Jezebel: Mad Men Won't Be Coming Back Anytime Soon

Jezebel reports:

There's good news and bad news for Mad Men fans. Creator Matt Weiner is working on a deal that would extend the show through a fifth and sixth season, but negations are taking so long that we won't be spending Sundays with Don and Joan this summer. In fact, production may be so delayed that the program won't come back until 2012.

However, the drama surrounding the show is already in full swing, as rumors have been flying about the state of negotiations for weeks. From Weiner's perspective, he deserves a hefty sum because the show is a massive critical hit that's responsible for reviving AMC. Yet, since the network has been able to develop other original series like Breaking Bad andThe Walking Dead, it's now less reliant onMad Men. (And due to the fact that Americans are more interested in the zombie apocalypse than a '60s advertising agency, The Walking Dead already has twice as many viewers as Mad Men.)

Hah. Last sentence so true. But does this mean that all I'll have to watch this summer is True Blood? COME ON! By last July, I was looking forward more to Mad Men each week than I was to Alexander Skarsgard's alternately naked glory. True Story.