Jon Hamm brought his girlfriend of some-odd 13 or 14 years to the Emmys. Jennifer Westfeldt pretty much acted like she always acts when she’s on the red carpet with her man – she looked like she could eat him up, which, just by the way, is how most women look at Jon Hamm. Jennifer wore a J. Mendel dress that’s okay… I don’t really get all of the “slits” and “mullet dresses” that were the trend last night, but whatever. It’s a pretty color on her. And now you can sleep at night knowing that a single-and-ready-to-mingle Jon Hamm is NOT on the loose. Jon Hamm still has a girlfriend. He probably always had her, you know? As for the Hamm Dong specifically… I think Jon was wearing underwear. Can you see it? I can’t see it.
Mad Men fans are super-depressed because Mad Men went into the Emmys as the most-nominated show, and the show was completely shut out of everything. In fairness to Mad Men, Homeland is a really wonderful and groundbreaking show. But… Mad Men has won Best Drama for however many years in a row, and they definitely went into the Emmys as the favorite. So what happened? One theory: Homeland is simply a more topical and well-acted show? Sure. That’s one theory. Second theory: BLAME MEGAN DRAPER. I don’t blame Jessica Pare the actress. But I do blame a bit of this shut-outon the show’s swing to include all of those Megan-centric storylines when it turned out that Megan is really not that different than Betty, you know? That being said, Christina Hendricks was flat-out ROBBED for Supporting Actress. And Jon Hamm has never won an Emmy for playing the iconic Don Draper, and that’s simply ridiculous.
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It’s because Homeland is just that awesome. The story, the actors-it really is fantastic. And it’s new (compared to mad men which is 5 plus years now) and the voters tend to more excited about the new shows.
And Breaking Bad is also just as awesome (which is why they got alot of the other drama awards). And as a bummer of Christina Hendricks not winning, Maggie Smith is one of the best parts of Downton Abbey and her award was very well deserved.
Now what’s really upsetting? JON CRYER WINNING A EMMY. That’s absurd and awful.
I know, Jon Cryer’s win is a travesty, as is that stupid show of his. The fix must be in.
That’s just a case of people voting for him as a person, and not for the performance. The show is completely embarrassing, but Jon Cryer is beloved, and with good reason. I’ve never heard anyone have a single negative thing to say about him, and he seems like a really decent guy.
Having said that, it is an OUTRAGE that he beat Louis C.K.
Yes! Jim Parsons all the way. After he lost I changed the channel.
Jon Cryer got his second Emmy, Christina Hendricks still has none. That is rediculous!
Agree. That should have been Jim Parsons (yet again) for sure.
Word. Homeland is tops. Can we get some Mandy Patinkin if you do men’s thread from last night please? He is major yum.
Sons of Anarchy is JUST as awesome, and they didn’t even get nominated… for anything… again! I didn’t even watch, because the Emmy Society of whatever who does the nominations are a bunch of quacks if they can’t even throw a few at Charlie Hunnam or Ron Perlman or Ryan Hurst.
I think I heard somewhere, maybe here that SOA seasons run at odd times, and that leaves them out of the race?
marie, there is a window of eligibility, which is what caused Breaking Bad to be omitted from competing last year. Don’t know if SOA has fallen into that too. I just started watching that, but in no way am I surprised the stodgy Emmy voters don’t go for it.
I am still sad Justified didn’t get nominated either though.
SOA and Justified are AWESOME shows! (So happy SOA is back on, and that I DVR’d last season of Justified, so I can truly enjoy the Olyphant hotness!)
But they are on FX; they air late, and their seasons are shorter-than-average; plus they have SESSAY scenes and LOTS of bad words. Their subject matter is also different than most other shows on air.
I think that makes the up-their-own-arses more uptight about nominating them, or even recognising their existence.
(And yes, Homeland is definitely worthy, and definitely more timely than Mad Men, which I’ve never watched and thus don’t get all the hype.)
Well dear me, Emmy officials, let’s not include the BEST shows on TV due to some flimsy technicalities. I understand with Oscars and such, there is a deadline each year, but if you miss that year you can qualify the next, so why would SOA never be considered? It airs in September, and is 14 or so hour-long episodes each season. Nothing ridiculously outside of the box!
