` ` Mad Men '' returns for sixth season on CBS . Closer to `` Mad Men 's '' New York home , in 1968 , Mayor John Lindsay 's administration was beset by a teachers ' strike , a garbage strike and a general sense of rot later immortalized in such films as `` Midnight Cowboy '' and `` The French Connection . '' Today 's ad agency characters have generally avoided ' 60s style . Season 5 aired in December 1967 ; new season will likely take show into harsh 1968 . Will ` ` Mad Men '' go anti - establishment ? Doubtful -- they are the establishment .
` ` Mad Men '' returns for sixth season on CBS . Today 's ad agency characters have generally avoided ' 60s style . Season 5 aired in December 1967 ; new season will likely take show into harsh 1968 . Will ` ` Mad Men '' go anti - establishment ? Doubtful -- they are the establishment .