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The long wait paid off for Mad Men. Last night’s Season 5 premiere of the AMC period drama averaged 3.5 million viewers. That was up 21% from Season 4′s debut exactly 20 months ago and the series’ largest audience ever. The fifth-season premiere posted series highs in all key demos. That includes adults 25-54, in which it delivered 1.7 million viewers, up 17% from the Season 4 opener; and adults 18-49 (1.6 million), up 30%. “Almost five years ago, with a focus on distinction and quality, AMC launched Mad Men as the first series in its commitment to original scripted dramatic television,” said AMC president Charlie Collier. “Mad Men set the bar high and we are incredibly proud that it continues to engage audiences looking for unexpected, unconventional and uncompromising television.” For the night, Mad Men was watched by a total of 4.4 million viewers in the premiere 9 PM airing and the 11 PM encore.
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Remember when Draper’s previous lover said “you only like the beginnings of things ?” That being the case, the Don-Megan relationship was worth the price of admission. Jessica Pare did a great job of adding layers to her charachter,not there before. The wallet story and Joan’s baby were a snore. Hamm and Pare were the most interesting thing by far, but Slattery, Kartheiser and Moss couldn’t be bad if they tried. Throw in Jones and her shrew act and it will be a sensational season.
Can’t wait for next episode.
re: the phones: That’s what it was like. It may surprise you to know they did not have email in 1968–yet people found a way to communicate remotely…
The statistics arent; nearly as good as Breakjing Bad or The Walking Dead. Really! All this hype. MM is a good show but the newer cable offerings are much edgy. MM has great production design, good costumes, but the story line is unexceptional. It’ so overblown. Can’t wait for Homeland to return.
It might be that the hard core fans are being punk’d by the writers. This show is so bad and still they love and defend it. The emperor has no clothes (and is not even doing housework.)
Aside from the odd sound, I also noticed the picture seems to have changed for the worse. I remember all the other seasons looking like a feature film, and this year it looks cheap to me. What is different?