Support NeoGAF

[Cornballer]

Season 6 of the critically acclaimed AMC series Mad Men starts up Sunday, April 7th at 9pm with a special 2 hour premiere. After a nine-month wait, it's great to have Mad Men back on the air. Please note that the show will switch to its regular 10pm slot on April 14th.

EDIT: There are two seasons of Mad Men remaining. Season 7 will conclude the series.

Summary

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on July 19, 2007, on the American cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television. The series concluded its fifth season on June 10, 2012, and has been renewed for a sixth season, which will premiere on April 7, 2013.

Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The focal point of the series is Don Draper (Jon Hamm), creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and the people in his life, both in and out of the office. The plot focuses on the business of the agencies as well as the personal lives of the characters, regularly depicting the changing moods and social mores of the United States in the 1960s.

Mad Men has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity, visual style, costume design, acting, writing, and directing, and has won many awards, including fifteen Emmys and four Golden Globes. It is the first and only basic cable series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning it in each of its first four seasons in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it #6 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

Links
General

• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia Episode Summaries
• IMDB
• Season 5 promo pics at Hitfix

AMC

• AMC Main site
• AMC Episode Guide
• Mad Men Yourself - avatar generator
• Videos from AMC
• Cast
• Desktop background, screensavers, and other downloadables from AMC

Videos

AMC Videos on Youtube:

• Mad Men Season 6 Off-Air Trailer
• On-Air Promo, Everything is Wonderful: Mad Men
• A Look at Season 6: Inside Mad Men
• Where Season 5 Left Off: Inside Mad Men
• On-Air Promo, Don't Mix Them Up: Mad Men & The Walking Dead

Teasers:

• On-Air Promo, Affair: Mad Men
• On-Air Promo, Affair: Peggy
• On-Air Promo, Affair: The Partners
• On-Air Promo, Affair: Harry
• On-Air Promo, Affair: The Drapers

Recaps:

• Season 1 & 2 recap (TV Guide)
• Season 3 recap (Fan vid)
• Where Season 4 left off (AMC vid)
• Where Season 5 Left Off: Inside Mad Men

Misc Fan Videos:

• Someone decided to put together a supercut of every on screen drink from Mad Men
• March Mad Men (March Madness & Mad Men Supercut, youtube)

Articles, Interviews, and News

• John Slattery Directing Two 'Mad Men' Episodes in Season Six
• Daily Beast: Mad Men: Creator Matthew Weiner Shares 10 Facts About Season 6
• AMC's 'Mad Men' gets return date, plus Matthew Weiner talks season 6
• NY Mag: Everything There Is to Know About the New Season of Mad Men
• Salon.com: "Mad Men's" creator talks to Salon about the show's sixth season, which starts April 7
• NY Times: Mad Men Draws On an Original - Brian Sanders Creates Poster for New Season
• Huffington Post: 'Mad Men Recap': Matt Weiner, Jon Hamm Set Stage For Season 6
• NYT: Elisabeth Moss interview (covers a variety of topics and has a couple tidbits about MM)
• Huffington Post: Jon Hamm Defends The Show's Anti-Spoilers Policy Ahead Of Season 6
• Google60 The search engine in the style of the Mad Men era.
• Zap2It: 'Mad Men' Season 6 interview - Jon Hamm's wishes for Don Draper and the season ahead *some spoilers*
• Mean Girls / Mad Men tumblr: Mean Mad Men
• Jerusalem Post: Ben Feldman hams up the Jew factor on Mad Men
• Onion A|V Club: 10 episodes that show the best of Mad Men's many facets
• Wall Street Journal: It's His Mad, Mad World - Conversation with Matthew Weiner
• Evening Standard: Mad Men's Jessica Pare on Don Draper, power dressing and making it in Hollywood
• Zap2It: Matthew Weiner on Jon Hamm, anxiety as a theme and feeling 'oversensitive'
• CBS News: Mad Men Stars Talk Season 6 (video)
• USA Today: Can 'Mad' man Draper be faithful in new season? (video interview with Hamm & Slattery)
• Saturday Evening Post: Meet Mad Men Creator Matt Weiner
• Rolling Stone Cover Story Excerpt: On the Set of 'Mad Men' with Jon Hamm
• The Independent: The Secret Agency - Mad Men Returns
• The Independent interviews Vincent Kartheiser: 'I think people want to punch me in the face'
• NY Daily News: Mad Men’ with Jon Hamm & Elisabeth Moss sees fashions evolve from universally flattering early '60s attire (fashion article)

Reviews

• Variety reviews Season 6

  Weaned in “The Sopranos” school of drama, Weiner tends to begin seasons slowly, disgorging plot as he goes. Even so, there’s tantalizing material in this latest campaign.

• Tim Goodman's THR review: 'Mad Men' Season 6: TV Review *some spoilers*

  Weiner has not lost his touch at writing a beautifully crafted script -- jammed with the sadness and humor and personal revelations we’ve all come to appreciate.

Schedule

• The Doorway Part 1 & 2 - Two hour season premiere - Episodes 6.01/6.02 - 4/7/13

  Spoiler

  Don spearheads a new campaign, Roger gets some unsettling news, and Betty takes in a houseguest.

