![]() ![]() After several years away, Mad Men will be back on the network whose fortuned it changed. ![]() AMCĪMC will get linear and SVOD rights to Mad Men in October, adding AVOD rights a little later. On IMDb, whose profile has been rising after its content team moved under the umbrella of Amazon Studios, Mad Men will join such other acquired series as Chicago Fire, Schitt’s Creek, Lost, Friday Night Lights, Revenge, Malcom in the Middle, White Collar, and Desperate Housewives. “This comprehensive and multifaceted agreement brings together partners from every part of the content ecosystem, and it allows a whole new generation of fans to enjoy one of the greatest television series ever made, whether they’re reuniting with the show as an old friend or discovering Mad Men for the first time.” “ Mad Men is an evergreen property whose appeal has continued to grow over the years, and we’re pleased to collaborate with a diverse alliance of exceptional partners to bring it to a global audience,” he said. Packer today addressed the finished deals for the Matt Weiner-created series. Speaking on a conference call with Wall Street analysts in May, Lionsgate TV chairman Kevin Beggs said that the company’s President of Worldwide Television & Digital Distribution Jim Packer and his group had “been in a four-month sales process, which has gone really well and exceeded our expectations and probably benefited from the COVID suspension and the lack of fresh originals coming,” The combination of multiple exclusive and non-exclusive windows for Mad Men under the new pacts will bring in revenue comparable to the fee paid by Netflix, sources said. Struck in 2011 at nearly $1 million an episode, the pact expired June 9, and the streamer reportedly opted not to renew it. The myriad of pacts succeed the exclusive global streaming deal for Mad Men Lionsgate had with Netflix. The complete series available on all platforms will include an episode featuring John Slattery’s characters is blackface, accompanied by a disclaimer that the scene “shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.” (You can read it in full under the story.)Ģ024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming Also starting Oct.1, Lionsgate-owned Starzplay will have the 1960s drama across their European and LatAm footprint as well as in Japan. 1 when the entire seven-season run of the series also will become available on a variety of AMC platforms, including the company’s linear networks and SVOD services. Amazon Prime will begin carrying all 92 episodes of the series in Europe, Australia, Latin America, and more onJuly 3, Japan, Israel, Indonesia and Thailand on July 15, Canada on October 1 and in the Netherlands starting November 1.Īmazon/IMDb will have Mad Men exclusively from July 15 until Oct. The company’s IMDb TV will become Mad Men‘s exclusive free-streaming platform in the US, starting July 15. The complex agreement includes global licensing pact with Amazon. Mad Men is returning to streaming via Amazon and coming back to its original TV home, AMC, as Lionsgate has completed licensing deals for one of the signature series in its TV library.
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