Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is a secretive man. And I can’t blame him. If I put as much work into a show as he does, I wouldn’t want people blatantly telling the press what’s going to happen all season.

Last weekend, Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times wrote a season preview of the show and Weiner was none too pleased with her piece.

He says:

“I was shocked – really shocked. I would love to have it known that this was done totally without my approval. Ninety-nine percent of the reporters who wrote about the show did not write about the story. A lot of people told me they were blindsided by (the Stanley article). You’d think the New York Times wouldn’t have to scoop me. It’s bittersweet when you don’t get to have the experience of seeing the show as it was meant to be seen. In some ways, it ruins the show. I’m kind of powerless. It’s the bargain you make: I wanted to have press, and it was nice to get that kind of space with those pictures. The alternative is not to share these things with the press any more – but how can you expect journalists to write about the show if you don’t? It was all very disappointing to me.”

Wow. That’s extremely disappointing.

Mad Men premieres tomorrow night.

I’ll tune in anyway, Matthew! Will you be tuning in?

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