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Review: 'Mad Men'

July 25 06:05:03 AM,

The Emmy-nominated drama series returns with promises of more complexity to come. AMC's “Mad Men” begins its second season Sunday night as the proud owner of 16 Emmy nominations, including a historic, first-ever-for-basic-cable best drama nod, shared with FX's "Damages." (Male lead Jon Hamm and recurring player Robert Morse, classed as a "guest star," are the other big-ticket nominees.) It has already won a Peabody Award and a couple of Golden Globes. It was the most prestigious show of 2007 in the sense that -- like "The Sopranos" years earlier -- it was the one to mention if you Wanted to sound smart about your TV watching.

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