10 TV Shows To Fill That Game Of Thrones Shaped Void

7. Mad Men

A TV show about an advertising company in the 1950s doesn't exactly sound like the most exhilarating premise, yet there's something fascinating about seeing how shockingly different society was only sixty years ago. Women were seen as pretty little play things, being openly gay was unheard of and racism was rife. Yet the biggest selling point of Mad Men is seeing how each character either struggles with repressing their true nature or even more scarily, those that wholeheartedly embrace it. In an era where no one actually speaks their mind, the way each character deals with their problems on Mad Men are a great part of what makes the show so endearing. When main character Donald Draper invites his boss round for dinner, he's not too happy to discover him drunkenly trying it on with his wife - his solution? Take his boss out drinking and make him run up twenty flights of stairs until he pukes all over potential clients. Mad Men is basically a less debaucherous Wolf Of Wall Street, where most episodes see the ad team getting drunk out of their faces, having several affairs and then winging a solid gold ad campaign at the last minute. Yet it's what happens between the ad campaigns that makes the show so interesting. The inter-layered stories show a variety of different perspectives on the repressed society each character finds themselves in, and everyone on the show has their own reasons and motivations for the often appalling acts they commit. While probably the least action packed entry on the list, it is by no means the least entertaining. For those looking for an expertly written and highly enjoyable drama or even a convincing look into the previous century, this is well worth a watch.