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Mad Men
(July 19, 2007 – May 17, 2015) is an
American
television
drama series created and
produced
by
Matthew Weiner
. The series
premiered
on July 19, 2007 on the American
cable television
network
AMC
. The seventh and final
season
had 14
episodes
that will be split into two seven-episode parts. These begin airing in early 2014 and early 2015.
[1]
The first half of the final season premiered on April 13, 2014, and the second half of the final season ended on May 17, 2015.
Mad Men
is set in the 1960s. The scene is the
fictional
Sterling Cooper advertising
agency
on
Madison Avenue
in
New York City
. Later it becomes the newly created
company
, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (later Sterling Cooper & Partners). According to the show's
pilot
, the phrase "Mad men" was a
slang
term started in the 1950s by
advertisers
working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves. This claim has since been denied.
[2]
The main character is Don Draper (
Jon Hamm
), creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The
plot
focuses on the
business
of the advertising agency as well as the personal lives of the characters.
Mad Men
has received widespread
critical acclaim
, particularly for its historical
authenticity
, visual
style
,
costume
design
,
acting
,
writing
, and directing. The show has won many
awards
, including fifteen
Emmys
and four
Golden Globes
. It is the first basic cable series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning it in each of its first four seasons.
[3]
In 2013,
TV Guide
ranked it sixth in its list of the sixty greatest dramas of all time.
[4]
It was ranked seventh in a list of the 101 best-written TV series of all time by the
Writers Guild of America
.
[5]
- ↑
Snierson, Dan (September 17, 2013).
"Final season of 'Mad Men' to be split in half, air in 2014 and 2015"
.
Entertainment Weekly
. Retrieved
September 17,
2013
.
- ↑
Frank, Thomas (December 22, 2013).
"
'Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America'
"
.
Salon.com
. Retrieved
December 22,
2013
.
- ↑
Joyce Eng (September 20, 2009).
"Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Cryer Win First Emmys"
.
TVGuide.com
. Retrieved
September 20,
2009
.
- ↑
Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time".
TV Guide
: 16?17.
- ↑
"
'101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time' From WGA/TV Guide: Complete List"
. Deadline.com. June 2, 2013
. Retrieved
June 3,
2013
.