10 Harsh Realities Of Rewatching Mad Men, 16 Years Later

Sixteen years after its premiere, Mad Men remains compulsively watchable, but there are some aspects that haven’t aged quite so well. Considered one of the most iconic examples of prestige television, Mad Men ran for 7 seasons on AMC from 2007 to 2015. For those watching while the show was airing, there was little better than weeknights when a new episode would drop. Delivering some of the most iconic characters of all time like Don Draper (Jon Hamm), aka Dick Whitman, and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), Mad Men made New York in the 60s seem equal parts glamorous and horrifying. No one would deny that Mad Men changed the landscape of television in more ways than one.