10 TV Shows Everyone Should Watch At Least Once
2. Mad Men
Much of the series takes place from the perspective of Jon Hamm's Don Draper, as he navigates his way through the fast-paced landscape of big advertising while keeping his private affairs behind closed doors.
The interactions between the characters are laced with personality, wit and deceitful trickery, which fuels much of the drama behind their day-to-day lives. A lot of it is often based in excess; endless smoking and drinking, adultery and casual racism and homophobia are a persistent part of the series, tying in with the relations of the setting and offering some commentary on trends of the time.
A ferociously authentic portrayal of 1960s American capitalism and all the deceitful swindling and misbehaviour that came with it, Mad Men presents.
It's also one of the longest-running shows that was successfully able to maintain its high bar of quality all the way through.
A whopping ninety-two episodes across seven seasons were all excellently produced, a very tough thing to do considering the show's focus on businessmen running around trying to stay afloat in the post-war economic boom.