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If you’ve missed out on AMC’s series Mad Men the past few years, consider this your late pass— you’re truly missing out on one of the best series on all of television.
Mad Men Season 4, premieres July 25th, Sunday 10/9c.
Sure Mad Men has won critical acclaim by winning nine Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, and was the first basic cable series to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (2008 & 2009). But who cares about all that award stuff, it’s just a damn good show which is visually rich and delivers on complex characters we end up caring about.
Maybe it’s because he exudes calm under pressure, often gives in to his inner desires for other women, is the most dapper looking man on television, or because he is as much flawed by his tormenting past as he is brilliant in his working career, but whatever the case the show’s main character, Don Draper (Jon Hamm) exemplifies a character which draws us in.
“Set in 1960s New York, the sexy, stylized and provocative AMC drama Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell.
The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Hamm), the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels. The series also depicts authentically the roles of men and women in this era while exploring the true human nature beneath the guise of 1960s traditional family values.”
You can check out the new series video featurettes here that will get you up to speed on all the lies, scandal and intrigue behind the show.
Here’s a great clip from a past season:
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Hard to watch this since it’s around the same time as Entourage. Now that is a can’t miss series.