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- Network: AMC
- Run: June 19, 2007 - Present
- Episodes: Thursdays at 10PM
- Creator: Matthew Weiner
- Won Golden Globe Awards in 2008 and 2009
- Canadian network: CTV
- On September 1, 2009, AMC renewed Mad Men for a fourth season http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_wi...
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Mad Men is a dramatic television series set in the 1960s at the fictional Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency on New York City's Madison Avenue. The show' won the Best Dramatic Series award at the 2008 Emmy Awards and the 2009 Emmy Awards. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Television Series in 2008 and 2009.
The show depicts the changing social mores of the early 1960s and has been praised for its high production values and attention to period detail. The show was created by Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner.
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Themes
The show highlights such social issues as cigarette smoking, drinking, sexism, and racial bias as examples of how society, not so long ago, was radically different from the present. The series also observes advertising as a corporate outlet for creativity for mainstream, middle-class, young, white men.Cast
- Jon Hamm as Don Draper
- Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olsen
- Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell
- January Jones as Betty Draper
- Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
Season 3
Mad Men's third season kicked off on August 16, 2009, with an episode entitled "Out of Town." The poster for the season featured lead character Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) seated in a room that was slowly filling with water, and indeed, much of the action of the season focused on Draper's life, and the lies that held it together, slowly falling apart. The season ended on November 8, 2009, with the episode "Shut the Door. Have a Seat.," which brings into doubt the entire future of Sterling Cooper.Mad Men Style
The show's recreation of the early 1960s has majorly influenced contemporary American fashion and style. Many influential designers, including Donatella Versace and Isaac Mizrahi have discussed being fans of the showhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204908604574332793869039568.html, and the term "Mad Men Look" has become a universally understood way to reference the style of the era.Popular fashions that have been "brought back" by Mad Men include pencil skirts, fitted sweaters, slim suits with skinny ties and slim-fitting white shirtshttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204908604574332793869039568.html. Suit-makers Brooks Brothers have even introduced a Man Men line of clothing influenced directly by Draper's style from the show.http://www.brooksbrothers.com/madmen/madmen.tem
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Mad Men Questions
Where can I watch the second season of mad men online? Directv only has season one and apparently their listings aren't updated far enough. 1 Answerhttp://www.casttv.com/shows/mad-men read more
What is the closing credits music in Mad Men, Season 3, Episode 1? 1 AnswerIt is a score by David Carbonara but I did not see a title for that particular piece. He will be doing the music for Mad Men. http://www.davidcarbonara.com/dav... read more
How amazing is this IMDB/Mad Men "featured content site takeover" advertisement? Would you like to see these on Mahalo?! 9 AnswersVery interesting. IMDB has done site skinning right. While other sites (like college humor) skin a site based on product, IMDB has skinned a site based on enga... read more -
Mad Men Audio and Video
- Every Mad Men episode closes with a song appropriate to the period and the episode's theme. The song used over the opening credits, however, is of a more recent vintage - "A Beautiful Mine" by RJD2.
- YouTube & Google Video: Mad Men Search
- Yahoo! Video: Mad Men Search
- AMC: Mad Men Video
- NPR: Creating a New Work History: Mad Men (Audio)
- YouTube Video: Mad Men Preview (Time: 1:31)
- YouTube Video: Mad Men Opening Credits (Time: 0:37)
- YouTube Video: Mad Men Pilot Cut Down to Its Smoking Scenes (Time: 3:53)
- YouTube Video: Mad Men Preview: "Advertising" (Time: 0:30)
- YouTube Video: Mad Men Preview: "Green Ambition" (Time: 0:30)
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