‘Mad Men’ Season 6 premiere
“Mad Men” stars John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
The AMC series revolves around Jon Hamm’s Don Draper, a promiscuous Madison Avenue ad exec, and is set in the 1960s. The Season 5 finale left off with Don experiencing guilt over his indirect contribution to the deaths of both his brother Adam and an ad exec named Lane. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Elisabeth Moss plays Peggy Olsen, Don’s former secretary-turned-copywriter. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
January Jones plays Don’s ex-wife Betty Draper and Christina Hendricks plays Joan, the ad company’s former office manager and head of the secretary’s pool who’s now a partner. (Alexandra Wyman / Invision / AMC)
Vincent Kartheiser plays ad exec Pete Campbell. His character carries out a sordid affair with a mentally unstable married woman named Beth Dawes, played by Alexis Bledel. (He’s engaged to Bledel in real life.) (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Show runner Matt Weiner poses with January Jones. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Jessica Paré plays aspiring actress Megan Calvet, Don Draper’s second wife. In the Season 5 finale, she gets a career boost when she lands a part in Don’s shoe commercial. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Christina Hendricks poses with her real-life husband Geoffrey Arend, who stars in ABC’s “Body of Proof.” (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
Alison Brie plays Pete Campbell’s wife Trudy Campbell, who allows him to get an apartment in the city despite moving to the suburbs. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)
Robert Morse, photographed her with his shirt unbuttoned, plays the always bow-tied Bertram “Burt” Cooper, one of the founders of the ad company Sterling Cooper. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
Jay R. Ferguson plays Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce’s art director Stan Rizzo. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)