The Oscars are always awarding rude and sexy movies with wins, you’d think the Emmys wouldn’t be so stuffy… I think the worst thing they say on SOA is “p*ssy”… no f-bombs, and no bare boobs even (just Charlie Hunnam’s fiiiine tush).
And frankly, I think they have a hate-on for Kurt Sutter, who is a whiny bitch at times and complained loudly about being left off the Emmy noms list before. I don’t think he’s the most eloquent man out there, but why punish the entire cast and crew for the director’s ‘tude?
Yeah, Hamm definitely deserves an Emmy for his DD portrayal. And I would have loved to have seen Jared Harris win supporting actor, he really brought it last season.
I just cannot with the girlfriend and her adoring looks. Gag.
She’s dickmatized!
Her legs are fantastic but I find her acting, directing and dress from last night far too contrived.
Christine got robbed. I started cursing at the screen, looking looney. I watch most of the women in her category and she was simply robbed. Also, sad the closer and kyra didnt get noms for lead/show.
Game of Thrones also robbed!
I made a joke about how Harry Potter won some many oscars for yrs and then with the last 2 barely a mention at the oscars and how it seems that way this yr also for drama and drama roles. Seasoned shows like Mad Men – nada but others like homeland, all in?
her face is a crying shame.
No kidding. I looks like she must work up a sweat to move any part of it. She’s probably dying from exhaustion after managing a full smile.
hahah I love this site. So much.
I know, and I feel bad because all I can think of when I look at her is, “What a cute chipmunk” .. does she get cheek injections or are those real?
We must of been typing at the same time. Didn’t see your response until mine was posted. Still though I feel sorry for the chipmunks.
She has chipmunk cheeks. Sorry chipmunks. I just don’t understand what he sees in her. Perhaps she’s a tigress in the bedroom. Who knows.
they’ve been together for so long, when they got together I presume she was able to move her face…I don’t know.
i don’t intend to be mean, but her face is so strange, isn’t it? i had posted before that she’s a caricature of herself, isn’t she? like a cartoon??? maybe it’s lots of plastic surgery, IDK. he is too handsome though. i’ve adored him for years. so hoping the rumors about him aren’t true.
oooooohhhhhhh….and homeland??? FANTASTIC SHOW. no show out there comes close.
they lookS awaful together…
she did some bad plastic surgeries
and she holding him too tight!!!
he needs to find new girl!!!!
I’m laughing at these comments pointing out Jennifer’s obviously botched plastic surgeries. There was a time when her face looked normal: http://images.tvrage.com/people_galleries/11/32423/40383.jpg
If she had allowed herself to age naturally, I imagine she’d look the same as in the photo but with a few additional wrinkles. Still much better than her current look. She has completely ruined her face. I wonder what Jon Hamm thinks. Why doesn’t he stop her from her obvious plastic surgery and botox addiction? If my partner’s face started to look like that, I’d stage an intervention before the next doctor’s visit.
I’m afraid every post with Jennifer Westfeldt will just be a thread on her awful plastic surgery. Her face is more frozen than Nicole Kidman.
Wow! Thanks for the pic. I had no idea she used to be that pretty. She really did mess up her face.
holy cannoli, she looks like a totally different person!
holy god, i had no idea what she looked like before. she was so much more attractive! ladies, look on this and learn!!!! botox and fillers can eff you up.
NEVER GET WHY???? So many women go blonde. She looks great with the darker hair.
jennifer looked much better before the botox/fillers/etc. but even then her face was very asymmetrical, and i think the plastic surgery just exacerbated it. i agree that she does look almost like she’s had some kind of accident or stroke.
i really love the dress she’s wearing here.
“lisa2 says: NEVER GET WHY???? So many women go blonde.”
THANK YOU! There are SO MANY bottle blondes out there in both Hollywood and in real life that look so much better with their natural hair color (or at least something closer to it)!
Wow! I had no idea! What all has she had done? Cheek implants? brow lift? botox. What a shame!
