▁Scott ▁Horn bach er . ▁Primary ▁direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁season ▁were ▁Tim ▁Hunter , ▁who ▁directed ▁four ▁episodes , ▁and ▁Alan ▁Taylor , ▁who ▁directed ▁three ▁including ▁the ▁pilot ▁episode . ▁The ▁remaining ▁episodes ▁were ▁directed ▁by ▁Ed ▁Bian chi , ▁Les li ▁Link a ▁Gl atter , ▁Andrew ▁Bern stein , ▁series ▁cinemat ograph er ▁Phil ▁Abraham , ▁Paul ▁Fe ig , ▁and ▁series ▁cre ator ▁Matthew ▁We iner , ▁who ▁direct s ▁each ▁season ▁finale . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Rat ings ▁ ▁The ▁premi ere ▁episode , ▁which ▁a ired ▁at ▁ 1 0 : 0 0   p . m . ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁was ▁r ated ▁higher ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁A MC ▁original ▁series ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁att ained ▁a ▁ 1 . 4 ▁household ▁rating ▁( 1 . 2 ▁million ▁households ). ▁The ▁season ▁aver aged ▁ 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁view ers . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁The ▁first ▁season ▁of ▁Mad ▁Men ▁received ▁generally ▁favor able ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁Review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁reports ▁that ▁ 8 7 % ▁of ▁ 3 0 ▁critics ▁have ▁given ▁the ▁season ▁a ▁positive ▁review . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁is : ▁" O oz ing ▁ev oc ative ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁amb iance , ▁Mad ▁Men ▁is ▁a ▁s ly , ▁sub vers ive ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁work place ▁that ▁radi ates ▁class