'Mad Men' sets return date

If you haven't watched 'Mad Men' here's your chance to catch up and get hooked just like me. It's a great adult themed show.

AMC will premiere the third season of its critically-acclaimed, award-winning drama Mad Men on Sunday, August 16th at 10PM ET/9PM C. The premiere airing will be presented with limited commercial interruptions.

Leading up to the highly-anticipated new season will be a Mad Men marathon on Monday, August 10, from 7AM – 8PM EST, featuring all 13 episodes from the series’ award-winning second season.

Beginning today, Season One is available On Demand, in both standard- and high-definition. Season Two will be available On Demand starting Monday, July 20. The pilot episode entitled “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” is available now for live streaming on www.amctv.com.

Mad Men debuted in July 2007 and has gone on to win multiple Emmy® Awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Drama, a first for a basic cable series. It is also the only basic cable series to win the Golden Globe award two years in a row (2007 and 2008) for Best Television Series-Drama and was the recipient of a Peabody award in 2008. It has gained unprecedented recognition and has been hailed as, “One of the most critically acclaimed TV shows ever,” by the New York Post. TV Guide called it, “madly, marvelously mesmerizing,” while the New York Times said, “It’s a sleek, hard boiled drama with a soft, satirical core.” USA Today said, “If this is the future of TV, the future is looking good.”

Mad Men is created, written and executive produced by Matthew Weiner (Executive Producer/Writer, The Sopranos), co-executive produced by Scott Hornbacher (The Sopranos), and produced by Lionsgate. AMC’s Joel Stillerman, SVP of original programming, production and digital content and Vlad Wolynetz, VP of Production, Series and Movies, oversee development and production for the network.

Set in 1960s New York, the daring drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell while their private world get sold.