10 Mind-Blowing Facts Sound Completely Made Up But Are Actually 100% True

Mad Men is considered one of the greatest TV shows of all time, so it seems wild that any network would pass it on, but HBO did. The show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, had envisioned the show for HBO when he first wrote it, which makes sense because, at the time, it was the only cable network producing “prestige” TV shows.

Additionally, Weiner had written several episodes of The Sopranos and considered himself part of the “HBO family.” Even the Sopranos showrunner, David Chase, was telling everyone at HBO that they needed to read the script. Weiner went on to say of the whole thing, “It was very disappointing to me, as I pushed the rock up the hill, that they did not notice me. Because I was part of the family.”