When did Mad Men premiere and end?
Mad Men premiered on AMC on the 19th of July, 2007, and ran until the 17th of May, 2015. The series produced 92 episodes across seven seasons.
Questions about Mad Men
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who created Mad Men and how did the show get made?
Matthew Weiner created Mad Men, writing the first draft as a spec pilot script in 2000 while working as a staff writer on the sitcom Becker. After HBO and Showtime both passed, talent manager Ira Liss pitched the series to AMC Vice President of Development Christina Wayne, and AMC ordered it as the network's first original scripted series.
What awards did Mad Men win?
Mad Men won 16 Emmys and 5 Golden Globes. It became the first basic cable series to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, taking that prize for each of its first four seasons from 2008 through 2011, tying the record set by Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and The West Wing.
Who plays Don Draper in Mad Men and what is his character's secret?
Jon Hamm plays Don Draper. His character's real name is Richard Whitman. During the Korean War, Whitman assumed the identity of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Don Draper, who was killed in an ambush, and used that identity to desert the army and build a career in advertising.
What time period does Mad Men cover and why did the creator choose it?
Mad Men is set between March 1960 and November 1970. Creator Matthew Weiner chose 1960 as the starting point primarily because the contraceptive pill became available in March of that year, which he described as the largest social change of the era. The show traces the transformation of American social norms across the decade.
How did Mad Men influence television and popular culture?
Mad Men raised the profile of AMC and is credited by many television critics with starting the wave of prestige drama known as Peak TV; its success allowed AMC to greenlight Breaking Bad. In popular culture it triggered a revival in early-1960s men's fashion, a surge in the baby name Betty in the United States in 2010, and renewed interest in mid-century modern decor. In 2014, President Obama referenced the show in his State of the Union Address when speaking about workplace inequality.