No "Mad Men" non-discussion this week

In the wake of the five creative-arts Emmys AMC won Saturday night, the most of any basic cable network, "Mad Men's" going on the shelf this Sunday. AMC's now apparently hoping viewers instead turn to the big ceremony on ABC, where "Mad Men" seems to have a chance to win some serious hardware.

"Mad Men" won in some pretty no-brainer categories: Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series, Cinematography For A One-Hour Series (both for the episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"), Hairstyling and, of course, Outstanding Main Title Design. (AMC's "Breaking Bad" also won an Emmy, for editing.)

Instead, they'll run a repeat. And then, hoping those who saw the Emmys will be interested in a taste (have they seen Emmy ratings numbers in recent years?), they'll offer up a "Mad Men" marathon of the first eight episodes of season two on Thursday, Sept. 25 from 3 p.m.-midnight, PCT. (According to AMC's website, at 11 p.m., they'll offer up the episode that's being pre-empted this Sunday and will air on the 28th. Dunno if that's true, but that's what it says.)