Jon Hamm has revealed that Mad Men will end once its current three-season contract with AMC expires.
The Bridesmaids actor spoke to the BBC about the acclaimed series, stating that he knows that the series will come to a definite conclusion.
"I think it should end. Everything should end. I was a big fan of The Office over here [in the UK] because it ended," said Hamm.
The 40-year-old went on to address the season five delay, claiming that it was due to contract issues.
"It was nobody's fault really, it was the network and the studio," said Hamm. "When billionaires fight it tends to take a lot longer than when normal people do."
Show creator Matthew Weiner said in March that he was refusing to sign a contract with AMC because the network wanted to make changes to the show that Weiner did not approve of.
Christina Hendricks, who plays Joan Holloway, recently said that the series will begin shooting in the next month.
Mad Men is expected to return in 2012.
Source: DigitalSpy
Mad Men - John Hamm States Show Will End In Three Years
13 Jun 2011
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7 seasons are probably enough.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with this.
ReplyDeleteProbably too much if you ask me. I would have preferred five or six.
ReplyDeleteIf the stories are as good in the coming three years, i'm all for it
ReplyDeleteIt all depends on whether or not Weiner has story for 3 more seasons. IMO, shows should run for as long as there is good story to tell, otherwise it's just a waste of time. See Desperate Housewives, for example. Great show in the 1st season and then... hell on Earth. Of course that's not how it works in the real world, because networks want money, above all.
ReplyDeleteMad Men is a great show and it's great because of the story. Keeping it on requires it still has a good story to tell. Let's just hope the producers have some voice on this and money doesn't speak louder than quality... But I doubt it.
I think the show absolutely has enough story for 39 more episodes. It's not that long, and there's still so much to tell, I don't see a problem with seven seasons when all is said and done. And I think Weiner said a coupe of years ago that he wants to do about six seasons, with seasons 1-3 representing the first chapter, and seasons 4-6 the second, and I think everyone who follows the show can see that that plan is still in place. Plus, it gives them enough time to close out the sixties. :)
ReplyDeleteWeiner fought AMC and Lionsgate over lesser things than the length of the show this year (and won), if he didn't feel good about three more seasons, he wouldn't have done it, I'm absolutely sure. And like I wrote, he was quotes a couple of years ago, I think it was after season three, that those three seasons were the first chapter, and he wanted three more seasons to tell the second and final chapter. Now he's four seasons to do it, and with all these characters, I really don't see a problem. There's so much life in the world of Mad Men, I'm very, very confident they can keep it up. And now they don't have to hurry through the sixties to close Mad Men with the moon landing. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt depends on what stories Weiner is able to come up with. Right now the show definitely has enough life in it and possibilities left to keep going for a while and not decline quality-wise.
ReplyDelete5 or 6 seasons is a pretty good number, but if you have enough good stories to tell there's no reason to quit, if you don't, then it's time to end on a high note.
Yup. As much as I don't want Mad Men to run on and on and on, just one more season wouldn't be enough to wrap everything up. Weiner wanted to do six seasons for a very long time anyway, and with all these supporting characters with their own stories he has know, I can see why he wants to do three more seasons. And now the writing stuff knows three years ahead exactly how many episodes they have left, which is a fantastic thing for them, so I'm not worried at that Mad Men will decline for its last few seasons. In the end, it'll run almost exactly as long as Weiner's previous show, The Sopranos.
ReplyDelete7 seasons are probably enough.
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