I work with a lot of women in their forties and fifties and there is this weird notion that as you age, and especially when you start going gray, that you look younger with lighter hair. Nearly all of them have gone some flavor of blonde. While I agree that dyed-too-dark hair is definitely aging, bleached-too-light (especially when your coloring doesn’t call for it) is just as bad, if not worse.
I try to avoid commenting on her face because it looks exactly like a woman I met who had her face ripped off in a car accident and had to have it reattached. I always wonder if Jennifer was in an accident or maybe has some kind of medical condition and just decided to not publicly talk about it.
But if she did this to herself: Yikes!
I think she had cheek implants. They look too big for her face and appear to be stretching her skin as far as it will go.
To me what looks wrong is that the musculature of her face looks damaged, and not in a botox way, in a medical condition or accident way. And that accident could have been caused during a plastic surgery. If you’re right about the cheek implants it could have happened then when they were putting them in. But like Snappyfish said, it almost looks like she had a stroke or has some neurological disorder. (And if she does, I feel horrible for even bringing it up.)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crooked%20head&page=10
@DEB, that’s it. Hilarious. I have always been struck by the crookedness of Mimi Rogers’s face.
I don’t think she would look that bad if she just smiled like a normal human being.
That pursed-mouth thing is so tired. Charlize, J-Lo, I’m looking at you.
Just freaking smile. Would it kill you?!
Just came in to say his girlfriend’s shoes are tragically awful. Like I hate them.
I actually like them! For once, a woman isn’t wearing stripper heels with gigantic platforms, or ugly booties, or shoes that look like goat hooves.
Jennifer Westfeldt nosejob…it’s simply awful
Exactly what I was thinking! It’s like when Jennifer Grey did her nose and it ruined her career. Without the prominent nose the upper lip and cheeks are out of proportion.
WTF is wrong with his girlfriend’s face?!
Isn’t it just the most bizarre!!?? There are no words…
I’d eat green eggs if it was with Hamm.
Would you eat them
in a box?
Would you eat them
with a fox?
😉
I’m sorry, but goddamn is she ugly.
While I don’t agree with you as far as her looks go, I laughed so hard when I read your comment, I spilled a little coffee on my computer :p
She seriously needs to wear a bag over her head when she leaves the house. Yikes.
oh, wow…
SO bitter. Yikes.
LoL. Your comment made my day. It’s so mean but so TRUE. She’s not naturally ugly, but she has gone overboard with the plastic surgery and that has turned her face into something awful.
This past season of Mad Men seemed darker than previous seasons. The other seasons seemed to balance the dark side with levity, and this season was depressing.
There was far to much focus on Megan. I felt that there should have been more focus on Peggy and Joan. The show also dropped the ball with not giving Dawn much of a story. They introduce her but she doesn’t get to do much.
I watched this season but I still have to ask, who’s Dawn? I’m guessing someone connected to Megan as I skip all of her scenes.
Don’s secretary, Dawn.
Dawn is the first black employee at the ad agency.
I have found it to be dark from the very beginning. So much angst. Moments of humor and happiness are few and far between. Even hearing the theme song evokes a feeling of slight dread for me.
There was tons of Joan stuff this year. Get rid of cow-eyed Glenn.
I have to go with the Megan Draper theory. I was late getting into Mad Men and just finished up season 5 cpl weeks ago and I could NOT believe how lame the story lines were with Megan. They were just so odd and out of place but then i liked how the rest of the story lines were being played outwith the rest of the cast, although i think it needs more Joan, she seems to be pushed back for some reason.
I wonder if Megan’s character isnt some odd fantasy for John Hamm since he produces the show but what ever it is its just lame and hard to watch. Hate to think of her as a show killer but she is really annoying, glad to know I wasnt the only one that thinks that.
The best thing Megan’s character has done to Madmen was introducing her mother. THAT’a fantastic character. I’ve loved her from her first show up. I hope we will get more Julia Ormond, instead of Megan.
i totally agree. i wish we could get more of megan’s mom without megan.
Yes, more Joan. Always! And also more Rodger, because John Slattery lights up every scene he is in.
