TV Guide: January Jones

January Jones Tries to Bring the Funny for Saturday Night Live

TV Guide — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:19:00 -0500

Mad Men's January Jones tried her hand at comedy this week when she hosted Saturday Night Live. But was she able to cut loose from the stiff Betty Draper persona we've all come to know? Let's check out some clips:

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This was really the only Mad Men gag of the night. Jones monologue was almost immediately interrupted by a group of obsessed fans, which Jones referred to as "Mad Mennies." They even ended up on stage to sing the show's theme songs with their original lyrics.

Watch the video after the jump.

Exclusive: Mad Men Creator Discusses the Kennedy Assassination

TV Guide — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0500

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Before Mad Men's third season, fans wondered when, as in what year, series creator Matthew Weiner would resume the story.

There was reason for the anticipation: In the Season2 finale, Betty (January Jones) revealed to reformed womanizer Don (Jon Hamm) that she was pregnant, and viewers were curious how that would play out. But more significantly, everyone wondered whether or not Weiner would skip over the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After all, Weiner said more than a few times that he didn't think he had anything to add to the historical landmark.

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But Weiner changed his mind. "My attitude about the assassination changed as I got deeper and deeper into the period and after I wrote the first two seasons," he tells TVGuide.com "I thought it was a melodramatic trope the way it had been treated...

January Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Host SNL

TV Guide — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:18:00 -0500

Saturday Night Live is about to get a little mad.

The variety show has tapped Mad Men actress January Jones as well as actor...