‘Mad Men’ Hits HBO Max With Errors; Episodes Featuring Crew Members in Shots to Be Corrected

The new 4K remaster of “Mad Men” debuted Monday on HBO Max, and it came with an unexpected barf machine. Variety has confirmed that Lionsgate will soon deliver a corrected version of the “Mad Men” 4K episodes, after an unedited version of the series was accidentally uploaded to the service instead.

Viewers who went to binge “Mad Men” on Monday noticed some sloppy edits — including one scene in the Season 1 episode “Red in the Face,” where crew members could be clearly seen feeding fake vomit into a machine for the character of Roger Sterling (played by John Slattery).

Wrote one fan on X: “The new 4K transfer of ‘Mad Men on HBO somehow does not have any of the post-production edits added in, which means you get stuff like this where you can see the crew member manning the puke machine after Roger has too many oysters lmao.”

Fans also noticed that some episode titles have been mislabeled — which appear to have now been fixed. (At press time, the edited episodes had not yet been uploaded, as the vomit wrangler could still be seen.)

The Emmy winning series starring Jon Hamm made its 4K premiere on Monday on HBO Max; before that, the Lionsgate series had only been available on AMC+ and ad-supported platforms.

“Mad Men,” which is set in one of New York’s most prestigious advertising agencies in the 1960s, won four consecutive Emmy awards for best drama, among 16 total wins and 116 nominations. Created by Matthew Weiner, the show ran from 2007 to 2015 on AMC.

Hamm played Madison Avenue’s biggest ad man (and ladies’ man) Don Draper, starring alongside Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Kiernan Shipka, Jessica Pare and John Slattery.

“’Mad Men’ is a great addition to the HBO Max library of iconic content,” said Royce Battleman, EVP of global content acquisitions at Warner Bros. Discovery said when HBO Max announced the acquisition last month. “We are thrilled that HBO Max will provide fans the opportunity to enjoy the series in a fresh way with an enhanced 4K viewing experience.”