• The Collaborators - Episode 6.03 - 4/14/13

  Spoiler

  Don has a disagreement with a client; Pete entertains a guest; Peggy tries to motivate the staff.

• To Have and to Hold - Episode 6.04 - 4/21/12

  Spoiler

  The partners try to keep a secret campaign under wraps; an old friend visits Joan.

S6 poster:

A look back at all of the posters: (click to enlarge)


Promo pics: (more available via AMC)

Gifs:

 

[f0rk]

Best show on Sunday nights

 

[sixteen-bit]

Can't wait!

 

[Nobility]

The time has come, here's to another great season!

 

[Ultimadrago]

I'm very ready.

 

[jtb]

Looking forward to it.

 

[Empty]

fuck yeah! return of the king.

that full size art too. omg.

 

[Dany]

So excited, last season was amazing. I'm very excited to see what they do to Joan.

 

[Leonsito]

Walking Dead and Spartacus finish, Mad men and Game of Thrones to the rescue.

 

[xenist]

I am claiming Glen as my avatar.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

i died

 

[BertramCooper]

Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Veep, and (for a brief time) Archer all at once is enough to give me a massive TVgasm.

 

[Niraj]

Nice work on the thread, as usual.

Just finished my rewatch of season 5 the other day, so I'm ready for this!

 

[Jackben]

PIZZA HAUS

 

[Loomba]

Favourite poster, it's different.

Looks like Betty has gotten the weight off as well (I know it was real life pregnancy weight but still). Hope we get some more Alexis Bledel too.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Veep, and (for a brief time) Archer all at once is enough to give me a massive TVgasm.

And one more week of Justified too. Craziness.

 

[Tucah]

I cannot wait for this to come back.

 

[zero_suit]

Yes, can't wait! Just finished S5 on Netflix. Amazing stuff.

 

[Ein Bear]

So fucking hyped for this.

RIP fat Betty

 

[MidnightCowboy]

It's so weird seeing Glen grown up. I'll always see him as the kid who just wanted some of Betty's beautiful golden locks.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Rub it all over me.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Hahahaaa

Oh Glen.

 

[rugioh]

After this upcoming week will madmen be starting at 10EST? I don't want to have to choose between this and GoT every week.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Also, the OP reminded me just how glad I am Ken Cosgrove stuck around. He's always been one of my favorite smaller characters, probably because of his love of writing.

 

[sixteen-bit]

After this upcoming week will madmen be starting at 10EST? I don't want to have to choose between this and GoT every week.

GOT replays at 10PM. Just watch it immediately after Mad Men.

Not going to be an option next week due to the 2-hour premiere though. Set up HBO Go if you haven't already.

 

[slightconfuse]

Can't wait for this

 

[Rocket Scientist]

The wait continues*

*Non-USA Gaf =(

 

[MuddyDonut]

;_; Finally caught up too. So ready.

 

[Cornballer]

After this upcoming week will madmen be starting at 10EST? I don't want to have to choose between this and GoT every week.

Yes. It's 9pm for the 2hr premiere, and then it's moving back to the usual 10pm start time for the rest of the season. Both shows do immediate replays, so you can pick and choose how you want to watch them. Be careful because they both will regularly run a little bit longer than an hour which could screw up your timing.

 

[hamchan]

Wow it's already back.

 

[CrankyJay]

OMG April 7th? Wow...WOWOWOW.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Oh yeah Cornballer, I really appreciate the running Glenn gag.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

The KING is back.....


*pushes Walking Dead aside

 

[The Outsider]

It's been too long, Mad Men.

 

[hamchan]

I sure wonder if that mischievious Don Draper will cheat on his wife this season.

 

[Weenerz]

Heres hoping that this season isn't as forgettable as last season.

 

[f0rk]

Heres hoping that this season isn't as forgettable as last season.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I sure wonder if that mischievious Don Draper will cheat on his wife this season.

True story, my friend whose unfamiliar with the series saw an episode of Mad Men in season 1 or 2 and tried to describe it to me as "the one where Don cheats on his wife."

 

[madkiller]

Glenn the creeper.

Awesome job on the OT.

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

Currently on my second rewatch of season 5 (going through all of the audio commentary).

Can't wait for the coming stretch of great Sundays.

 

[Dany]

UGH glenn please no more of him.

 

[CrankyJay]

w00t! <3 Trudy

 

[LuchaShaq]

UGH glenn please no more of him.

Better Glenn than Ginsberg.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Lane.



Anyway, can't wait!

 

[f0rk]

Better Glenn than Ginsberg.

Ginsberg actually does something interesting rather than just be a creepy outlet for Betty/Sally

 

[Artemisia]

First season I'll be watching on schedule ;_;

I can't wait ;_;

 

[kingocfs]

Didn't realize this was so close

 

[oatmeal]

Love the Glenn pic. Haha.

 

[moka]

Epic thread. Man I'm so excited.

 

[Epicus Failus]

I love the show but it's the whitest thing since white came to Whitetown. Maybe I'm biased because I'm black =\