Posts with tag BreakingBad
Posted Jun 30th 2008 9:20PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
I don't know how they keep doing it; AMC that is. Not only have they brought us stellar series
(Mad Men) after stellar series (
Breaking Bad), but now they've managed to snag two big-time Hollywood names to join the cast of their remake of one of the smartest shows in television history. What
started as rumor, that even we at TV Squad had a hard time believing, is now fact. Both
Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan have been cast in AMC's remake of The Prisoner. Caviezel is set to fill Patrick McGoohan's shoes as the titular "Number Six," while McKellan will step into the role of "Number Two."
AMC's
The Prisoner is scheduled to be a six-part mini-series. It hasn't been made clear if those six parts are one hour, two or a combination of both, but either way the original wrapped up in 17 so there's no reason to think we can't get a satisfying tale in six installments. With casting of the two principals announced, it's actually safe to say now that this thing might really get made. AMC is cruising right along with their original programming, and after forty years, I think we're due a re-imagining of this classic series. And unlike
the disastrous The Andromeda Strain at A&E, I have faith that AMC won't let me down ... don't let me down, AMC!
Continue reading McKellan and Caviezel captured for AMC's remake of The Prisoner
Posted May 7th 2008 9:27PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Breaking Bad, Reality-Free
All I can say after word came out today that they
AMC renewed Breaking Bad is FINALLY! What the hell took so long? Every bit as critically acclaimed and amazing as the already renewed
Mad Men, this meth and cancer dramedy defies description and blows away expectations. After the strike-shortened seven episode first season, AMC has committed to a full thirteen-episode run for its sophomore effort; no word yet on when the new season will film or air.
Bryan Cranston is a veritable tour de force in the role of Walter White, the high school chemistry teacher who begins producing meth to procure the funds necessary for his family to get by after he dies. Aaron Paul is equally strong as his half-witted cohort in crime, and the two of them are the grimmest comedy duo since ... well, maybe ever. Each week the series surpassed expectations by getting better and better, and that was only seven weeks. I can't imagine nearly twice that!
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Ain't It Cool News]
Posted Mar 14th 2008 11:02AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Subtle Subtitles
Welcome to Subtle Subtitles. For those of you who are uninitiated to the purpose of this feature, we're asking you to come up with your funniest quote or description for what's going on in the screen grab we choose for the week. Winners are announced in the following Friday's contest.Last contest's winner:
kirker187
This week, a scene
from last night's Reaper ...
Continue reading Subtle Subtitles
Posted Mar 7th 2008 9:23AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Subtle Subtitles
Welcome to Subtle Subtitles. For those of you who are uninitiated to the purpose of this feature, we're asking you to come up with your funniest quote or description for what's going on in the screen grab we choose for the week. Winners are announced in the following Friday's contest.Last contest's winner:
Robyn 
This week, a scene from the
latest episode of Breaking Bad ...
Continue reading Subtle Subtitles
Posted Feb 27th 2008 9:05AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
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This week we have:
Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, CSI: New York, Desperate Housewives, Greek, Kyle XY, Lost and Smallville. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Feb 18th 2008 12:41PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Breaking Bad
(S01E04) This episode was about calming down and reassessing one's life and family. We got to see Walter open up and share his cancer with his extended family, albeit reluctantly and only done really because Skyler couldn't handle it alone. Walter, in fact, remained incredibly stoic, silent and passive about his impending fate. He also stayed true to his original vision, which was not to leave his family with a mountain of debt.
As for Jesse, we finally got to meet the rest of the Pinkman clan and they're nothing like you'd expect - or they're exactly like you'd expect - and yet somehow they appeared to have a profound influence on where Jesse's life is heading and what he wants to do about it.
Continue reading Breaking Bad: Cancer Man
Posted Feb 11th 2008 10:03AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Breaking Bad
(S01E03) "I thought we were going to Cold Stone Creamery." Walt, Jr. with Hank
With this episode we come to the conclusion of what would be considered the "First Act" of the
Breaking Bad saga. I have to say that I was very impressed with this conclusion, and with the opening arc. Cranston continues to dominate the screen with his tragic portrayal of a desperate man who's health is clearly failing more and more with each passing moment. Hard decisions are made, and the hardest and best decision he's made yet looks to be the one the episode ends on.
Continue reading Breaking Bad: ...and the Bag's in the River
Posted Jan 28th 2008 4:45PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Breaking Bad
(S01E02) "Is this going to be on the murder?" -- question asked by a student in Walter White's class, or at least how he heard it.
Things are starting to unravel fast for our "odd couple" of meth makers. Last episode left them with two dead bodies in the back of a wrecked RV filled with meth ingredients. How could it get worse? Well, what if one of those dead bodies isn't so much ... dead that is? The boys haven't sold any drugs yet, Pinkman's house is falling apart and White's marriage may not be far behind. Cranston's getting well deserved raves for his stellar performance, but as with most buddy comedies, and let's face it this is becoming a very dark comedy, it takes two great actors to pull it off, and Aaron Paul's Pinkman is an amazing foil for Cranston's White.
Continue reading Breaking Bad: Cat's in the Bag...
Posted Jan 21st 2008 10:51PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Breaking Bad
(S01E01) "Tell me why you're doing this. Seriously."
"Why do you do it?"
"Money. Mainly."
"There you go."
"Nah, come on. Man, some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, all of a sudden at age, what, 60; he's just gonna break bad."
"I'm 50."
If your idea of a dashing leading man doesn't include a guy in his fifties wearing his Fruit of the Loom briefs and a lab smock, then you're not watching the right shows. Bryan Cranston is one of television's most under-appreciated actors. While Jane Kaczmerek was Emmy-nominated seven years in a row for her work on
Malcolm in the Middle, and was constantly talked about, Cranston only picked up three nods. It looks like he might have another chance at Emmy gold as his performance in
Breaking Bad is amazing.
Continue reading Breaking Bad: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Dec 20th 2007 12:24PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Pickups and Renewals
AMC already has one critically acclaimed and Golden Globe nominated drama under its belt with the brilliant Mad Men. A second new series, Breaking Bad, hopes to follow that success, beginning in January. Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston stars as a high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of crime in order to support his family after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. If it's half as good as Mad Men it'll be twice as good as most of what's on TV.
But not content to wait around to see how Breaking Bad does critically and commercially, Variety reports that AMC has no less than four more shows in various stages of development, including two westerns. Westerns haven't been able to find success on the broadcast networks in years. Now by "Western" I'm talking the John Wayne/Clint Eastwood brand of Westerns with gunfights and saloon whores, not the likes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, which did find an audience but was a very different kind of show.
Continue reading Mad Men inspires more scripted fare at AMC
Posted May 26th 2007 4:21PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals
As we've mentioned a couple of times, AMC is moving ahead with its plans to start focusing more on original series. One of those new series, Mad Men, will debut sometime this July. The series focuses on a group of ad execs in New York City in the '60s. You can see a trailer here.
Another series, Breaking Bad, is close to being picked up, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama will center on a chemistry teacher, played by Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston, who builds a meth lab to help support his family after he's diagnosed with cancer. Oh yeah, and his son is handicapped. Good gravy, that sounds depressing.
Continue reading AMC continues to push original series
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