Published On: Sun, Jan 15th, 2012

‘Mad Men’ to return March 25

'Mad Men' to return March 25

'Mad Men' to return March 25


The wait will soon be over for fans of AMC’s Mad Men.

The basic cable network has announced that the award-winning period drama — which has been on hiatus since its fourth-season finale aired in October 2010 — will return with a two-hour season 5 premiere on March 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The episode will also be available on amctv.com the day after it airs.

Starting April 1, Mad Men will return to its regular timeslot at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Sundays with an episode written by Erin Levy and Matthew Weiner and directed by Jon Hamm, who stars as Don Draper, a hotshot Madison Avenue advertising executive.

Has it been so long that you need a refresher? Catch up on the fourth season On Demand, beginning Jan. 23, or set your DVR every Sunday at 6 a.m. ET/PT when AMC continues to air episodes from seasons one through four (in order) leading up to the season five premiere.