The world of Sterling Cooper has changed in two years, or so the creators of AMC's hit series Mad Men tell us as the series resumes Sunday night, a fictional two-year leap in storyline. In real life, too - over the past few months Mad Men has become a Golden Globe winner, an Emmy nominee, and the darling of television critics from coast to coast. Over at newcritics, we take a more jaundiced view of the the advertising business in the Roger Maris era - and of the series and its slow (some would say nonexistent) plot line. Yet, we will reconvene on Sunday evening at 10 pm EDT for our live-blogging of Don Draper and company - I'll take the first shift, and my partner in MM commentary, the fab M.A. Peel (who has a terrific preview up right now), will trade off on upcoming shows. Please be there with swizzle sticks aswim and Electrosizers set to full snark - Mad Men blogging is back!
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