bryan Cranston woke up on the morning of Wednesday, March 24, and went for a long run over the Williamsburg Bridge and back. Then he ate lunch, did some writing for a new children's show he's working on for Nickelodeon and popped into the bar at Soho's Crosby Street Hotel, where he was staying, for Read More

By Felix Gillette 9/01/09 6:02pm

AMC Renews Mad Men for 4th Season

AMC executives announced today that they have greenlit a fourth season of the cable network's hit series Mad Men.

Since its first season, Mad Men has been catnip to critics. And recently, the series has been putting up big numbers. Its third season debut on Sunday, August 16, attracted some 4.5 million viewers--some of whom Read More

By Christopher Rosen 1/07/09 4:12pm

AMC Website Goes Retro for The Prisoner Remake

With a third season of Mad Men still up in the air for 2009--hey Lionsgate, take your time in cutting a deal with Matthew Weiner--it is nice to see that AMC has planned ahead to fill the gaps in their programming slate. The network has recently wrapped shooting on its six-hour mini-series remake of Read More

By Rex Reed 10/28/08 6:56pm

Eek! AMC and TCM Pin Me to Sofa With Fright-Flick Marathon

Where have all the monsters gone? As a kid, I was gung-ho for Lugosi, Karloff and Chaney, not to mention Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and the rest of the more sophisticated Warner Brothers stock company turning out classy thrillers like The Beast With Five Fingers. Eventually, the legitimate monsters of my youthful mania turned into Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 10/03/08 8:09pm

AMC In Outer Space

At the September 21st Emmy Awards AMC cleaned up: Mad Men became the first basic cable series to win best drama (and won for writing, too), and Bryan Cranston had a surprise win in the best actor category for Breaking Bad. And the network is not stopping there. The Hollywood Reporter reports today Read More

By Matt Haber 8/04/08 6:56pm

Mad Men Reaches New Level of Scary Verisimilitude

Just how historically accurate is AMC's critically acclaimed series Mad Men? Very.

In June, The New York Times Magazine's Alex Witchell called the show's art direction "almost fetishistically accurate." New York Magazine's Logan Hill actually went so far as to examine the books behind one character's desk on the magazine's Vulture blog. Read More

By Gillian Reagan 7/21/08 3:53pm

TV Critics Are Mad For Mad Men

The Television Critics Association awards took place on Saturday night in Beverly Hills and one show, predictably, came out on top: AMC's Mad Men.

The TCA awards usually offer a little preview of what to expect from the Emmy's. Mad Men has 16 nominations for that awards show. On Saturday night, the association gave AMC's first Read More

By Joe Pompeo 6/29/08 11:46pm

The Week in DVR: Is New York City Under Attack By Flesh-Eating Mega-Rats?

MONDAYWith all the local hype over The Real Housewives of New York City, we'd almost forgotten about their west coast predecessors and sister show, The Real Housewives of Orange County, which taught us everything we'd ever wanted to know about plastic surgery, Southern California Republicans and bad parenting. But now that summer's here, Read More

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Kevin Smith on Lack of Women on AMC Comic Book Show: ‘That’s Reality’

Tonight in DVR: Noted Banjo Player Makes Good Movie

Check Out How Many Seconds It Will Be Until Mad Men Returns

After Apologizing For Killing, AMC Announces a Western

Rudy Giuliani Goes to the Mattresses… for AMC

How the ‘Mad Men’ Spent Their Bummer Vacation

Today in Crazy: Crossovers Galore!

TV: Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad‘s Dark Side

AMC Renews Mad Men for 4th Season

AMC Website Goes Retro for The Prisoner Remake

Eek! AMC and TCM Pin Me to Sofa With Fright-Flick Marathon

AMC In Outer Space

Mad Men Reaches New Level of Scary Verisimilitude

TV Critics Are Mad For Mad Men

The Week in DVR: Is New York City Under Attack By Flesh-Eating Mega-Rats?

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