OK, I’m going to say it….
I don’t think Jon Hamm is good looking. I know I am in the minority but he just looks doofy to me.
Dorothy THANK YOU for having the courage to say what I (and I think others) have thought for years. Hamm certainly isn’t bad looking, but good gracious I just don’t get why so many women go into heat over the guy. I just don’t get it.
As for the awards, however, I actually think I would’ve voted for Hamm over Damien Lewis. I’m a huge Homeland fan, but that show brings it because of Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin. They are unbelievable. Lewis is just ok in it(he was fantastic in Band of Brothers though).
Had Claire Danes not won, now that would’ve been a travesty of epic proportion.
I’ve never seen homeland because we don’t get showtime, but I love, love Mandy Patinkin. Also I had no idea Damien Lewis was English. lol and I loved band of brothers and Life.
I agree that he just doesn’t photograph well — he really does look doofy in most pics. I do think his good looks come out in motion, though.
Oh Dot#1…There is only one thing I find attractive about this man and “it” photographs well, even if overall he doesn’t.
Actually I think he is a smug arrogant tool and his girlfriend looks like something off the Barbie assembly line what with all the work she has had done.
LOL!! “it” does seem pretty amazing!!!
I think he’s doofy, too! Doofy AND handsome. I read an article where he was quoted as saying something like, when asked how it felt to be considered so handsome, “All I see when I look in the mirror is the same goofy dork that I’ve always seen.”
I totally agree. I think he’s an average looking guy with a big nose. I think some people mistake “charming” for “handsome.”
He has no lips!!!!!
He’s always reminded me a little bit of Homer Simpson, with his perpetual five o clock shadow. I do think, though, the fact that his MM character is kind of suave and mysterious makes him seem more handsome than he really is.
He always reminded me of Fred Flintstone (same 5 o’clock shadow, same hair, same laugh lines).
That being said – his character Don Draper is so unbelievably sexy and that influences the way I see Jon Hamm.
I guess that means I think Fred is hot too….
I will add that I don’t get the Hamm or Fassie love. Yes, they can both look very handsome, etc…but they’re not my “thing.”
*ducks thrown objects and hater shanks*
agreed! he’s hot in character as Draper, but otherwise he’s kind of a slobbish. what’s with the permanent 5 o’clock shadow?
is that a HUGE engagement ring??
I hope he gave her an engagement ring, finally. I was beginning to think she was just “hanging on” to him out of desperation and eventually she would get dumped (like Heidie Bivens).
John Hamm isn’t as good an actor as Damien Lewis, he didn’t deserve to win an Emmy and he certainly doesn’t deserve to win against Bryan Cranston. Ever.
Also, he went a bit heavy on the blusher last night.
I agree L. Homeland is that awesome week in and week out and earned it’s Emmy. I am looking forward to the new season beginning next week.
Agree Homeland is terrific. However, Mad Men season 5 was brilliant. I’m disappointed that MM got shut out big time.
Jon Hamm’s girlfriend looks so delusional… why is she flashing an engagement ring when everyone knows Hamm doesnt want to get married! like guuuurl… no! plus stop with the botiox and surgery, you almost have no nose anymore
Her nose reminds me of Michael Jackson. I also wondered about the ring. Why wear an engagement ring when you’re not really engaged and the man you’ve been with for 14 years won’t marry you? Sad.
lol it REALLY looks like an engagement ring, plus on the right finger and everything… its kinda hard to be like “No no its just a ring I like and it happened to be on my wedding finger…”
and you are right on the money with MJ’s nose, thats EXACTLY what it looks like!!!
Really? I LOVE Megan! I thought this was the less boring season! Betty Draper is the most boring thing that ever happened to Mad Men…well,since it started =D And it was great that Megan suddenly came into the picture. And I love Jane,I want to see more of super Jane. Is it just me or is everything about January Jones plain and boring? I don’t even think she’s pretty. Megan on the other hand,(and I know how some people hate her teeth) is pretty and interesting. For me,people that have “perfect” features are never pretty or attractive,just boring. Angelina Jolie is the exception. Angelina is a goddess.
