Well, this is a bit disappointing. AMC has revealed their future development slate today, and it would appear that the basic cable network is not going to premiere the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad until August. This is a full month after we expected the show to return and a long time removed from its time slot of yesteryear in the spring. Remember when the show was on in the spring? That is all done and gone which leaves us with a bit of a delay during which we can fawn over the network’s other programming. All of that is after the jump including details on a scripted sci-fi drama from Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski titled Ballistic City. Continue Reading
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Gilligan confirmed the plan is for a Summer 2013 runoff to the series’ conclusion and that things will end badly for these characters. He alluded to this being a possibility before, but now it would appear this has moved on to an inevitability. To back up that sentiment, the showrunner just informed the audience that writing is already underway meaning he has some semblance of what is going to happen. Continue Reading
That said, he felt compelled to bring in the showrunner of Breaking Bad Vince Gilligan on the program last night mostly because his fandom of the Emmy-winning program. Topics of conversation included the series’ origins and of course writing these characters into corners. Apparently, there are a whole lot of times where they simply do not have a set plan and end up screwing the pooch a little to the point where they think they will have to go back and rework some stuff. Continue Reading
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Not necessarily rivals as Breaking Bad now airs on Sundays during the summer months, the long-running animated series The Simpsons has decided to pay homage to the meth-peddling series. This is the second such AMC-generated nod from everyone’s favorite four-fingered family as they famously showed respects to Mad Men a few seasons ago. 
Giancarlo Esposito showed up on the talk show circuit last night. The actor was on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the on-going first season of Revolution. Ratings are down despite its Voice lead-in, but it is expected to return next season. For those of you who do not watch the show, just think of this appearance as a chance to see Gus Fring who was killed off of Breaking Bad nearly two summers ago. 
The many who felt short-changed on AMC’s decision to split Breaking Bad’s fifth season in half will be pleased to know that a date has been set for the series’ return. Emmy-winning actor Aaron Paul broke the news on Twitter late Thursday night that the drama will begin its final run on July 14. That is about when we expected the mid-season premiere to land as it stands roughly a year away from last year’s debut. Chances are the network did not want to mess with success as the show managed to hit series highs throughout the first eight installments of its final order. 
It is not quite enough to parody television shows by themselves anymore as that has been done to death. We are talking to you Jimmy Fallon as you previously ran installments of a show called 
In today’s best ‘not so big, but amusing’ story we are hearing that Breaking Bad’s Mike Ehrmentraut actor Jonathan Banks has been tapped for a guest spot on Parks & Recreation. Interestingly enough, the actor is on board to play none other than Adam Scott’s father which means if things go well the former dramatic actor could end up recurring on one of television’s best comedies. 
There are only two more episodes left for the current fifth season run of Breaking Bad. The penultimate outing airing next week continues to highlight Walt’s rise to power as a legitimate meth kingpin and is called Say My Name. Check out the advance clip AMC put out tonight following the conclusion of Buyout. It basically shows that Walter White’s plan is to probably lead the rival meth organization. 
Since his move to TBS, Conan O’Brien has become somewhat of a champion of cable programming. While this was not really surprising considering he was now a member of the Turner Broadcasting family, it was a bit shocking that he would extend out invites to actors who are not your typical talk show guests that reside in the depths of the channel lineup.
The next new episode of Breaking Bad will air on August 12. Under the title Dead Freight, it aims to be one of the most ambitious episodes of the entire series according to the show’s star Bryan Cranston. That said, here is a new clip just released tonight to promote the Emmy-winning drama’s fifth outing of year.