FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mad Men Interview With
Creator Matthew Weiner
About the Emmy-Winning Series
And the DVD Season Sets
On the Internet Radio Show
TV Time Machine
www.tvtimemachine.com
December 1, 2008 -
Mad Men Creator and Executive Producer Matthew Weiner talks about his Emmy-Award winning AMC TV series and his participation in the production of the Lionsgate DVD season sets, in an interview on the Internet radio show
TV Time Machine (http://www.tvtimemachine.com).
TV Time Machine host and TV Historian Jim Benson is also joined by co-host Lisa Rothstein, whose Madison Avenue career included such positions as copywriter and creative director for such advertising firms as Young & Rubicam and Ogilvy & Mather. In this one-hour interview, Matthew Weiner discusses his early career in television including writing and producing
The Sopranos, the genesis and making of
Mad Men, and his involvement in the production of the DVD Season sets.
"I have 100 percent input when it comes to the DVD's," says Weiner. "I wanted them to be a certain way and I wanted it to be the experience that I would want when I got the DVD's, so I wanted something extra. Pull back the curtain a little bit - don't ruin people's sense of that world being complete, but give them some insight into the background and planning of the show."
Mad Men is a unique and innovative one-hour drama about the lives of men and women toiling in the cut-throat world of Madison Avenue advertising in the early 1960's. The series is also an exploration of a time when American society was still struggling with issues of race, gender - even the habit of smoking.
On
TV Time Machine, Executive Producer Matthew Weiner talks about working with
Mad Men stars Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, and Robert Morse, as well as revealing fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of the making of several of the show's best episodes. Mr. Weiner also discusses his admiration for such legendary TV writers as Rod Serling and Paddy Chayefsky, and how such classic TV series as
The Twilight Zone have helped inspire and shape his vision for
Mad Men.
In addition to his work as creator, executive producer, and writer on
Mad Men, Matthew Weiner's Emmy-winning television career includes producing and writing for such shows as
The Sopranos (starring James Gandolfini),
Becker (starring Ted Danson), and
Andy Richter Controls the Universe. Recently,
Mad Men has been the recipient of six Emmy Awards, including Best Drama Series.
Lisa Rothstein's advertising career began on Madison Avenue with Young & Rubicam and eventually took her to Paris, France, writing for Lowe, Ogilvy and again for Y&R. Her campaigns for Hanes, IBM, Colgate and others have been seen all over the world. Ms. Rothstein is also an award-winning screenwriter, represented by The Bohrman Agency in Beverly Hills and manager Andrew Kersey. She is the co-author of the upcoming book,
The Da Vinci Dilemma, for creative people managing multiple talents. Her website is www.yourwriterforhire.com
TV Time Machine is a unique Internet radio show that explores classic TV and its influence over the past five decades. Far beyond nostalgia,
TV Time Machine spotlights TV's impact on our culture and society, and explores how present-day television and its movers and shakers have been - and are still - influenced by the stories, programs, and characters of television's past.
TV Time Machine host Jim Benson has interviewed a multitude of legendary TV celebrities, authors and experts of all stripes on his radio program, covering shows ranging from
Mr. Ed to
Meet the Press and topics such as Technology on TV and TV's Turning Points. A TV historian for over twenty-five years, Mr. Benson has contributed to dozens of TV productions- including a recent appearance on
Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, and is a Historical Consultant on Universal Studios' DVD release of Rod Serling's
Night Gallery: Season Two. He is the co-author, with Scott Skelton, of the book
Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour, published by Syracuse University Press.
