# Mad-Men Final Season to be split in 2! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354 "2013-09-21T00:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/1 "2013-09-21T00:01:13Z")
AMC is splitting **Mad Men** ’s finale season in [two](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/mad-men-final-season-split_n_3942431.html); 7 episodes to air in the spring of 2014 & 7 to air in the spring of _2015_! :eek: I’m really not happy about that. Weiner doesn’t seem like he’s all that enthusiastic about the split [either](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/mad-men-spinoff-matt-weiner_n_3963271.html?ref=topbar). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/2 "2013-09-21T01:12:23Z")
Musta been good for revenue when they tried it with _Breaking Bad_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/3 "2013-09-21T01:32:23Z")
How utterly boring and predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/4 "2013-09-21T01:37:59Z")
Sucks. I love the show but just wrap it up. Seven episodes a year over two years is just crap. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/5 "2013-09-21T02:24:08Z")
I think AMC is really worried about losing both Breaking Bad and Mad Men. It took HBO a long time to recover from the end of The Sopranos. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/6 "2013-09-21T17:43:20Z")
Quelle fucking surprise. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/7 "2013-09-21T17:48:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think AMC is really worried about losing both Breaking Bad and Mad Men. It took HBO a long time to recover from the end of The Sopranos. With The Walking Dead currently at its high point, AMC doesn’t have to worry about that. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/8 "2013-09-21T17:51:58Z")
The only good thing I see is giving Kiernan Shipka another year to mature, though she would still be only 15 when the final seven episodes are shot. And why do I feel like a creep thinking that? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/9 "2013-09-21T18:27:28Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > And why do I feel like a creep thinking that? You have a thing for sullen teenaged girls who exude vehement contempt for their parents in every waking breath? 😛 It will be interesting to see if two years pass in the Mad Men fictional timeline. I doubt it very much. I’d like to see them cover the first lunar landings and finish out the decade. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think AMC is really worried about losing both Breaking Bad and Mad Men. So give us another season of Breaking Bad then, bitch. If Gilligan won’t play ball, stuff him into the trunk of a car and drive him out to a hole in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/10 "2013-09-21T19:17:56Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Quelle fucking surprise. :rolleyes: Quelle indeed. As predictable as any big-three sitcom episode. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/11 "2013-09-21T20:30:28Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > You have a thing for sullen teenaged girls who exude vehement contempt for their parents in every waking breath? 😛 And well-earned contempt at that. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/12 "2013-09-21T20:58:06Z")
Audience Analyst: You know, people are really into binge watching nowadays. They really like to bunch up episodes close together. AMC exec: I have a brilliant idea! Let’s spread out episodes over a long period of time! Audience Analyst: You never listen to a word I say. You’re an idiot. AMC exec: No, not Yale, I went to Harvard. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/13 "2013-09-21T21:39:49Z")
This could be just enough for me to lose interest in the maunderings of Don Draper, moody asshole. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/14 "2013-09-21T23:34:32Z")
Maybe it’s a just a silly pet peeve of mine, but the spring of 2014 and the spring of 2015 are clearly two different **seasons** , and TV show episode blocks (of whatever length) airing a full year apart should be referred to as two different seasons as well, IMO…does this drive anyone else a little crazy?? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/15 "2013-09-21T23:41:58Z")
As I’ve said somewhere… I long for the days when the “season” began in September with 26 episodes and reruns happened predictably in the summer. Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > In North American television, a series is a connected set of television program episodes that run under the same title, possibly spanning many seasons. Since the late 1960s, this programming schedule typically includes between 20 and 26 episodes. (Before then, a regular television season could average out to at least 30 episodes.) Up until the 1980s, most (but certainly not all) new programs for the broadcast networks debuted in the “Fall Season”, which ran from September through March and nominally contained from 24 to 26 episodes. These episodes were rebroadcast during the Spring (or Summer) Season, from April through August. [13] ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/16 "2013-09-22T00:22:11Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > The only good thing I see is giving Kiernan Shipka another year to mature, though she would still be only 15 when the final seven episodes are shot. And why do I feel like a creep thinking that? I don’t think they’re splitting up the filming schedule too; just the broadcast schedule. > [@zombywoof](#): > > Maybe it’s a just a silly pet peeve of mine, but the spring of 2014 and the spring of 2015 are clearly two different **seasons** , and TV show episode blocks (of whatever length) airing a full year apart should be referred to as two different seasons as well, IMO…does this drive anyone else a little crazy?? You’re not alone. I especially hate the phrase “mid-season finale” marketing drops. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/17 "2013-09-22T02:11:27Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > You have a thing for sullen teenaged girls who exude vehement contempt for their parents in every waking breath? 😛 > > It will be interesting to see if two years pass in the Mad Men fictional timeline. I doubt it very much. I’d like to see them cover the first lunar landings and finish out the decade. Back in the day, I seemed to have a thing for sullen teenaged girls who had a vehement contempt for me. Originally Posted by alphaboi867 > [@](#): > > I don’t think they’re splitting up the filming schedule too; just the broadcast schedule. So they would be leaving filmed material on the shelf for a year? That would seem to be an awful long time. Or did Breaking Bad do that also? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/18 "2013-09-22T13:58:37Z")
I don’t get why they do this. Did it happen before Battlestar Galactica did it? Why not just call it two seasons? It’s clearly two short seasons to me. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/19 "2013-09-22T16:11:53Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > I don’t get why they do this. Did it happen before Battlestar Galactica did it? There was some show about mobsters that had a couple of long hiatuses and a split final season, but I don’t think anyone remembers it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354/20 "2013-09-23T13:24:18Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Why not just call it two seasons? It’s clearly two short seasons to me. I’d guess it’s one season because it was all shot at one time and is one continuing narrative, versus the previous seasons with their approximately six month gaps in the story. What it does clearly feel like is jerking the audience around for the sake of an extra Emmy run. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-final-season-to-be-split-in-2/669354.md?page=2)