Netflix has quietly released all seven seasons of a TV series that has been called ‘one of the greatest shows of all time’. Hitting screens in 2007, Mad Men was set in 1960s New York and followed the staff of the Sterling Cooper advertising agency.
It starred Jon Hamm as Don Draper, the advertising executive regarded by his peers as a master of his craft as well as his family, friends and co-workers. Elisabeth Moss played his secretary-turned-copywriter Peggy Olson, Vincent Kartheiser was the young and ambitious account executive Pete Campbell, January Jones was his wife Betty Draper and Christina Hendricks played officer manager Joan Holloway.
In its review of the first season, Empire Magazine called the show ‘compulsive TV’ while TV Guide said it was a ‘sleek, sexy and smartly cynical drama’. ‘Cannot think another movie or a series which made such realistic momentum. Once you are in and settled there’s no way out,’ one fan posted on review site Rotten Tomatoes.
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‘Love to binge watch this show! Addicting!’ someone else posted. ‘Mad Men is the most provocative and poetically written TV series I have seen,’ another added. It was also ranked as the greatest show of the 21st century by The Hollywood Reporter in 2023.
Mad Men ran for 92 episodes across seven seasons and won critical acclaim throughout its run, winning 16 Emmys and five Golden Globes. It also won the Emmy for outstanding drama series for its first four seasons and currently holds 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
