MAD MEN (and women) starts its third season tonight. The year is 1963. MAD MEN still blends advertising and soap opera in unique ways. Patti Abbott mentioned MAD MEN might have the best ensemble cast on TV. I can’t agree more. Jon Hamm as Don Draper lives a life based on identity theft. His troubled marriage fuels several other plot lines. Christina Hendricks, who plays the sexy redhead office manager Joan Holloway, is in an abusive relationship. Elizabeth Moss as the secretive Peggy Olson, is my favorite character. She’s a woman working in a male-dominated profession and she beats the guys at their own game. My only wish is that the episodes would spend more time on the actual production of advertising as the series did in the First Season. But that’s a minor quibble. If you haven’t been watching this series, you’re missing the best program on TV.