Mad Men Gets No Post-Emmy Ratings Bump

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Cable, News, Ratings

Well - at least they’ll have their statues to keep them warm.

Despite Best Drama wins this year at both the Emmys and the Golden Globes, the buzz still hasn’t paid off for Mad Men.

Although AMC’s critical darling has seen an improvement since its first season (when it averaged 915,000 viewers), the show still struggles to draw audiences to its basic cable channel. After pulling in 1.95 million for the Season 2 debut, the drama saw a 30% ratings drop in Week 2. And despite the free publicity from last month’s barely-watched Emmys, the drama saw a ratings drop (from 1.9 million to 1.6 million) the following week.

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Golden Globe TV Nominations Announced

Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, 24, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, The Office, Cable/Satellite

The 64th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced today, with some decent shows and performances represented. Of course, as these things go, there are certain to be some of your personal faves left off of the list. It’s nice to see Weeds get some love though! The nominees are:

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

• Desperate Housewives
• Entourage
• The Office
• Ugly Betty
• Weeds

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

• Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

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