I like Megan, too. But I also like JJ and think Betty isn’t as boring as she seems, she is just constricted by her roles as a housewife and mother, something that many women struggled with at the time. Megan represents a new era for women, while Betty is stuck in the old.
Her teeth are the most attractive and endearing thing about her. Naturally “quirky” features are really quite beautiful!
OMG I love him. You think he had on any underwear? I doubt it too.
I think Jon deserves an Emmy for playing Don Draper but — as a HUGE Mad Men and Jon Hamm fan, this past season wasn’t their best (compared to the others) so I can see how/why they got shut out of awards. And I agree with others who said the season focused too much on Megan. She’s boring. Hopefully next season will get back on track.
As for Jon, I think he’s using Jen’s left-over (as if) botox!! Doesn’t he look a little too smooth in some places?? I don’t like it at all!
And Jennifer is hard to look at. All I think is “muppet”. At this point all of her work has actually made her look older than Jon, which is hard to do because he already has a mature look to begin with.
MadMen deserved the award, I love the show and my honey was looking tooo damn SEXY!!
I was swearing at the tv and swigging wine at the same time–I had to change the station.
I have no desire to watch any of the shows that did win, no matter how great folks claim they are-none.
I agree, Megan’s character screwed it all up, I never thought she’d be more dingy/annoying than Betty’s character but she is.
Jon’s gf’s face looks swollen, like she took prednisone, its tight and looks painful.
You guys are so friggin’ nasty! She is beautiful, she looks great, and she has a handsome man on her arm. Get over it!
Wow – just be nice.
I agree. I think she doesn’t photograph the best, but she was downright lovely in Friends with Kids. I could totally see her appeal when I saw that movie.
People always come down SO hard on this poor woman. Is it just because she’s Hammdong’s lady?
I agree. I had a very different impression of her after I saw “Friends With Kids.” She was very appealing in that film.
I loved her in that movie too! She wrote it, directed it and starred in it and I think she was great!
Here’s where you all pile on the hate…
I was thrilled that Mad Men was shut out. I don’t think there’s any category on the planet in which Mad Men is a better show than Breaking Bad or Homeland. Mad Men completely bores me to tears, whereas Breaking Bad literally has me holding my breath. No one in Mad Men is doing anything acting-wise that can hold a candle to what Bryan Cranston or Claire Danes is pulling off. They’re not in the same league.
Just because they were both nominated for some of the same categories doesn’t mean that it’s fair to compare the two. Homeland and Mad Men are both amazing shows, but they are DRASTICALLY different in subject matter, tone, stylistically, character-wise etc.
Mad Men moves at a much slower pace than a show like Homeland or Breaking Bad and is focused on character studies rather than plot-driven like Homeland and BB. Mad Men is very drama/soap opera-ish and Homeland/BB are for the most part, action shows. The beauty of a show like Mad Men is in the subtlety, the ambiguity, and the dark mystery that it evokes. The actors do a phenomenal job of getting into the characters’ heads without relying on obvious plot devices to disclose who that character is. Only truly talented actors can effectively accomplish this.
I personally love all three shows, but I wouldn’t bother comparing them because they’re all very different.
+1 Thanks for explaining it so well.
Agree with trip mom, I LOVED MM at the beginning but now the dark mystery, angsty irrational behavior just meanders and repeats to the point of boredom. I think that is why the Megan focus– the writers had no idea what to do next to move the story along. Now Don seems back to square one. I just can’t bring myself to care about any of them because they all seem so torpid and miserable all the time. I say that as someone for whom this was once my very favorite show.
Yet I really really care about Walter and Jessie.
That seems like an odd criticism. Isn’t comparing the two in the same category exactly the point of the Emmys?
+1. Couldn’t agree more. I tried really hard to like Mad Men, watched the first three seasons before I had to admit that I find it as dull as a wet week. Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but it bores me to tears.
BBad and Homeland, conversely, are two of my favorite TV shows ever. I wasn’t unhappy to see Damian Lewis win, but I thought that rightly the Emmy should have gone to Bryan Cranston.
