Mad Men always kind of belonged on HBO, and now it will be.
The all seven of its seasons on AMC.
“Mad Men is a great addition to the HBO Max library of iconic content,” said Royce Battleman, executive vice president of global content acquisitions at Warner Bros. Discovery. “We are thrilled that HBO Max will provide fans the opportunity to enjoy the series in a fresh way with an enhanced 4K viewing experience.”
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The series has been streaming on AMC+ since 2020; it will remain streaming there as well. Mad Men co-existed with Breaking Bad on AMC in the late 2000s/early 2010s, when the former American Movie Classics basic-cable channel rivaled its premium pay-TV competitors. The Walking Dead would go on to carry the torch.
“Mad Men continues to show truly remarkable staying power with audiences a full decade after concluding its network run, and we couldn’t imagine a better home for it than HBO Max,” said Jim Packer, the president of worldwide television distribution at Lionsgate. “HBO sets the bar for premium entertainment, making it the perfect place to celebrate one of television’s defining series while introducing Mad Men to new viewers and reintroducing it to longtime fans in 4K.”
It was Mad Men, a dramatized portrayal of the booming advertising business in the 1960s and 1970s, that first brought the world Jon Hamm — and Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, Kiernan Shipka, January Jones and John Slattery. Mad Men also starred Vincent Kartheiser, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton and Jessica Pare.
Mad Men won a record-tying (with The West Wing and Hill Street Blues) four consecutive best drama Emmys, earning 16 total trophies on 116 nominations.
