Mad Men
"Where the truth lies."
HBO MaxSet in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
Season 1
Season one takes place between March and November 1960. It introduces the fictional advertising agency Sterling Cooper. The season begins with the new secretary, Peggy Olson, starting her first day with the firm. As the season unfolds, the mysterious backstory of enigmatic ad man Don Draper is revealed as are the growing confidence and success of Peggy Olson.
Season 2
Season two takes place between February and October 1962, culminating with the Cuban Missile Crisis. It expands on Peggy's rise in the workplace and the marital strife between Don and Betty Draper as Don's infidelities further intrude on his family life. The second season also introduces an unknown acquaintance of Don Draper. Draper is corresponding by letter with this unseen acquaintance in secret.
Season 3
Season three takes place six months after the conclusion of the second season and ends in December 1963. It chronicles the end of the "Camelot era" as the characters go through immense change in their professional and personal lives.
Season 4
Season four takes place between November 1964 and October 1965. It is set at the new and considerably more modern advertising agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The main narrative of the fourth season is driven by Don Draper's identity crisis. As Don falls deeper into existential despair, he begins regularly meeting with women of loose moral character and faces debilitating alcoholism.
Season 5
Season 5 takes place between Memorial Day 1966 and spring 1967. The season explores Don Draper's new marriage to Megan, which leads him to ignore his work at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency. Meanwhile, Lane, Pete, Roger, Joan, and Peggy learn that it is "every man for himself" in their personal and professional lives, as they each face painful new beginnings.
Season 6
Season 6 takes place between December 1967 and November 1968.
Season 7
The first part of season 7 begins in January 1969, several weeks after the Thanksgiving 1968 ending of season 6, and ends in July 1969, with characters dealing with the dynamics of lives and offices being split between New York and Los Angeles.
Cast (704)
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Directors
Jennifer Getzinger
Director
Ages 39-47
Phil Abraham
Director
Michael Uppendahl
Director
Matthew Weiner
Director
Ages 42-49
Scott Hornbacher
Director
Lesli Linka Glatter
Director
Ages 53-61
Tim Hunter
Director
Ages 60-67
John Slattery
Director
Ages 44-52
Andrew Bernstein
Director
Alan Taylor
Director
Ages 42-50
Christopher Manley
Director
Jon Hamm
Director
Ages 36-44
Ed Bianchi
Director
Ages 65-73
Barbet Schroeder
Director
Ages 65-73
Jared Harris
Director
Ages 45-53
Matt Shakman
Director
Ages 31-39
Lynn Shelton
Director
Ages 41-49
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Director
Ages 40-48
Paul Feig
Director
Ages 44-52
Writers
Matthew Weiner
Writer
Ages 42-49
Jonathan Igla
Writer
André Jacquemetton
Writer
Maria Jacquemetton
Writer
Erin Levy
Writer
Semi Chellas
Writer
Lisa Albert
Writer
Robin Veith
Writer
Dahvi Waller
Writer
Carly Wray
Writer
Kater Gordon
Writer
Janet Leahy
Writer
Cathryn Humphris
Writer
Marti Noxon
Writer
Ages 42-50
Jonathan Abrahams
Writer
Tom Palmer
Writer
Bridget Bedard
Writer
Chris Provenzano
Writer
Tom Smuts
Writer
Brett Johnson
Writer
Ages 25-32
Victor Levin
Writer
Ages 46-54
Rick Cleveland
Writer
David Iserson
Writer
Frank Pierson
Writer
Ages 82-90
Heather Jeng Bladt
Writer
Andrew Colville
Writer
Tracy McMillan
Writer
Ages 42-50
Keith Huff
Writer
Jason Grote
Writer
Jane Anderson
Writer
Producers
Scott Hornbacher
Executive Producer
Scott Hornbacher
Producer
Matthew Weiner
Executive Producer
Ages 42-49
Lisa Albert
Producer
Blake McCormick
Producer
Ages 42-50
Maria Jacquemetton
Executive Producer
Maria Jacquemetton
Producer
André Jacquemetton
Producer
André Jacquemetton
Executive Producer
Janet Leahy
Executive Producer
Erin Levy
Producer
Jon Hamm
Producer
Ages 36-44
Dwayne Shattuck
Producer
Ages 48-55
Tom Smuts
Producer
Dahvi Waller
Producer
Jonathan Abrahams
Producer
Todd London
Producer
Ages 70-78
Greg Schultz
Producer
Jack Lechner
Producer
Cinematographers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US
Production Companies
RadicalMedia, Weiner Bros., Lionsgate Television, AMC