VARIETY & other websites are reporting that MadMen will be back in one year...March 2012.
The show will air a 45minute version, but 47 minutes will be filmed for later release.
And the show is signed for just 3 more seasons. Sounds like the show will be contained to the 1960s....
And btw, other AMC shows like WALKING DEAD, have far more viewers. So thats probably why the negotiations for this award winning show dragged on so long.
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/amc-and-lionsgate-announce-multiyear-mad-men-renewal-26046?page=0,0
Im not sure if MadMen ever got that many viewers, compared to network TV. MadMen premiered w/ less than a million audience and at its peak gets less than 3 million viewers. That would probably get a network show cancelled. But it wins a lot of awards.The Walking Dead is a damn good show, but I had no idea it was getting better ratings then Mad Men.
Mad Men was AMC's first series, which put the cable network on the original programming map. Since then, AMC has successfully launched several other series, most recently The Walking Dead, which supplanted Mad Men as the network's highest-rated show.
Last night's premiere of AMC's original series, "The Walking Dead" resulted in a 3.7 HH rating netting over 5.3 total million viewers making it the largest audience for any original series on the network. The Adults 18-49 demo garnered 3.6 million viewers making it the highest delivery for any cable series premiere for 2010.
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I dont think anyone has posted this, but Jon Hamm is in Sucker Punch...which is turning out to be one of the worst reviewed movies of the year...
Im not sure if MadMen ever got that many viewers, compared to network TV. MadMen premiered w/ less than a million audience and at its peak gets less than 3 million viewers. That would probably get a network show cancelled. But it wins a lot of awards.
Walking Dead is AMC's new big hit. Its gotten 5 or 6 million viewers & good critical reviews.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/amc-officially-greenlights-season-5-of-mad-men-for-early-2012-premiere/
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/11/01/amc-original-series-the-walking-dead-garners-highest-18-49-delivery-for-any-cable-series-premiere-for-2010-424510/20101101amc01/
It will actually be about a year and a half, when you consider that the previous season ended in mid-October 2010!
But us Mad Men fans are fiercely loyal. I predict that there won't be substantial falloff...
2 to 3 million is a lot for a cable show. To be fair, network shows don't get what they used to either. Today a top rated network show will get about 10 to 12 million viewers, when 30 years ago a top rated show like MASH got around 20 million viewers.
When Mad Men premiered it was by far the highest rated show on AMC, (and frankly put AMC back on the map) and one of the highest rated basic cable shows on TV. Most basic cable shows are lucky to get 1 million viewers on average.
Besides being the second highest rated show on the network doesn't get you canceled.
Having said that, going for a year with no new shows just might kill the thing. I mean in a year will anyone care? Either that or it will lead to much higher ratings because people will be itching for it. Its a huge gamble.
Doug
I watched the trailer for this and have no desire to see it.
Yes, network tv gets a lot more viewers. Everybody loves Raymond got as high as 20Million at its peak. Twoand aHalf Men goes about 15 or 16 million. American idol has gone as high as 38 million.
On the flip side UPN had better ratings from wrestling than Startrek Enterprise. It sank from close to 6million to less than 3mil at the end when it was dumped.
For Cable, HBO's SOPRANOS went as high as 13 million.
The bigger the audience the better the negotiations for the show.
Its gotten really horrible reviews. The Director did well with 300 and Watchmen, but this one is supposed to be surprisingly bad.
Im sadly disappointed. Watchmen was one of the best movies you'll ever see....about superheroes.
I'm staying away from it myself, though I loved 300 and Watchmen. The terrible reviews of Sucker Punch also cast some doubt on Snyder being the guy to direct the upcoming Superman reboot... but with Chris Nolan producing and Amy Adams as Lois Lane (Best. Casting. Ever.), I'm still hopeful...
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Incidentally, speaking of Superman reboot, I see no one here jumped on the bandwagon for JonHamm to play the next ClarkKent.