ANGELES — Don't expect to see a new season of "Mad Men" this summer."

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Talk about being out to lunch. "Mad Men's" Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Roger Sterling (John Slattery) won't be on your TV real soon.

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ANGELES — Don't expect to see a new season of "Mad Men" this summer."

Lionsgate and "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner may beclose to a new deal, but it won't be soon enough to get the Emmy-winning show back on the schedule for its traditional summer premiere.

"Mad Men" usually begins shooting in late April or early May. And while sources say Weiner is close to a lucrative new pact with Lionsgate, they will need at least several weeks to ramp up.

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Two years ago, when Weiner's negotiations with Lionsgate dragged into January, "Mad Men" did not bow until August.

Not that AMC does not have options. The network will bow new series "The Killing" April 3. And "Breaking Bad" is slated for a fourth season premiere in July. "Breaking Bad" has also been delayed from its traditional spring premiere, which means that by the time the Bryan Cranston series returns it will not have had new episodes on for more than a year.

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