![]() In fact, until the 1970s and ‘80s, most shows were ‘cancelled’ – because they were past their prime – rather than having the privilege of a meticulously planned and hyped ending. ![]() ![]() Such histrionics would surprise television viewers of several decades ago, who often didn’t notice when a show went off the air. The inevitable social media storm ensued: was the 17 May conclusion satisfying or frustrating? Cynical or hopeful? The worst or best thing ever to happen on television and possibly in all of cultural history? After eight years of great television fuelled by heavy symbolism, complex characters, meditations on masculinity, feminism, capitalism and media, Mad Men came down to one parting image: an old Coke commercial with an insufferably catchy jingle.
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