AMC announces premiere dates for 'Mad Men' final season and Breaking Bad spinoff 'Better Call Saul'

AMC said goodbye to Breaking Bad in 2013, but the network still has one of the most watched shows on television in The Walking Dead and one of the most critically acclaimed series in Mad Men. Unfortunately, the latter will bow out after its next and final season, and now fans know when to expect the end.

According to TVLine, AMC announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Saturday that the final season of Mad Men would begin on Sunday, April 13 at 10 p.m. Eastern. The final season will air in two seven-episode chunks, similar to how Breaking Bad presented its swan song.

The network also revealed that its spy thriller Turn, which is set during the American Revolution, would premiere on Sunday, April 6 at 9 p.m. Eastern.

As for the Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul, the network plans to air the first episode in November but did not specify a date. For the record, here is a portion of what AMC programming head Joel Stillerman said to Vulture about the spinoff:

"That show is committed and on the books now. The writers' room is open. Broad strokes - probably no news here: It is a prequel, it explores what went into shaping the incredibly compelling and idiosyncratic and funny and somewhat tragic character of Saul Goodman. I think the other thing that's really great about Saul: Vince and Peter Gould, who are partners on the show, talk a lot about really reinventing the tone of what it means to be a drama."

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