Who created the television series Mad Men?

Matthew Weiner created the television series Mad Men. He also served as its showrunner, head writer, and an executive producer, making him the central creative force behind the drama’s story, period detail, and long-term character arcs.

Weiner first developed the idea in the late 1990s while working in television, writing a spec script about advertising executives in 1960s New York. After joining The Sopranos as a writer and producer, he was able to attract greater attention to the project. AMC eventually ordered Mad Men as its first original dramatic series, and the show premiered on July 19, 2007.

The series follows Don Draper and his colleagues at fictional Madison Avenue advertising agencies while portraying changing American attitudes about gender, race, work, marriage, and identity. Weiner drew on his experience on The Sopranos but gave Mad Men a distinct period-drama style. The series ran for seven seasons and 92 episodes, concluding in 2015. Aaron Sorkin, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase are notable television creators, but none created Mad Men.