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Set 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.
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Mad Men tracks the shifting social landscape of 1960s New York through the lens of a high-stakes advertising firm. The series trades loud dramatics for a deliberate, understated pace, focusing on the slow erosion of personal integrity in a workspace defined by aggressive ambition and casual cruelty. It portrays the golden age of marketing as a grim, polished facade where corporate advancement often requires stripping away one's own identity.
Jon Hamm leads a cast navigating the era’s rigid hierarchy, where workplace harassment and deep-seated prejudices are treated as mere professional hurdles. The script captures the way these executives curate their public personas to mask a profound, pervasive unhappiness. By grounding its narrative in the mundane realities of office politics, the show turns the daily grind into a dark study of how people reinvent themselves when the world changes beneath their feet.
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- First Aired
- July 19, 2007
- Status
- Ended
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 1,495