MAD MEN Scribe Matthew Weiner Reveals 'I Am Not Planning a Spin-Off'

In an interview posted in today's Deadline.com, Mad Men scribe Matthew Weiner talks about the series 2015 finale and reveals that there will not be a spin-off to the hit AMC series. "I am not planning a sequel and I do not have my foot deep in anything else," says the show's writer and director.

Asked how the long-running series will conclude, Weiner shares, "I love that people are trying to project and guess what the storytelling is. I'm writing the finale today as I was yesterday and it's set in stone."

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Since the series premiere in 2007, "Mad Men" has become one of television's most honored shows. The show has earned six Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series leading to four wins for Outstanding Drama Series.

Additional honors for the series includes: three Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Drama Series; a Peabody Award; three Producers Guild Awards; four Writers Guild Awards; two BAFTA Awards; five Television Critics Association Awards including Program of the Year, and Being named five years running to AFI's Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs.

The show stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Vincent Karthheiser, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Robert Morse, Kiernan Shipka, Jessica Pare and Kevin Rahm.

Photo credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC

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