The end of the world is nigh… not quite but certainly the end of Mad Men on television.
Like other long-running shows, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The West Wing, The Thick of It, Sex in the City and The Wire , the end is coming and many viewers will mourn.
Unlike those other shows Mad Men is drip-feeding the final series. The seventh episode and final for this year will air in New Zealand next Sunday. In 2015, a further seven episodes await. Then that will be it.
When the end comes, some will turn their phones off to make sure they are not disrupted by the uninitiated. Others will save the last episode for a specific night in or invite friends over and make a party of it. It will be a TV event.
