Breaking Bad

• The Emmy-winning actor wasnt executives first choice to play chemistry teacher-turned-meth dealer Walter White on the AMC drama. For fans of Breaking Bad, it might be hard to imagine anyone other than Bryan Cranston as Walter White.
(Hollywood Reporter)
• For four seasons, Walter White has climbed to the top of the drug world and for Breaking Bads final season, hes at the top of his game and at the top of the ratings.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Breaking Bad drew 2.9 million viewers for the premiere of its fifth and final season last night, making it the most-watched episode in the shows run, the Hollywood Reporter reveals.
(Rolling Stone)
• In a highly competitive night for cable programming, a meth lord and a politician were outgunned in the ratings by a staight-talkin' sheriff. The Season 5 premiere of "Breaking Bad" on AMC at 10 p.m.
(New York Times Blogs)
• This post contains spoilers through the first episode of the fifth season of Breaking Bad. This season of Breaking Bad begins with Walt attempting to behave like a human being, and ends with him acting with chilly menace.
(Think Progress)
• (gigaom.com) -- Dish Network clearly isn't afraid of Albuquerque drug kingpin Walter White. But wait until AMC's zombies come back in October.
(CNN Money)
• When shows are on long enough, they tend to develop a certain style.
(Examiner)
• The season 5 premiere of the AMC crime series is the most watched episode in the shows history, while the Sigourney Weaver-starring miniseries posts a low start for a USA Network show. Breaking Bad returned with a bang on Sunday, July 15.
(AceShowbiz)
• "Who in our world was ever capable of out-Fring-ing Fring? Walter White. That's indeed the thrust of Season Five. Walt is now the king. The king is dead. Long live the king.
(Forbes)
• Hope theyre rehearsing their Charlestons! At the RIMOWA JU52 event in Van Nuys, Calif.
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