The new 4K remaster of “Mad Men” debuted on HBO Max on Monday, and it came with an unexpected barf machine. Lionsgate will soon release revised versions of 4K episodes of “Mad Men,” Variety has confirmed, after an unedited version of the series was accidentally uploaded to the service.
Viewers who binge-watched “Mad Men” on Monday noticed sloppy editing, including one scene in the season one episode “Red in the Face” where a crew member could clearly be seen pumping fake vomit into Roger Sterling’s (played by John Slattery) character’s machine.
One fan wrote to X: “For some reason, the new 4K transfer of Mad Men on HBO doesn’t have any post-production editing added to it. So it ends up looking like this, where we see the crew in the vomit machine after Roger eats too many oysters, LOL.”
Fans also noticed that some episode titles were displayed incorrectly, which now appears to have been fixed. (At press time, the edited episode had not yet been uploaded as the vomit wrangler was still visible.) Insiders confirmed that the wrong file was accidentally delivered to HBO Max.
The Emmy Award-winning series starring Jon Hamm made its 4K premiere on HBO Max on Monday. Previously, the Lionsgate series was only available on AMC+ and ad-supported platforms.
Jon Hamm as Don Draper and John Slattery as Roger Sterling, “Mad Men” (Justin Mintz/AMC)
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“Mad Men,” set in one of New York’s leading advertising agencies in the 1960s, has won 16 awards and been nominated for 116 categories, winning the Emmy Award for Drama for four consecutive years. The show, created by Matthew Weiner, aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015.
Hamm played Don Draper, Madison Avenue’s biggest advertising man (and ladies’ man), and co-starred with Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Kiernan Shipka, Jessica Paré, and John Slattery.
“‘Mad Men’ is a great addition to HBO Max’s library of iconic content,” Lois Battleman, Warner Bros.’ vice president of global content acquisitions, said when HBO Max announced the acquisition last month. “We’re excited that HBO Max will give fans the opportunity to enjoy series in a fresh way with an enhanced 4K viewing experience.”
