You won’t have the ability to stream Mad Men on Netflix anymore, however don’t be concerned. The celebrated drama might be returning to a digital platform close to you very quickly. In actual fact, this summer time you will not even want a subscription to rewatch the hit collection.
Amazon and AMC have secured the worldwide and streaming rights to Mad Males, which initially aired on AMC from 2007-2015. The collection might be accessible to stream on Amazon’s ad-supported service IMDb TV beginning Wednesday, July 15. IMDb TV might be Mad Males‘s unique free streaming house within the U.S. all through the summer time. Per The Hollywood Reporter, starting within the fall, AMC can have the rights to air the present on its cable networks (AMC, Sundance, and BBC America) in syndication, and it’ll even have the rights to stream the present on its subscription-based platforms, which embody Acorn, Sundance Now, AMC Premiere, and AMC+.
In the meantime, Amazon Prime Video can have worldwide streaming rights to Mad Males in Europe, Australia, Latin America, and extra beginning July 3, adopted by Japan, Israel, Indonesia, and Thailand on July 15, Canada on Oct. 1, and the Netherlands on Nov. 1. Lionsgate’s Starzplay can even stream the collection in Europe, Japan, and Latin America beginning Oct. 1.
Moreover, Selection reviews that all platforms will add a title card to the Season Three episode “My Outdated Kentucky House,” which options John Slattery‘s character Roger Sterling showing in blackface in a celebration scene. The title card will warn viewers of the “disturbing photos associated to race in America” and supply context for the scene. “One of many characters is proven in blackface as a part of an episode that exhibits how commonplace racism was in America in 1963,” the title card will reportedly learn. “In its reliance on historic authenticity, the collection producers are dedicated to exposing the injustices and inequities inside our society that proceed to at the present time so we are able to look at even essentially the most painful components of our historical past with a view to replicate on who we’re as we speak and who we need to develop into. We’re due to this fact presenting the unique episode in its entirety.” The transfer follows HBO Max’s decision to add a similar disclaimer to Gone With the Wind for its racist depictions.
Mad Males was a crucial darling for AMC, incomes a number of Emmy wins for Excellent Drama Collection and Finest Actor for its lead, Jon Hamm. The collection additionally gained three Golden Globes for Finest Drama Collection, and Hamm nabbed two Golden Globes for Finest Drama Actor for his flip as Donald Draper, the duplicitous however genius inventive advert government on the middle of the present.
Mad Males might be accessible to stream on IMDb TV beginning Wednesday, July 15.
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