Mad Men

Mad Men

Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...

is a period drama for television

Dramatic programming

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 created by Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner is an American writer, director and producer of television drama. He is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner of the AMC television series Mad Men. He is also noted for his work on the HBO series The Sopranos, on which he served as a writer and producer...

. The series premiered on July 19, 2007 on the cable network

Cable network

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 AMC in the United States

United States

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. The show is set in the 1960s and is centered around the private and professional life of Don Draper

Don Draper

Donald "Don" Draper is a fictional character and the protagonist of AMC's television series Mad Men. He is portrayed by 2008 Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm. Until the third season finale, Draper was Creative Director of Manhattan advertising firm Sterling Cooper...

 (Jon Hamm), an enigmatic advertising executive on Madison Avenue.

Four seasons have been telecast so far, each consisting of 13 episodes about 47 minutes long. Mad Men had its fourth season finale in October 2010; its fifth season is scheduled to premiere in March 2012.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....  and Blu-ray Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...  release dates
			Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...	Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...	Region 1 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...	Region 4 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
	1	13
	2	13
	3	13
	4	13
	5	13

Seasons

• The number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series.
• The number in the second column refers to the episode's number in that particular season.

Season 1 (2007)

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Season 3 (2009)

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Season 4 (2010)

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Season 5 (2012)

After numerous delays, due mostly to on-going contract negotiations between AMC, Lionsgate Television

Lionsgate Television

Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lions Gate Entertainment, an entertainment company. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Productions :The following is a partial list of the division's productions:...

and series creator Matthew Weiner, the fifth season of Mad Men was finally announced to premiere in March 2012, sixteen months after the finale of season four.

Seasons 6 and 7

Weiner's new deal includes the production of a sixth season with the strong possibility of a seventh, which Weiner said would be the last.

External links

• Official Mad Men website at AMC