![]() You see the world of tech constantly changing, companies all competing to be the first to release the newest technology like they’re trying to see who can land on the moon first. The show moves quickly, much like the industry it’s covering, and since the story extends from the ’80s into the ’90s, the writers and creators captured how the “Silicon Prairie” of Texas factored into the advancement of the personal computers we use every day. Still, as you dive into the world of circuit boards and dial-up internet, it’s actually quite exciting. A drama revolving around the evolution of computer programming might not sound as sexy on paper as a womanizing ad executive being a cool jerk all the time. Taking its title from programming code that, when executed, would crash a computer’s CPU, ultimately causing it to overheat, Halt and Catch Fire focuses on the personal computer boom of the mid-1980s up to the early days of the internet in the early ’90s. Mad Men will be considered AMC’s legacy during that golden age of cable television programming, but another show deserves to be put on a pedestal above Mad Men. Maybe you’ve heard of it, as it’s often considered one of the best TV dramas in television history alongside other AMC productions such as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and The Walking Dead. Fifteen years ago, AMC premiered a little show called Mad Men, a drama set in 1960s New York about a somewhat mysterious ad executive, Don Draper, played brilliantly by the handsome and charming Jon Hamm.
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