Netflix Pacts With Lionsgate To Stream ‘Mad Men’

COMMENTS (16)

• It’ll be interesting to see how the ratings will be effected in March 2012. This gives a lot of people almost a year to catch up on the first four seasons…

  Comment by Mike — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 4:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Count that as another show that HBO wanted but Netflix got!

  Comment by Netdix — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 5:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yes! I’ve wanted to watch Mad Men for a long time, but I don’t want to tie up my queue with a dozen discs. I hope they start streaming “Breaking Bad” and “Walking Dead” next.

  Now we just need HBO to get over themselves and at least allow discontinued series to stream on netflix. I really doubt they’re even making money from stuff like “Deadwood” at this point.

  Comment by Frank — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 5:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope they stream Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Rubicon, and The Killing. AMC makes the best dramas at the moment. Here’s hoping Hell on Wheels will be another hit.

  Comment by SK — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 5:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Good move! Who needs to buy DVDs or go to the theater when you have Netflix? The studios can try and stop content from streaming on Netflix but it will backfire on them. Studios and networks, you are fighting a losing battle.

  Netflix – you’re either with us or against us!

  Comment by Netflix Fan — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 6:37pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You’re crazy.

    Comment by Reason — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 7:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Why do you consider Reason crazy? He’s right. Most reasonably tech savvy people can download any movie or tv show they want. And, many people who do not want to go that route use Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu and/or Amazon. I used to go to about 15 movies a year. Over the past three years, I’ve seen five movies in the theaters. That’s emblematic of people in my age range: 20-30. Netflix is a great service, and Mad Men’s addition is great news.

      Comment by Justin P. — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 5:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• I wish netflix would come to the UK.

  Comment by stealth — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 7:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• And the residuals go where ?

  Comment by Peggy Lane ORourke — Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 11:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• YES! I love me some Netflix instant watching!!! Second best news I heard all day. The first was about more zombie action/killing in season two of The Walking Dead.

  Comment by JMC — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 12:04am PDT  Reply to this post

• About time, I think more cable shows need to do this, I think it will improve the ratings on new episodes. More people will be familar with the series and more folks will watch new episodes.

  I watched all the Mad Men episodes, but I can now point family members and others to Netflix if they want to catch up with the show. I’ve been basically saying don’t bother watching if you haven’t watched the previous episodes.

  Now they need to make a deal to put Breaking Bad on Netflix in the US.

  Comment by JD — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 1:34am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Good points, JD. When it comes to episodic comedies, you don’t necessarily need to see all/most of the previous episodes. This certainly isn’t the case for such shows as Lost, Mad Men, the Wire and the Sopranos, etc.

    Comment by Justin P. — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 5:52am PDT  Reply to this post

• Hello Comcast, I’d like to cancel my cable. Unless you are a sports junkie why hve cable anymore? It is an easy $75 a month savings right there.

  Comment by Cheapskate — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 9:51am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I’m a half a year into doing this and it’s working wonderfully. We still get internet from Comcast but canceled the cable TV.

    Sure enough, the only thing we miss it for is the occasional sports game. Otherwise? Between DVDs, Hulu, and using the XBox for streaming Netflix and ESPN3, we have more than enough options.

    The thing is, it’s not just a replacement — it’s *better*, because you watch more of what you actually want to watch, and don’t get sucked into watching shows you don’t care about just because they’re on.

    Comment by Michael — Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 11:32am PDT  Reply to this post

• Netflix should just buy AMC outright. They’ve got the best scripted development department out there and there original programming has the most replay value. The two things in my disk que are Mad Men and Breaking Bad anyway.

  Comment by Ted B. — Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 8:40am PDT  Reply to this post

• Smart move by AMC, not sure about Netflix, how much additional revenue would Mad Men bring to them? Unless they start bringing in more series…

  Comment by Chris.Draper — Friday April 22, 2011 @ 11:43am PDT  Reply to this post