- In 2002, the show was recommended to HBO and Showtime TV stations, but it was rejected. After that, AMC TV station "Bright Eyes Know Heroes" appeared in "Mad Men", the first episode of the investment was 3 million US dollars, and the budget for each subsequent episode was about two to 2.5 million US dollars.
- According to California law, actors cannot smoke in the workplace, so the actors in the show smoke herbal cigarettes.
- Almost every ending of the episode is accompanied by a black scene or jumping clip of music created by the playwright David Chansi. At least one episode ends silently or with ambient sound. The Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" was licensed to be used in the fifth season of the episode "Mrs. Lazaro", and the same song was used as the ending credit. Lionsgate paid US$250,000 for the use of this song. Bob Dylan’s song "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" was used in the last episode of the first season.
- "Mad Men" is the first cable TV series to win the best drama series in the history of the Emmy Awards 60 years ago.
- According to financial website Ivey Business Review, since the broadcast of "Mad Men" in 2007, the sales of Haocai cigarettes, the main case in the first episode, have continued to grow in five years, with a total growth value of almost 50%. The sales of Canadian club whiskey showed a similar increase when the product appeared in the show.
Mad Men behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Pete Campbell: A thing like that!
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Don Draper: Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. You know what happiness is? Happiness is smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing, its okay. You are okay.