'Mad Men' Premiere Date Announced from AMC For Final Episodes, Cast Star John Hamm Shares Final Thoughts on Hit Show

AMC announced the official premiere date for the final episodes of their hit series Mad Men at the Television Critics Association's winter TV previews. Mad Men will kick off Sunday night, April 5 at 10/9c on AMC. 

"What an incredible journey this has been," executive producer Matthew Weiner says. "I take great pride in what the entire Mad Men team was able to create episode after episode, season after season. We sincerely thank the fans for joining us on this ride and hope it has meant as much to them as it has to us."

What can fans expect for the final episodes? Well at the Television Critics Association's winter TV previews, we got a few answers according to Entertainment Weekly. 

"The last seven episodes, I would say each one of them feels like a finale in the show," executive producer Matthew Weiner told reporters at the Television Critics Association's winter TV previews, noting that there was no room for tangential story lines. "The shows became so much more concentrated on these characters. We're really going to have to focus on our main people."

"I'm extremely interested in what the audience thinks, so much so that I'm trying not to confound them, not frustrate and irritate them," Weiner said. "I don't want them to walk away angry. But I don't want to pander to them. This sounds patronizing, but as the person telling the story, sometimes people have to be protected from what they want to see happen and the story has to have its own organic thing. You can't just give them everything that they want. That said, part of entertainment can be catharsis. Bad things happening are considered a good thing in entertainment."

Cast star Jon Hamm shared his feelings on the show coming to an end. A spin-off coming?

"So looking forward to being unemployed," Hamm said sarcastically. "So happy not to see any of these people ever again. All of that is really great. Hashtag sarcasm. There's no version of this ending that's not super painful for me. Mostly, it's because of these people, because they've been this single constant in my creative life for the last decade, so that's kind of tough. Yeah, I will be happy when the shows air and I don't have to act like I don't know how it ends or make up some ridiculous story about robots or zombies, but I'll never be able to have this again and that's a drag."

Make sure to tune into Mad Men when it returns Sunday, April 5 at 10/9 c on AMC.