No More Mad Men?

Say it ain't so! A deal for the fifth season of Mad Men, possibility the best show on TV, at least one of the best written, has yet to be finalized. The stumbling point? You guessed it - money. Creator and writer Matthew Weiner says nothing has been finalized, but he hopes to continue with AMC and the production company Lionsgate. Negotiations are ongoing and hopefully a deal can be reached soon.

Weiner says that “They are fighting over a very lucrative property, and who is going to pay for it to get made,” Weiner adds, whose contract is up for renegotiation. “It’s one of the biggest perils of success—everyone wants a piece of it now and they are fighting over who is gonna get the biggest chunk. Then they will come to me because talent is last. It would be heartbreaking for me if they don’t work it out, horrifying really. It would be a shame for fans to never get to see what great stuff we have planned for Don and company.” '

Mad Men is the critically acclaimed AMC series of a Madison Avenue Ad Agency in the 1960's starring Jon Hamm as advertising genius Don Draper. You can read the entire article here.