From the Sunday Boston Globe Ideas section:
Everybody loves “Mad Men” — except, apparently, Daniel Mendelsohn, a distinguished translator and critic who writes for The New York Review of Books. In a smart and scathing review of the show, Mendelsohn says the unsayable — that “Mad Men” is “a soap-opera decked out in high-end clothes.” And then he asks: If the show is so silly, then why do people love it so much?
A better question: Does everyone love “Mad Men” so much?
The reality is, more viewers watch SpongeBob SquarePants on Saturday morning at 9:30 than watch the average episode of “Mad Men.”
(Trust me – or check the New York Times Monday cable ratings index.)
Truth is, the cultural footprint of “Mad Men” has always exceeded the show’s viewership.
Not to get technical about it.
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Comparing Mad Men to Sponge Bob Squarepants?
Really?
I’m sure there are more millions more eaters of Fruity Pebbles on Saturday morning, but I’d rather indulge in a chocolate eclair on Sunday night.
“When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things.” I Cor. xiii. 11.
Makes me mad that AMC and Lionsgate are still futzing around with negotiations which might push the next season back to 2012.
PETITION TO BRING BACK MAD MEN IN 2011:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mm_s5/signatures
I’m not familiar with the NY Times’s cable ratings; I get mine from
http://www.tvbythenumbers.com