Jon Hamm looked every bit the stylish 1960's ad man "Dom Draper" he plays on the award winning television drama "Mad Men," as he arrived on the red carpet Friday evening (March 21) in Los Angeles to help celebrate the series final season.
Hamm was joined by stars Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks and the shows creator Matthew Weiner at the event that was part of the 31st annual Paleyfest, a two-week festival aimed at honoring excellence in television.
The Emmy award winning series profiles the turbulent 1960's, using a Madison Avenue advertising agency as a canvas to depict the changes that took place in America during that decade.
"No, is the short answer," said Hamm, when asked if he expected the success of "Mad Men." "I don't think anyone expected the show to hit or resonate the way that it has. That said, we are all incredibly proud of it and we understand that we put a lot of hard work into it, as does Matt and the writing staff and the whole crew."
Hamm added that while there are potential story lines to pursue, ending the series after this season might be appropriate.
"I think all good things come to an end and you are right when you say that we would be coming to the seventies, but I don't know if that is necessarily the story we are telling as a series. I think Matt had this sense of wanting this show to be about this moment in time where everything kind of shifts and you started to see this shift back in the first season," said Hamm.
For Matthew Weiner, the opportunity to have the show play out on its own terms has been rewarding.
"You know I kind of started it to show how much it is like now and it has been an education for me to see that it is something else," said Weiner. "We did it one step at a time and I can't believe that we made it this far, I didn't know that the show was going to get to go this far. I don't know, it was hard but I had a lot of help."
"Mad Men's" seventh and final season will run on the AMC cable network in two parts in 2014 and 2015.
The series season premiere will air on April 15.
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