`` Mad Men '' returns for sixth season on Sunday . Show 's ad agency characters have generally avoided '60s turmoil . Season 5 ended in spring 1967 ; new season will likely take show into harsh 1968 . `` ( 'Mad Men ' ) shows us that American capitalism rolls on regardless of the era that it is in , '' Podair says . Comment: The first episode of the series was aired in September 1966, and it is a very different world from what we know today. Doubtful -- they are the establishment .
`` Mad Men '' returns for sixth season on Sunday . Show 's ad agency characters have generally avoided '60s turmoil . Season 5 ended in spring 1967 ; new season will likely take show into harsh 1968 . Comment: The first episode of the series was aired in September 1966, and it is a very different world from what we know today. Doubtful -- they are the establishment .