Comedian Jimmy Kimmel shows up to the Emmy nominations in his pajamas.
FX Network's "American Horror Story" and AMC's "Mad Men" landed the most Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with 17 apiece. "Downton Abbey," from PBS had 16 nods.
When the Emmy nominations are announced Thursday, you can be sure of two things: The noms will be dominated by cable fare, and the howls you'll hear from fans will be for non-cable network shows that got passed over.
In March, 9 million viewers tuned in to AMC to watch a farm -- which served as a safe haven to survivors of a zombie apocalypse -- burn to the ground on "The Walking Dead."
Damn, it's good to have J.R. Ewing back. As the ruthless oil baron of Dallas, he was the original dashing scumbag arch-villain, on the original prime-time soap.
On Monday, we paid homage to our fallen troops with bratwursts and kielbasa, and that means it's officially the season of picnics, boat shoes and strolls along the boardwalk, hand in hand.
The crowds cheered as the pilots and flight attendants of Delta Flight 295 cut a ceremonial red ribbon before the television cameras.
Is the Colombia prostitution scandal rocking the Secret Service an isolated incident? Or is it evidence of a debauched organizational culture that permeates the entire agency when its agents are out of the country and don't think anyone is watching?
No one wants to disappoint Don Draper.
One of the odder, funnier moments of "Mad Men" came recently when two head honchos, Lane Pryce and Pete Campbell, duked it out in a conference room.
No doubt there is a sizeable audience primed for the latest Nicholas Sparks flick, and chances are quite a chunk of that crowd is looking forward to seeing how former teen idol Zac Efron sizes up now he's graduated from "High School Musical."
If the word "secretary" doesn't conjure up an image for you, just run a quick Google Image search.
At the New York Stock Exchange, the cast of the award winning series 'Mad Men' discuss the show's success.
Since the debut of "Mad Men," some have called me "The Real Mad Man," with Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) thought of as my alter ego. But "Mad Men" misrepresents the advertising industry of my time by ignoring the dynamics of the Creative Revolution that changed the world of communications forever.
After a 17-month absence, a heavy marketing campaign and a flood of adoring publicity, TV's most critically acclaimed drama returned Sunday night to record ratings.
Don (or shall I say Dick?), Peggy, Roger, Pete, Joan and the rest of the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce gang return to television Sunday after a painfully long hiatus.
"Mad Men" showrunner Matthew Weiner has always been a stickler for detail, but his latest bid for period accuracy is pretty stringent even by his own high standards.
Let's give praise where praise is due. Invisible Children's Kony 2012 viral video campaign has done what no other advocacy organization has been able to do until now: capture 29 minutes worth of attention from over 50 million people worldwide.
The second season finale of PBS' "Downton Abbey" posted the network's biggest audience in nearly three years.
Stereotypes can rumble around in our collective brains for decades, sometimes centuries, before finally being edged out by a more nuanced understanding of reality. It's been that way with our views about race, creed, sexual orientation and gender roles.
A "Mad Men" actor is going to ABC's "Pan Am" -- he doesn't even need to change decades!
They shake hands, and everything changes.
In my mind -- and in the law -- there are two kinds of sexual harassment. The first kind is quid pro quo and easy to spot. A really detestable (usually) man gives his (usually) female subordinate employee or student an ultimatum: Put out or lose some opportunity, be it a grade, a job or a promotion.
The actress introduces her 4-week-old son to John Slattery and other cast members
Washington Post critic Hank Stuever doesn't think much of the TV networks' new shows such as "The Playboy Club," "Pan Am" and "Charlie's Angels."
Fabulous news for this season -- there is a look or piece that will suit everyone, and I mean everyone. Finally hooray, looks from the runway that real people can actually wear. Even better, the key trends seem to be sensitive to the financial climate -- investment pieces have pushed out throwaway fashion and are the underlying theme throughout.
Jon Hamm and John Slattery convey their best to their costar and mom of Xander Dane Jones
Actor and author Hill Harper wants you to live your life and understand what true wealth is.
"We had a horrible superstition that January not being here was bad for us," the show's creator says
A cocktail historian matches killer drinks suited to the dapper characters of the hit AMC show
It's that time of the year again -- Emmy season. And with the awards show running on Sunday night, now's the chance to lay out some of the likely statue winners. As any diehard television viewer knows, the awards don't always go to who necessarily deserves them.
Eddie Cibrian is a handsome actor.
The actor's longtime love Missy Yager delivered "two healthy baby boys" on Tuesday, his rep tells PEOPLE
Poehler says the Parks and Recreation cast is tops in "straight-up partying"
Courteney Cox, Kyra Sedgwick and Joel McHale are among those left out of Thursday's nominations
The AMC drama led the field with 19 nominations, including best drama, actor and actress
The popular shows "Mad Men" and "Modern Family" were at the top of the list when the 2011 primetime Emmy nominations were announced Thursday.
After dating for over a year, is it still the man's place to pick up all the restaurant tabs? --T.N., St. Charles, Ill.
The eagerly awaited premiere of the fifth season of "Mad Men" may have been pushed to the start of 2012, but if you are a fan of all things Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce -- and who isn't pining for the return of Joan! -- you don't have to wait until then to get in on the action as an investor.
