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Hillary Atkin

After 18 Months, We Parse the 2-Hour Season Premiere of ‘Mad Men’: Kinky Sex, Greed and a Song for iTunes

The two-hour premiere of the long-awaited fifth season of “Mad Men” was a huge education. First, it answered the big question: Did Megan actually get married to Don in the 17 months that have passed since the dapper Mr. Draper…

An ‘Insanely Rich’ Night of Honors for Television Academy Hall of Fame Inductees

It was an evening filled with laughter and reminiscing as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducted eight new members into its prestigious Hall of Fame, three of them posthumously. Although “I Love Lucy’s” Vivian Vance and William Frawley…

Costume Designers Guild Awards: Hollywood Dresses Up to Honor Those Who Dress Up Hollywood

It’s the one night of the year when costume designers in film and television get more glory than the actors who wear their creations in an event that has a rep for being loose and rollicking, the Costume Designers Guild…

Presentation of Writers Guild of America Awards Brings Up Touchy Race Issue

As usual during the Writers Guild of America kudofest, which was presented on Sunday night, Feb. 19, 2012, some of the best material came during the presentation and acceptance speeches of the honorary awards. “The Help” co-stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer,…

‘Your Love Was Cheap’ — As Katy Perry Showed, Not Everything at the Grammys Was Lovey-Dovey

The performances, more than the trophies themselves, are what makes the Grammys such a compelling watch. This year seemed to have more showstoppers and conversation starters than any in recent memory, perhaps even going back to Eminem joining with Elton…

Shazam! Super Bowl Broke Ground in Media Technology, but Halftime Show Was Deja Vu

Even as the New York Giants pulled off a thrilling come-from-behind, down-to-the-last-play win over the New England Patriots in Indianapolis, what Super Bowl XLVI may be remembered for nearly as much are its record ratings for the NBC broadcast, the…

Directors Guild Awards Bring Vindication for ‘Kennedys’ Miniseries

It would be an understatement to say that “The Kennedys” began as a very rough road for Jon Cassar and everyone else involved in the production of the miniseries about the presidency of JFK, starring Greg Kinnear as President Kennedy…

The Golden Globes Telecast: The Classiest Raunchy Edition We’ve Seen in Awhile

It was the second coming of Ricky Gervais to the emcee podium of the Golden Globe Awards, or actually, the third. After last year’s controversial performance, people forget that the British comedian also hosted the 2010 edition of the kudocast….

CBS Boss Les Moonves on TV: ‘We’re the Best Game in Town’

As the news broke Thursday that "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher’s marriage to Demi Moore was in fact over, CBS Corp. President and CEO Les Moonves was engaged in a conversation before an audience of hundreds of…

Writers Share Insights, Laughs About Working in TV … and the Allure of a Certain Miss Emmy

In film, writers often don’t get much glory, as we’ve all heard many times in the silly but somewhat truthful joke about the naive starlet who slept with the screenwriter in order to get cast in the film, to no…