End Date for "Mad Men"?
Tue, April 20, 2010 
Well, the world might not be ending in 2012, but it looks like Mad Men might.
As reported by The Weekly Blend, series creator Matthew Weiner told attendees at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas this week that he does not plan for the award-winning series to extend past its sixth season. The show just began production on its fourth season, which is scheduled to premiere on AMC on July 25th.
Apparently this came as news to AMC, who is not confirming a 6th season end date. “No one wants to see Don Draper wearing a leisure suit," says the network, "We trust Matthew’s vision and that he knows where to take the show. But with that said, M*A*S*H figured how to stretch the Korean War for more than a decade, so stay tuned!”
This is not the first time that Weiner has given an end date for the series, which centers around the enigmatic Don Draper and the Madison Avenue ad agency where he works in the early 1960s. A few years back he told The Hollywood Reporter that the show would end after five seasons. So don't go climbing out onto the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ledge just yet.
Although as much as I'd hate to see Mad Men end, I'd hate it more if the show went on further than it needed to just because the network wanted it to keep going. A series that chronicles a decade in history should not last further than an actual decade. But I'm confident they'll bring the show to a conclusion that works for all involved.
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