Yeah, glad it was not Mad Men again. I get that some people totally adore this series, but there are also series that are best in their genre. The most deserving probably Homeland.
Without reading the article: because he wasn’t wearing underwear and his sack was showing? xD
Westfield has nice body, a very strange face, & downright odd facial expressions. Her body language always seems to be an act. After 10+ years, can’t she tone it down so she looks less predatory?
She does something really odd with her mouth. It’s an open-mouth-slanted-smile.
Less Megan…more Pete!
Yes! This! More Pete!
I adore Vincent Kartheiser.
Gotta admire a person who goes to work, does his job and leaves us alone the rest of the time. I wish more actors would conduct themselves that way.
I agree that Christina was robbed! She was magical this past season. The woman can say so much with her eyes, body language, and facial expressions, without ever having to say a word.
THIS!
+1
She has a strange shaped face – she might look better with a decent haircut and hairstyle – what she is wearing now is sloppy and accentuates her strange face.
Maybe it’s because MM has been on forever at this point and has gotten boring and pedestrian.
Jennifer Westfeldt was on one of my favorite shows, “Children’s Hospital” (on Adult Swim), recently. (Jon Hamm appears on it occasionally, too.) She was actually cute in her small role as a television producer. My previous knowledge of her was limited to what was posted on this site.
I’m not surprised. There was too much focus on a character that was barely interesting until the last two episodes. It’s tragic, just because the other characters are so rich. Even Don Draper had drastically less to do Season 5. I hope MW learns his lesson from this.
Ok, Two and a Half Men was good the first couple of years, now it’s painful to watch and the only reason to watch is Jon Cryer. When Charlie left (thank goodness) they should’ve never replaced him with Ashton Douchebag. Jon deserved the Emmy because he is a great actor, can you imagine dealing with Charlie Sheen for all those years? AND Jon Hamm’s character has not changed at all (nor has his acting). Have you seen Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad? Have you seen Damien Lewis in Homeland? Both actors are awesome.
I wanted Jim Parsons to win. I can’t say anything bad about Jon Cryer; he’s got to be the greatest guy in the biz.
I think the better question is why did Sons of Anarchy get shut out of the Emmys AGAIN? Someone’s gotta really hate Kurt Sutter over there, and the entire cast is suffering for it. Jerks!
I think you are absolutely right, why? Best damn show on the air right now.
Hollywood women need to stop it with the cheek implants. They look absurd. If you weren’t born with high cheek bones, it’s not going to look natural if a money hungry PS puts implants in your face.
I am going to say it. I don’t care for Jon Hamm or Mad Men. I see why people enjoy it, but I think it is overrated. I also don’t care for Christina Hendricks as an actress and I don’t think she has much range as one either. Her Joan impression is just like her character on Firefly. She was also in Drive for a full 2 minutes and I felt like I was still watching Joan on Mad Men.
With all that being said, I think there are much better shows on television and that are more relate-able. The acting is excellent on Breaking Bad, same with Game of Thrones.
My husband is getting caught up on season 5 of “Mad Men.” The other night he said, “He’s a good-looking guy, isn’t he?” I guess so. My sister has gotten me started on “Breaking Bad” – so far I’ve seen the first 4 episodes of season 1 and can say the acting is fantastic. I was especially happy that Aaron Paul won (he shares my birthday and seems like a generally cool guy, not to mention a fine actor). I’ve never seen “Homeland” – not really into that stuff and resent the usage of the word. What is this, Nazi Germany? Anyway, without even seeing the latest season of “Breaking Bad,” I think Bryan Cranston was more robbed than Jon Hamm (although I’d like to see Jon get his due).
Point of correction: The Nazis mostly used the term Fatherland, not homeland. (Technically Vaterland, but it directly translates to Father-country.) Homeland has a more benign connotation for most people.
And Homeland is a very fitting title for the show. (mild spoiler) One of the things the show deals with the concept of whether you should stay loyal to your country even when it no longer feels like your home. Is if justified to abandon it if you think your country is actively hurting the world? If you decide to make another place your home will you be able to turn your on your original homeland? (ie. Can you completely change your country loyalty or will your old feelings for your original home always remain in some form?)
