Mad Men

I don't know how many of you watch Mad Men, but I'm guessing it's not too many of you. This amazing A & E show only had about 1 million viewers in its first season. According to the Los Angeles Times, "After drawing an impressive 2.1 million viewers in the first episode of its second season, “Mad Men” has reportedly lost a cool million in the weeks since. " The second season had a huge uptick in viewers and then they all went away.

This is terrible news. Mrs Titan and I have been watching Mad Men from the very beginning and early on we really liked it. It was so well put together. The sixties really came alive and it was very interesting. The problem for us was that as the first season went on it began to loose it's luster. It kinda got boring for us and let us down. In fact, we were waffling on whether or not to tune in to the second season.

It's a good thing we did. While the first season seemed to focus WAY to much on everyone's affairs, the second season seems to focus a little on those consequesnces and a lot on the buisness of advertising in the 1960s. I had a hard time believing that just about everyone and their mother was having an affair in the first season. It made many of the characters unlikable and it got a little old.

The second season focuses on the business. It's great. How do you advertise for American Airlines after one of the first major crashes? How much should the focus be on TV? I really love seeing real products. Sterling and Cooper ditched Mohawk Air to try to win American Airline's business. These business decisions and the way people react to things in the world of the '60s. New Xerox machine? Might cause infertility. Great stuff. If you are not watching this show, check it out. Go rent Season 1, sit through the boring stuff and enjoy! You'll thank me!