Every year, like swallows to Capistrano, the great and the good of the marketing world flock to the French Riviera. For 58 years, the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has been inspiring the people who make the ads you see on TV, the posters at your bus stop and, since 1994, the banners online that beg you to click here.
The X-Men: First Class star hasn't "had any weird physical side effects" while expecting her first child
"It's something that she's wanted to do and that she's excited to do," Aaron Staton says of his costar
At about 5:30 on a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago, I was running out the door to get home when I ran into several colleagues sitting in a circle and drinking some Scotch. They invited me to celebrate the end of the week with them, and after hesitating a bit, I joined the little group. Yes, I enjoyed the single malt they gave me, but I enjoyed the conversation much more. These are people I see all the time, but nearly all of our interactions are rushed and task-oriented.
You can't fly it anymore or see its famous logo at the airport, but the airline that came to symbolize the glamour of the heady early days of air travel is a hot commodity once again.
• When in France … shop for lingerie! That's what Mad Men star Christina Hendricks was doing during her three-day Parisian visit with hubby Geoffrey Arend. After a walking tour of the city, the statuesque actress headed underground to the Les Halles shopping complex, where she stopped by Soleil Sucré by Elisa, a French lingerie store.
Call it the Mad Men effect: retro fashions, debonair dinner parties and especially classic drinks -- like bourbon -- are back with a vengeance.
An anonymous flight attendant recently posted an open letter "to the flying public" on the Internet:
Stars hit Hollywood's red carpet as they arrive at the Golden Globe awards.
Dear New Members of the 112th Congress:
The start of a new year can be stressful. The parties, the dates, the planning. And then, for the cocktail-inclined, the piercing headaches that follow.
In November 1961, few would have realized just how groundbreaking the first issue of "Fantastic Four" would become.
What's the difference between the big screen in your living room, the smaller screen on your laptop or the tiny one in your pocket?
Paul Ivy will never forget his first time seeing "Night of the Living Dead."
Creator of "The Walking Dead,'" Robert Kirkman, talks about the AMC series based on his hit zombie comic.
The Mad Men star reveals her healthy holiday tradition and what she plans to gift friends this year
Politics is serious business -- but not all of the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail, there's always something that gets a laugh. Here are some of the things you might have missed:
Hopefully viewers of Mad Men have calmed down from the rollercoaster of Sunday's season finale by now. While the big questions will keep us in suspense for season five, Fortune has your answers on the brands of the last episodes. (Catch up with our highlights of the first three seasons' brands in Mad Men is back, and so is product placement, and the earlier episodes from this season in Mountain Dew and Mad Men: The stories behind the pitches.)
• Jon Hamm had a fashion-forward night while celebrating J.Crew's newsest men's shop on New York's Upper East Side. The dapper Mad Men star sipped cocktails - a Dark & Stormy - and tried on a Racer Jacket and J.Crew's Ludlow suit. He also hung out with everyone, a source says, and was "super approachable" as he worked the crowd.
"My husband thinks it's so odd that so many women hit on me," says the Mad Men star
When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on September 19, 1970, it was almost revolutionary: the first television series focused on an independent (read: unmarried) career girl. And Mary's wardrobe was a little bit revolutionary too -- working women across the country were quick to copy her colorful dresses and wide-legged pantsuits. To celebrate the iconic program's fortieth anniversary, InStyle takes a look back at five fashionable TV shows -- and characters -- that have influenced women's at-work style.
He now plays the dapper, suave Don Draper in Mad Men, so it's hard to picture Jon Hamm battling chronic depression, relying on antidepressants and therapy to beat the illness. But that's just what he did.
Helped by friends, therapy and antidepressants, the star beat chronic depression after his father's death
The Mad Men actress cites irreconcilable differences in court documents
The star of the hit AMC series loves the tastes of '60s
In September icon talks to the real "Mad Men" and takes an in-depth look at the world of advertising. The program catches up with David Droga, renowned advertising guru and founder of independent advertising agency Droga5, who provides background information on the history of advertising, the so-called golden era of the 1960s and its evolution.
From Tiger Woods to Ray Romano, the Mad Men actor reveals the stars with whom he'd love to hit the links
Get the rundown of the night's biggest categories for the 2010 Emmy Awards
The Fox hit and last year's big winner vie for golden statues at Sunday's ceremony
Nominee Jim Parsons and Blair Underwood will also be presenting Aug. 29
If recent trends are any indication, cartoon self-caricatures are becoming more popular than the clichéd photo in the mirror headshot. Cartoon avatars, both classic and new, are hot right now.
Season four of the AMC show and Emmy favorite Mad Men has started, and change is afoot. Don Draper and his gang now operate out of new digs: Fortune's own Time-Life building on 50th street (someone tell us which floor!).
The Mad Men hunk is in no rush to marry - but keeps the womanizing onscreen
The Mad Men star tells PEOPLE he'll have a little help from House's Hugh Laurie
Wearing a body-hugging dress and heels to our interview at an Irish pub in her adopted hometown of Los Angeles, Christina Hendricks is seriously channeling Joan Holloway, the take-no-prisoners office manager she plays on "Mad Men."
The Mad Men star says "commotion" was too much and left the scene of a car crash
The actor calls the Mad Men actress "just a friend of mine," after the two were linked at a Memorial Day party
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