This post has more SPOILERS than our usual Mad Men posts, so stop reading now if you haven't seen last night's episode. Previously: The Rolling Stones play Forest Hills, Queens, the Charles Whitman shooting spree in Austin, the Richard Speck murders, that "thing'"happened in Bed-Stuy, Roger takes LSD, and Peggy goes to Minetta Tavern. more ›

Last night's episode of Mad Men didn't have any major historical news moments overshadowing it, or even serving as a backdrop, as the past few have. This time there were references serving as time markers, from the popularity of Howard Johnson's at the time, to the Cornel Wilde movie The Naked Prey... stop reading now if you don't want to have any close encounters with the basics of the episode. more ›

Hey Pat Kiernan fans, the NY1 anchor was asked to return to guest host LIVE! With Kelly. Kiernan hosted one show with Kelly Ripa last month, and we were just told that he was asked to return on April 30th and May 1st. more ›

Tomorrow Don't Trust The B— In Apartment 23 will premiere on ABC, but you can already watch the first two episodes on Hulu, which we have—we've got that soft spot for Dawson Leery after all, and Krysten Ritter most recently won us over with her role as Jane on Breaking Bad. In Apartment 23, the two play best friends, with James Van Der Beek playing a more Hollywood playboy version of himself. more ›

Yesterday Jezebel pointed out that the co-creator of Two and Half Men, Lee Aronsohn, said he was tired of all these ladyparts jokes getting airtime. "We are approaching peak vagina on television, the point of labia saturation," Aronsohn said. "Enough, ladies. I get it. You have your periods." Boy, do they! Girls sure are complex. Laugh at Aronsohn for being a sexist hack, but this Vanity Fair spread PROVES that women TV stars form a cabal that conspires to suppress—nay, hold in the fart jokes this country so deserves. And they're drinking scotch! Scotch is for complaining about incontinence! more ›

Last night on Mad Men, Harry Crane and Don Draper headed to Queens to catch The Rolling Stones at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in an effort to sign them up to record a jingle for Heinz Beans (move over Bean Ballet), with a "TimeHeinz Is On Your Side" pitch*. The two even explore the borough a little, with a stop at the Queens Boulevard White Castle! We won't include any real spoilers here—instead, let's look back at the stadium and the concert. When we check out some photos from 1966, the year that Don Draper & Co. are currently living in, we saw a photo of this Rolling Stones concert, which happened in real life on July 2nd, 1966. more ›

We have not seen an episode of 2 Broke Girls since the first one aired—you know, the one where Greenpoint was portrayed as some sort of dangerous neighborhood. Since then it has had its share of criticisms, especially regarding the rampant racial and ethnic stereotypes on the show. If you glazed over all of the reviews and the criticisms and have generally ignored the show, like us, then you can catch right up in this two minute video: more ›

You may have heard mumblings about Aereo recently, which brings television to people without television sets. And on this gorgeous spring day, we are here to tell you that you can now utilize the service! Who needs this sunshine when you can have some screen time? Head over to their site to sign up for a free 90-day trial (it's $12/month after that). Here's the deal... more ›

Tomorrow is the big day: as we reported last month, NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan will be charming viewers nationally as guest host on LIVE! With Kelly. This also means that those without Time Warner and NY1 will be able to get their Kiernan fix, and word is he may even read the papers. So, consider this your reminder to set your DVR to record the show, which will air on ABC from 9 to 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. Even Kiernan himself, who was in the studio today learning some guest host techniques, Tweeted, "must admit I got a little thrill setting the DVR today." more ›

The Carrie Diaries, a prequel series to Sex and the City, is happening, whether we want it or not. It will be airing on the CW, and they just casted a young Carrie Bradshaw (not taking any of our suggestions). more ›

The countdown is on to the long-awaited return of Mad Men, which will start up again with a fifth season on March 25th (the premiere will basically be a two hour movie). We've seen their first promotional campaign already (the falling man image), and now they've released round two, which is very different. The show's creator, Matthew Weiner, discussed the new poster—which features Don Draper staring into a Manhattan storefront featuring a nude mannequin—telling the NY Times: more ›

In 1975, a year before the show as you know it premiered on television, a half-hour variety show titled The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence piloted on ABC. It was meant to “parody the proliferation of sex and violence on television." Dangerous Minds revisited the old pilot on YouTube, and note, "watching this pilot it’s clear that Henson and co. were aiming for a more adult-orientated, risqué edge to the material, akin to the sketches they provided in the very early years of Saturday Night Live (and which were deemed, in the end, not to work.)" more ›

