{"id":420129,"date":"2025-12-02T19:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420129\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:15:13","slug":"the-mad-men-4k-stream-on-hbo-max-had-all-sorts-of-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420129\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2019Mad Men\u2019 4K Stream on HBO Max Had All Sorts of Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIf you wanted to see Mad Men<\/a> truly like never before, you had your chance on HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 4K stream of the classic Lionsgate Television series for AMC Network came to HBO Max on Monday, Dec. 1, but the big acquisition did not go exactly as planned.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor starters, the Mad Men episodes in 4K on HBO Max were listed out of order and mislabeled, which likely made series creator Matthew Weiner an absolute mad man.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut that\u2019s nothing compared to an actual edit-oopsie in the seventh episode of season one. In \u201cThe Hobo Code\u201d (what the episode is supposed to be titled, but was not on 4K HBO Max), a drunk (they were always drunk) Roger Sterling (John Slattery) vomits up oysters in the office in front of prospective clients. In the initial 4K stream that released on HBO Max, a Mad Men crew member was very visibly operating a barf hose behind Sterling, in full view of the camera. There was even a second staffer in frame supporting the puke-hose tech. That guy would have been a great friend in college.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo, what happened? Lionsgate delivered the wrong 4K file to HBO Max, The Hollywood Reporter was told. The non-4K files were fine as delivered.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the time this story first published, Lionsgate was working on getting HBO Max the correct file(s), THR was told. They were then in the process of being swapped out around 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday, Dec. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate did not immediately comment on the fail; HBO Max referred THR back to Lionsgate.<\/p>\n

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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 pic.twitter.com\/HNgPRNOsla<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 johnny (@bigrackspart7) December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n\tHBO Max has been heavily promoting its acquisition of Mad Men reruns, and especially touted how Mad Men on HBO Max would be the series\u2019 first time ever in 4K. The launch was probably not quite how executives pictured it \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMad Men\u00a0is a great addition to the HBO Max library of iconic content,\u201d Royce Battleman, executive vice president of global content acquisitions at Warner Bros. Discovery, said in last month\u2019s announcement. \u201cWe are thrilled that HBO Max will provide fans the opportunity to enjoy the series in a fresh way with an enhanced 4K viewing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEnhanced\u201d is in the eye of the episode 107 viewer, we suppose.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMad Men\u00a0continues to show truly remarkable staying power with audiences a full decade after concluding its network run, and we couldn\u2019t imagine a better home for it than HBO Max,\u201d Jim Packer, the president of worldwide television distribution at Lionsgate, said at the time. \u201cHBO sets the bar for premium entertainment, making it the perfect place to celebrate one of television\u2019s defining series while introducing\u00a0Mad Men\u00a0to new viewers and reintroducing it to longtime fans in 4K.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMad Men has been streaming on AMC+ since 2020; the non-4K version remains there as well.<\/p>\n

\n\tDec. 2, 10 a.m. PT<\/strong> This story has been updated to reflect HBO Max was working on swapping in the correct files.<\/p>\n