Homeland Security.
first all, hiring dawn and refusing to do anything with her character except to reflect back to peggy that she was more racist then she thought she was really pissed me off. they could have done a lot with her character and for the first time, followed a black character home and showed her perspective on the office dynamics.
i actually really liked megan when she first came on because she was young, ambitious, had dreams of her own, and most of all because she didn’t take don’s sh!t. (those aspects of her character reminded me a bit of myself, and i noticed a lot of other young women felt the same about her.) but they spent entirely too much time on her this past season to the detriment of other story lines and characters (like dawn and even joan, who i don’t like). megan often came off petulant, childish, and spoiled. i think next season, if megan is on, they need to back off her character, and let the audience see some of the other new characters be developed (particularly dawn).
That’s the only reason they’ve ever had any black characters on the show. They’re trying to have it both ways and it’s been successful exactly 0% of the time. They’ve always used the excuse that the whole world relegated blacks, so it wouldn’t be realistic for the show not to do that. Don’t you see, they don’t have free will or writers, they HAVE to treat these characters as window dressing to illuminate the characters who matter.
How could make it work, anyway? Don’t you know they have a tight schedule of attractive white people committing adultery and expecting beatification for treating people like shit–especially when those characters are fan favourites (for some reason)? You can’t tamper with that delicate alchemy. At this point, it’s evident that the show doesn’t care about that part of the decade, but doesn’t want that to appear to be the case, so blame that blinkered official view of the era, not the writing.
I see Sheila, Dawn, Carla, the elevator operator, the Playboy restaurant Chocolate Bunny, trapped in the forty syllables (total) allotted to their characters and thinking, ‘free us, or let us die’.
I personally would have voted for Breaking Bad, but Homeland and Mad Men are great too. I’m OK with Mad Men not winning, as they have several years in a row.
Anything from 2 1/2 Men winning is a travesty. There are some fantastic comedies on the air now, but that is not one of them. No offense to Jon Cryer, but really? Are the voters actually watching?
Also kind of bummed Modern Family won again – I still like it, but it was a weaker season and there are better comedies out there.
my theory , because it’s an overrated show that puts me to sleep within 15 minutes
I’ve started feeling the same way but ya know MM is such a critical and fan fave that criticizing it as boring puts you in the same position as Elaine on Seinfeld whe she scandalized everyone by saying The English Patiebt “sucked”!
The Emmys were pure bullshit again this year. Of course Modern Family sweeps because its the show that the academy has latched onto even though last season sucked. I cant believe Julie Bowen won again, her character is the WORST on the entire show. Ty Burrell should have won over Eric Stonestreet. P&R wasn’t nominated for Best Comedy which is crazy. I’m bummed that Mad Men got shut out because it is amazing and I waited with bated breath for each new episode. I think Christina Hendricks should have won, she was excellent this year. The only win I could really get behind was for Aaron Paul. How in the hell did Jon Cryer win?!? WTF
Oh and Breaking Bad should have won for Best Drama. At least it has two more years for the Emmy to reward it and Bryan Cranston.
Why does Community always get shut out too?
Cause it’s awful?
I know! I love Community! It’s definitely not mainstream, and doesn’t go out of its way to be accessible. Or even like able, some of the time!
Outside of Christina Hendricks, Mad Men deserved the Emmy shut out for Season 5. That season was a mess. It felt like filler and like the writers had no clue how to move anyone forward, or Weiner decided that it wasn’t time to move them plot-wise, so they just shoved Megan Draper front and center. And filled in everyone else around her story/airtime when they felt like it and half-ass plotted for everyone as the season went along.
Megan was the only character that appeared to have any sort of season-long development and arc planned. And she was played by an actress that was not up to the task of carrying her own character let alone the carrying the focus of large storylines each episode. For everyone else, it was largely just a disjointed, incoherent mess more often than not. Don wasn’t exempted from that writer’s mess. He existed as Megan’s husband and did little else all season long.
