Mad Men

Mad Men is AMC’s completed period drama created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. Set primarily in New York advertising agencies during the 1960s, it follows creative director Don Draper, colleagues such as Peggy Olson, Roger Sterling, Joan Holloway and Pete Campbell, and their families as social expectations and the business change around them. Jon Hamm leads the ensemble with Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, January Jones and Vincent Kartheiser. The series premiered on July 19, 2007, and finished its seven-season run in 2015. Its historical setting frames stories about identity, ambition, gender roles, consumer culture and personal reinvention without turning the program into a documentary. This page covers the original AMC series and all seven seasons, not cast interviews or companion material. The long chronology also tracks how professional success reshapes private loyalties.

Where to watch (checked October 9, 2026): AMC+ currently lists the complete series in the United States. Digital-purchase and subscription catalogs, episode packaging and plan requirements vary by country.

Key facts

• Mad Men premiered on AMC on July 19, 2007.
• Matthew Weiner created the series, which Lionsgate Television produced for AMC.
• The completed story contains seven seasons.
• The series won 16 Emmys, including four consecutive Outstanding Drama Series awards from 2008 through 2011.

Official sources: AMC series page; Television Academy record.