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I barely even heard of this show. I may have passed it through my channel surfing but didn't pay any attention to it. There was hardly any advertisement. There was however plenty of rave reviews through friends, co-workers, etc.

This show is phenomenally great. I can see why it won so many awards.

The show centralizes around an advertising agency on Madison Avenue, and the term "Mad Men" is lingo for advertising execs who work on Madison Avenue. Don Draper is Creative Director to the agency and he's brilliant when it comes to corporate identity and advertising. The rest follow with his help in terms of the copy writers and the art department.

You would think that because it was set in the 60's where women's only positions were as secretaries in the very male dominated world, the show would be really stiff. It's the opposite. There's promiscuity and affairs everywhere you turn. Head execs are sleeping with their secretaries as well as using terms for the women that would get you fired in a NY minute these days.

But the show reflects things that haven't changed in the office setting. You have the person that's trying to snake his way to the top by any means necessary. The person that's everybody loves and is loyal to the company through and through. The cool boss. THE boss. The group of men/women who sit around and gossip all day. The diligent worker and so forth.

It's hard not to get sucked into this world. It's slick, it's funny, it's riveting. Check it out.