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The main cast of Mad Men season 1 poses in 1960s business attire in a dimly lit office with gold blinds, some seated and some standing around a table. John Slattery, Jon Hamm, and January Jones sit around a dining table with drinks and cigarettes in a warmly lit scene from the television series Mad Men. Six main cast members from Mad Men season 3 stand in two groups against a white background, dressed in 1960s formal attire, with three women in dresses and three men in suits. Jay R. Ferguson, Elisabeth Moss, and Ben Feldman stand together in 1960s attire in an office scene from the television series Mad Men. Main cast of Mad Men stands in 1960s attire inside an office, with Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in a suit at center, surrounded by five women in colorful period dresses.
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The main cast of Mad Men season 1 poses in 1960s business attire in a dimly lit office with gold blinds, some seated and some standing around a table.
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Mad Men

American television series
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John M. Cunningham graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2000 with a B.A. in English. He worked at Britannica from 2004 to 2018. A student of pop culture and the arts, he wrote about popular (and semipopular)...
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Mad Men, American television drama series that aired (2007–15) on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable network and was widely praised for its nuanced representation of social life in the 1960s and for its stylish visual flair. The show was created by Matthew Weiner, who had previously served as a writer and a producer on several TV series, most notably The Sopranos. Mad Men’s first season, set in 1960, introduced viewers to Don Draper (played...

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