TV NOTES & NEWS
PASADENA, Calif. — Betty White says her plans for her upcoming 90th birthday might include “a little vodka on the rocks.”
The tireless actress's big day on Tuesday seems to be exciting others more than her. NBC is airing a birthday special for White the day before and has picked up a “Candid Camera”-like prank show featuring senior citizens called “Betty White's Off Their Rockers.”
“I didn't accomplish anything,” White said. “It just came up on me. I'm blessed with good health.”
NBC has not yet put “Off Their Rockers,” which White would host, on the schedule. White said she's on hand to make sure producers don't make any of the humor mean-spirited.
NEW YORK — “Mad Men” last aired a new episode in October 2010. But relief is in sight, according to its star, Jon Hamm.Hamm revealed on a podcast last week that the premiere of the fifth season of the AMC network drama is March 25. Hamm also says he will direct that episode.AMC declined to confirm the date. The return of the show follows protracted negotiations after the fourth season between Lionsgate, the studio that produces it, and its creator-executive producer, Matthew Weiner.The acclaimed drama stars Hamm as an advertising executive and divorced family man working in Manhattan during the 1960s.