In November, Regis Philbin left his post at Live! With Regis & Kelly (née Kathie Lee), after co-hosting for over 20 years. Since then, the search has been on for a replacement, and of course, we've been rooting for NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan. Last March he told us about being a dark horse contendor for the show, and now nearly a full year later, he's been booked to guest host. more ›

Snooki & Co. have gotten a little too mainstream, so it's time to get back to the roots of scripted reality television, with some fresh meat. The latest in the attempt to recreate the "magic" of Jersey Shore comes from the Oxygen network, who are pointing their cameras at a group of girls from Bay Ridge. The show will be called Brooklyn 11223, and the NY Post reports that it will follow a "once tightknit group of girls from the Brooklyn ’hood [who] are still at each other’s throats over an alleged heinous act of betrayal years ago." Spoiler: there will probably be hair pulling. more ›

Last night James Van Der Beek Tweeted, "Valentine's gift for you—first poster for my new show..." which is sort of a self-promotional "gift" but whatever. DAWSON FOREVER. We hadn't heard of this show yet, which is based here in New York and is called Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, so we clicked. And guess what? In the sitcom, which will air on ABC starting on April 11th, James Van Der Beek plays James Van Der Beek! Which is only slightly less intriguing than if he were to play an older Dawson Leery. more ›

Lena Dunham (along with co-executive producer Judd Apatow) will bring Girls to HBO this April, and in what is finally, hopefully, a post-Carrie Bradshaw New York City, we're already counting down the days. Even if we haven't been sent a screener and have only seen teasers. Here's why: more ›

TV-obsessives, musical theater geeks and Steven Spielberg fans, NBC would like your attention. The Peacock network—with nary a hit besides The Voice—would really, really, really like you to check out its Steven Spielberg-produced, Kat McPhee-starring, "grown-up Glee" Broadway-on-television series Smash. So much so they're going and putting the whole pilot online early. Is Broadway about to go mainstream again? Maybe! Anyway, this can't be as bad as Grease: You're The One That I Want! more ›

For being notoriously sparse on details, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has a lot to say about the upcoming season over at The Hollywood Reporter, but unless you consider general themes a spoiler, nothing will ruined for you by reading it. As opposed to the last time we heard from Weiner and he gave a serious detail about how the entire series will end (spoiler here). more ›

If your television hasn't already killed you or, worse yet, redirected your moral compass, here's what's coming to a boob tube near you. more ›

Finally, we can get our mid-century fix again starting March 25th (10 p.m.), when Mad Men returns with all new episodes. Can you even remember where we last left off? Don is engaged to his secretary! Joan is pregnant! Peggy is mad about something! Betty fires Carla! more ›

Well, maybe. The two Food Network veterans (he of Throwdown and married-to-an-SVU star fame; she of Everyday Italian and sexy-sauce-photoshoot fame) are apparently in talks to star in a Regis and Kelly-style daily talk show. Can you stomach it? more ›

In case you haven't been counting the hours, here is your friendly reminder that Absolutely Fabulous, the riotous British comedy following the alcohol-fueled exploits of aging fashionista BFFs Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), is returning the American televisions this weekend. Sweetie darling, pull up a chair! more ›

Say it ain't so! The Martha Stewart Show will go off the air following broadcasting season in April, after suffering from bad ratings on the Hallmark Channel. According to the NY Post, the channel has informed Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia that it no longer makes financial sense to produce the show in its current form. more ›

Don't you worry, Avery Jessup-Donaghy's fate will be influenced by real-life events. more ›

We were skeptical at first when this was sent to us, but New York-based musician Daniel Koren and his friends managed to recreate 15 television theme songs while re-enacting the openings of those television shows without making it unbearably cheesy. And in less than two minutes! You'll get NYC shows like Friends and 30 Rock, and also callbacks to classics like Dawson's Creek, Cheers, Married With Children, and the original 90210. But our favorite is probably the Dexter segment. What's missing though? more ›

We've been off the cable television for quite some time (all you need is a Roku box, people), so it's with great relief that we read that we're saving so much money by having kicked the habit. 20 Something Finance broke down the numbers recently, discovering how much a cable subscription costs each household in an average lifetime, and what one could make by investing that money instead. more ›

As we mentioned earlier this month, the cast of Downton Abbey would be in New York, and here's a clip from their panel... though be warned, it's sort of jarring to see them in modern day clothes and talking about Laura Linney, The Wire, and making Occupy Downton jokes. However, they will make you feel better about not understanding everything in the show. more ›