SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, finish digging that hole in the front yard and watch the latest episode of Breaking Bad.
Hello, Tuned In readers! While TIME’s TV swami James Poniewozik is on vacation, I’ll …
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Breaking Bad Makes a Deal for 16 Final Episodes
The bad news: Breaking Bad is ending. The good news: Breaking Bad is ending (hopefully) on its own terms. After a prolonged and unfortunately public negotiation over its renewal with AMC, the producers of Breaking Bad will get a final run of 16 episodes to conclude the story of Walter White, chemistry-teacher-cum-criminal.
The whole …
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Breaking Bad Watch: Road Trip!
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, open another bottle of wine and watch last night’s Breaking Bad.
As TV dramas advance in years, they tend to get crowded. There are more characters, more storylines and often an …
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Walking Dead?; or, Can AMC Afford to Budget-Cut Its Way to Success?
The Hollywood Reporter has a couple of interesting news items about AMC network right now. The first is a short news brief from this morning, reporting that AMC—the cable group including IFC, Sundance, WE and AMC network itself—showed a higher profit in its first quarter as an independent company, with both profit and revenue up …
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Breaking Bad Watch: When I Heard the Learn’d Meth Cooker
SPOILER ALERT; Before you read this post, turn off that karaoke machine, grab some vegan s’mores and watch last night’s Breaking Bad.
It’s been a methodical and steady first few episodes for season four of Breaking Bad, …
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Which Is Worse: Much Less Breaking Bad, or Much More?
The story over AMC’s feud with the Sony studio over Breaking Bad broke while I was just getting to press tour, but for those of you who haven’t heard about it: things are getting tense between network and studio over the fifth and ostensibly final season of the show. The makers of Breaking Bad want a full season to wrap things up; …
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Breaking Bad Watch: It’s Skyler’s Turn
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, stop surreptitiously watching that porn in your bed and watch last night’s Breaking Bad.
With the focus on the superlab, Gus’ business and Walt and Jesse’s status, the first couple of episodes of season four have been rather, well, male so far. The third, “Open House,” turns its attention …
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Breaking Bad Watch: Cuts Like a Knife
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, put on your Kenny Rogers T-shirt and finish up researching collectible minerals on the Internet; you’ll need your full attention to watch last night’s season premiere of Breaking …
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Vince Gilligan, the Skipper: A Breaking Bad Q&A
Jim Poniewozik chats with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan on set
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Dead Tree Alert: Breaking Bad Breaks Back
It may be Harry Potter day in the rest of the entertainment world, but here at Tuned In, it’s Breaking Bad weekend. The new issue of TIME carries my feature on the return of the AMC drama, including a set visit I made to Albuquerque last spring. (And no offense to the citizens of ABQ, but I am very glad not to have to spell …
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Breaking Bad Breaks Back, Starting July 17
The show that I (and some other critics) named as the best TV show of 2010, Breaking Bad, has finally got a return date for its fourth season on AMC, July 17. I visited the set earlier this year and will have more to write before the season debut; in the meantime, I will spoil exactly nothing about what you’ll see when it returns. But if …
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Dead Tree Alert: Breaking Bad, Breaking Best
In the print issue of TIME on newsstands today, I have a piece on the amazing third season of Breaking Bad, which wraps up Sunday night. [Update: Oh, it's customary to link to the story, isn't it? Ahem.] I’ve been a broken record about this at the blog, but it’s really something that a show like this—which debuted as quite a good …
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Breaking Bad Watch: One of Us
Spoilers for Breaking Bad coming up:
One of the most fascinating dynamics on The Wire was the juxtaposition in season 3 of Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale and their approaches to running the drug business. Avon was old-school …
