Jon Hamm of 'Mad Men' as Don Draper Mad Men and Twitter: Hey, Don Draper -- you look glum. Why not tweet about your troubles? AMC
 

by Linda Holmes

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• A while back, there was a huge dust-up over people who set up Twitter accounts where they played the roles of Mad Men characters. AMC had the accounts frozen, and then unfrozen, and now, one of the guys providing the show-inspired tweets has a full report on the way the whole thing progressed and where it stands now. Unfortunately, it's a PDF you'll need to download, but it's an interesting take on the question of fan co-ownership; whether, essentially, fans have some vested right to take part in the storytelling. (Hat-tip to Vulture.)

Note:

• HBO is developing a half-hour series with Ellen Barkin, who has been good in many things. But from description, it seems to be heavily influenced by the current cultural phenomenon I deeply despise and won't name, except to say it has four legs and rhymes with "flougar."

• Not so fast, people who love their rabbit ears: the House rejected the bill delaying the mandatory transition to all-digital TV broadcasts. The New York Times has a nice piece today explaining why this is important.

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• This year has brought some kind of Super Bowl ad sales nail-biting, where it's regularly reported how much space NBC has left to sell. Don't care.

• Mickey Rourke was maybe in, but is now apparently out, of Wrestlemania. Finally, something less significant than endless reports on the status of the Green Hornet movie.

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1:07 - January 29, 2009

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