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Ad execs are officially the new TV hotness Looks like advertising is joining medicine, law and detective work in the ranks of overused professions on TV dramas. On the heels of AMC’s Mad Men comes TNT’s Truth in Advertising, slated to star Eric McCormack of Will & Grace and Tom Cavanagh of Ed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show takes place in the fictional Chicago agency of Rothman, Greene & Moore. McCormack will play an art director who “must learn to cultivate his inner shark” when he’s promoted to creative director. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that there will be sizzling sexual tension among everyone in the agency, except for the token comic-relief guy in media planning. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go punch out one of my colleagues for having a lesbian affair with the designer I’m secretly in love with—and all this on the eve of The Big Pitch! How do I even get work done around here? —Posted by David Griner

September 27, 2007 in Griner | Permalink

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Mad Men sucks, it's all talk and kisses, I never see them brainstorming.

I hope TNT's show is better, although from the description here, it sounds like yet another unrealistic portrayal of advertising life. For funny unrealism, I'd rather watch "Crazy People."

Posted by: Bobby | Sep 27, 2007 1:06:23 PM

I've read the casting breakdowns. It looks like it's going to play more like a sitcom than a drama - though, no, there is no zany media guy. Apparently it's the ex-hippie Group CD that provides comic relief. Because Group CDs are inherently funny. And hippies.

Here's to hoping they prove us wrong and that the show is spectacluar.

Posted by: Michael | Sep 27, 2007 1:25:26 PM

I hope they don't forget the 40-something ECD that's become a "suit" and has forgetten about why he (or she) got into the business to begin with.

"They don't hire us to create something great. They hire us to take orders. Now, I'm heading to Cannes for a week even though our agency hasn't won anything (or let alone sent) in the last 5 years."

Posted by: Thom | Sep 27, 2007 8:17:06 PM

Other advertising characters from the past come to mind: Brian Kinney in "Queer as Folk" and Darrin Stephens (both of them) and his boss Larry Tate in "Bewitched". There are undoubtedly others.

Posted by: David | Sep 27, 2007 11:35:47 PM

Don't forget the boys from thirtysomething working for evil Miles Drentell.

Posted by: | Sep 28, 2007 5:03:26 PM

I just hope they don't show an unrealistically large apartments like they always do when they portray ad people. As a senior creative in a great agency, my salary gets me a tiny studio. Compared to all the other white colors in NYC, we're on the bottom of the totem pole.

Posted by: Sara | Sep 30, 2007 6:56:20 PM

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