I’ll admit that Jennifer’s face majorly BUGS (she did not have those insane cartoon-like cheeks back in her Kissing Jessica Stein days!) but after seeing ‘Friends With Kids’ last week, I can’ help but ADORE her!! Did you guys see that movie?! Who knew she was such a talent?? (She wrote, directed and starred in the film.) *Honorable mention goes to Adam Scott who is like my dream guy on Parks and Rec and totally stole my heart even more in that movie*
Now I clearly can understand why The Hamm has been under her spell for so long, despite whatever crazy shizz she keeps insisting upon doing to her face.
THIS is the type of woman (at least in my wildest dreams) that Clooney should want to be with. Smart, crazy-talented and wouldn’t need a cent of his money or fame; girlfriend’s holding it down all on her own! 🙂
Yes-I agree. I thought “Friends with Kids” was good. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. I wish Jennifer Westfeldt would stop messing with her face because she’s actually a smart, talented lady (although you wouldn’t know it by looking at pictures of her on the red carpet).
I think he is an attractive man. In character on TV he has huge presence. But all that goes missing when he is on the Big Screen. It doesn’t translate. That is the case with a lot of actors/actresses in TV. They can’t bring that IT from the small screen to the Big Screen.
not sure why I’m on that topic. But I had just seen him in a film and it hit me.
I think Homeland just blew everything else (save Breaking Bad) in its very first season. Almost every aspect of the show was very strong.
I’ve read it’s on many critics’ “Best of” 2011 TV shows.
Mad Men, on the other hand, had a weak season 4 and an even weaker season 5. You know something is wrong when many people were commenting that they miss seeing Betty on the show, as well as missing her interaction with Don and preferring her over Megan.
Jon Hamm is a good actor, but against the likes of Cranston, Michael C. Hall, and Damien Lewis? NO.
Hamm’s character on Mad Men has also become stale and loathsome. I dislike cheating, lying, manipulative Don, but I dislike puppy-eyed Don going gaga over Megan so much more. There’s no side to him that could still appear sympathetic. Don is just icky now. The way he treated Peggy at the test kitchen? Jerk.
Megan is so annoying, IMO. The Megan overload turned me off season 5. Some characters went stagnant, some went off the deep end, and some regressed. Megan was the only one given so much screen time and made to look like she’s perfect and can’t do wrong. I don’t know if it’s the actress playing her or the way the character is written but Megan just seems so try-hard and she doesn’t ‘captivate’ me the same way January Jones’s Betty does. January is a limited actress, but playing Betty is perfect for her.
Jon Hamm makes my stomach do flips, he’s truly one of the only H’wood men that I am gaga about. HATE Megan Draper and her teeth. Hope a bus hits her and Don grieves by becoming an even bigger horn dog and maybe lets something slip out a little.
I came here to say the same exact thing…verbatim. Get out of my head!!! Lol
He is so dreamy
She does look like a chipmunk, maybe if she showed some teeth when she smiles she would look better, her smug smile looks awful.
I was really rooting for Elisabeth Moss! That was disappointing.
I like Mad Men, but season five wasn’t my favorite. There were lots of GREAT moments, but when I step back and look at it overall…there was just too much Megan and many of the episodes were fairly forgettable. Still, I really did want it to win at least ONE award.
My main show is Breaking Bad, though, so I’ll root for that one to the death! 😉
Hopefully MM’s big “shut out” will help to end Weiner’s Jessica Pare obsession. Her character is loathesome.
I agree. SO frustrating to see so much of her when I’d rather watch EVERYONE else on Mad Men!
This is totally a classic case of massive penis envy.
probably because this season was isht.
i mean come on….admit it.
God, I love Jon Hamm. Oh, to just have one night!!!
Sometimes I feel like Mad Men just tries TOO hard, with all the long pauses and long music sequences. It doesn’t have to have that shit to make it good quality TV. Let’s let people like Joan and Pete have more story lines and let those great actors do their thing.
Also, I guess I need to start watching Homeland 🙂
Homeland showrunner, Howard Gordon, has a lot juice in ‘normal TV’. Was previously with ’24’, the Academy trying to compensate for cable overkill.