"Mad Men" (2007) TV series 2007-????

Creator:

Matthew Weiner

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Where The Truth Lies ...

Plot:

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Secretary | New York City | Advertising | Marriage

Awards:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 31 wins & 55 nominations

Cast

Jon Hamm	...	Don Draper (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Elisabeth Moss	...	Peggy Olson (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Pete Campbell / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Holloway / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Bryan Batt	...	Salvatore Romano (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
January Jones	...	Betty Draper / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Michael Gladis	...	Paul Kinsey (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
John Slattery	...	Roger Sterling (36 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kiernan Shipka	...	Sally Draper (36 episodes, 2007-2009)
Robert Morse	...	Bertram Cooper (27 episodes, 2007-2009)
Emelle	...	Secretary (25 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alison Brie	...	Trudy Campbell (20 episodes, 2007-2009)
Julie McNiven	...	Hildy (20 episodes, 2007-2009)
Eve Curtis	...	Secretary / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mark Moses	...	Herman 'Duck' Phillips (16 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alexa Alemanni	...	Allison (16 episodes, 2007-2009)

Also Known As:

Mad Men (Greece) [el]
Mad Men - Reklámõrültek (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

Israel:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Movie Classics (AMC)

Trivia:

Talia Balsam, John Slattery's real-life wife, portrays his wife in the series.

Quotes:

Fred Rumsen: Bonnie Prince Sterling here thought I was a coward cause I was in the Signal Corps.
Roger Sterling: Little did I know it was only for his last sixth months.
Fred Rumsen: I think he thought I was a typist or something.
Roger Sterling: Before that Freddy was in charge of killing people. And by "people" I mean Germans. What was it, fifteen of them?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scoring 'Mad Men' (2008) (V)

A Serious Show for a Serious Audience.........

The first episode of Mad Men honestly represents the drinking, smoking, sexist fifties, a time when Madison Avenue's attitude and control permeated our entire culture, including one international political blunder after another, a time before anyone ever heard of political correctness. Gays were still in the closet, women slept their way to wherever they wanted to go, and advertising executives ruled the world. Everyone smoked because we all just looked so damn good doing it.

Mad Men captures not only the look of the fifties, it grabs all the details along with it. Here's a show for Aaron Sorkin fans, a show that treats the audience as adults, smartly written, yet a show that avoids pandering. At first, characters appear one dimensional but there's a hint of turmoil below the surface, a promise of things to come in future episodes. This, my friend, is an expose.'

I suspect Mad Men will be a small audience success story. It's a quality show, for grown ups, and the fact that it's on AMC will mean it can live a full life with less than network audience numbers.

I really enjoyed the first episode and look forward to the next. Good job!