Mad Men - Season 1

Pros: Outstanding acting, sets and costumes, attention to historical detail and social attitudes of the times.

Cons: It's only on one night per week.

The Bottom Line: Mad Men is a look back at fast-track Madison Avenue life circa 1960 with talented cast, compelling story lines and insight into our parents' worlds.

Review: Who says summer is a dull time for television? Thanks to American Movie Classics and its original series "Mad Men," it's becoming my favorite time of the year for viewing. With the opening season set in the spring of 1960 in the Madison Avenue ...

Pros: cast, look (I think the writing is overrated!)

Cons: the era's sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia are painful to have recalled

The Bottom Line: I am ambivalent about going to zoos and don't  like being involved with these characters, well-acted as they are.

Review: Preface The 1950s are widely celebrated as being the "golden age" of television. There were some live dramas that have lived on mostly in memory (though some have become available on DVD) along with Milton Berle (a taste I never ...