Matt Weiner Almost Walked Away from "Mad Men" during Season 5 Negotiations

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Matt Weiner 'Quit' "Mad Men" During Season 5 Negotiations
3/8/12


While we've spent the past 500 days complaining over the lack of "Mad Men" in our lives, we should be thankful Season 5 (premieres, Sun. Mar. 25 at 9 p.m. on AMC) is happening at all.



In a shocking interview with The New York Times, the series' creator Matt Weiner revealed that the show almost didn't go on.

"Yes, I quit ... during the negotiation. I had come to terms with the fact that it was over ... In the most protective and demanding way, I did not feel that it was worth going back to work to make a show that was not the show I'd been making.

I had this argument with my wife, where I said: 'You don't understand - it's not just a matter of changing the show. I don't want to go to work and do it different. I just figured out how it works' ... but in the end, everything worked out."





During the negotiations, Weiner said that he was "fighting for the cast and for the show," adding that AMC was attempting to throw money at him the more he stood his ground.

He also said that the delay was not his doing and that, if it were up to Weiner, "Mad Men" Season 5 would have kicked off in 2011.

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