POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[emdasher]

I like this show, and I haven't seen the new episode, but there's no way it's in the same league as Wire, Sopranos, etc.  It's a tier 2 awesome show

The jury is still out on that, yesno (or at least my jury is). If this show improves over season 1 then it will definitely become a tier 1 show.

I thought that some of the final episodes of the first season were definitely tier 1-worthy.

[erika]

I like this show, and I haven't seen the new episode, but there's no way it's in the same league as Wire, Sopranos, etc.  It's a tier 2 awesome show, like Rome.

I'm still not convinced Mad Men is tier 1, but Rome most certainly is!!!

[ughwhy]

After last night's episode I feel like this season is setting up to hit for the fences. The Tier 1 fences. When Betty started "negotiating" with that mechanic I got scaret. I like how the gap of time has allowed the show to keep more secrets from me. This is good stuff.

[buffcoat]

January Jones is better looking than she used to be when she was known as Josie Bissette.

[Chris L]

This thread should be retitled something like MAD MEN: TIER 1 WATCH (EDIT: Thanks).  I'm placing bets that a) they make it and b) they get around to featuring a rock n roll record by someone other than Chubby Checker sometime in season 4.

[Jouster]

This thread should be retitled something like MAD MEN: TIER 1 WATCH (EDIT: Thanks).  I'm placing bets that a) they make it and b) they get around to featuring a rock n roll record by someone other than Chubby Checker sometime in season 4.

Bob Dylan doesn't count, then?  (I'm joking.)

I'm casting my vote for Tier 1.

[namethebats]

They've been in Tier 1 since "The Hobo Code."

On a side note, does anybody else find themselves wondering how Don Draper would react to current ad campaigns? I'm trying to picture Paul pitching that Old Spice commercial with the centaur.

[yesno]

It's got a "take off your hat" scene in common with the Sopranos.

[emdasher]

On a side note, does anybody else find themselves wondering how Don Draper would react to current ad campaigns? I'm trying to picture Paul pitching that Old Spice commercial with the centaur.

I'd like to see Don's reaction to this pitch:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq25qD44hC0[/youtube]

[Susannah]

Wait, Mike didn't like "Three Burials?"  Explain, please.  You didn't find Tommy Lee Jones to be equal parts adorable AND terrifying?

[B_Buster]

Sorry, Susannah, Three Burials was much too slow for me. I think I started watching the clock about 10 minutes into it. I made it to the end, but it was a chore.

I can't say I've ever found Tommy Lee Jones to be adorable. As for terrifying, I found him much more terrifying in The Executioner's Song.

[masterofsparks]

I didn't it make through Three Burials. I think it was right around the "supposed to be uninteresting" sex scene that I turned it off.

[B_Buster]

Do you know when Mad Men became Tier 2 for me? When it reused the set from M*A*S*H and gave Don Draper a helmet 2 sizes too large so that we couldn't see that he didn't look younger when he was fighting in Korea.

But I'll keep watching, mainly to see Christina Hendricks strut her stuff.

[gravy boat]

Mike, you called The Wire mediocre or something.  You have no credibility in my book. 

Actually, you have tons of credibility I just think you are tight with your praise.

Here's how I imagine Mike's Tiers of TV Shows:

Tier One
Hill Street Blues


Tier Two
All in the Family
Larry Sanders Show
Mad Men
Good Times
Newhart

[B_Buster]

Here's a bold confession: I've never seen one episode of Hill Street Blues. I've never seen an episode of NYPD Blue either. And I didn't say The Wire was mediocre, I said it was a good cop show like The Rookies and The Streets of San Francisco.