Breaking Bad is an American crime drama created by Vince Gilligan that premiered on AMC in 2008, starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer who begins manufacturing methamphetamine to provide for his family and is gradually transformed into a ruthless criminal. The series was structured around the sustained, carefully tracked moral deterioration of its central character across five seasons, an approach that distinguished it even among the morally ambiguous protagonists common to prestige television drama. Breaking Bad received extensive critical acclaim and numerous Emmy Awards during its run and is frequently cited by critics as one of the greatest television series ever produced.
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Original Language AwardCritics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series 2 AwardCritics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series 2 AwardDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series 2 AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2 AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 2 AwardSatellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama 2 AwardSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2 AwardSatellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama 2 AwardSaturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series 2 AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series 2 AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2 AwardTCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama 2 AwardTCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama 2 AwardTCA Award for Program of the Year 2 AwardWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2 Release Year Connections
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1. Breaking Bad (Wikipedia)
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Breaking Bad premiered on AMC on January 20, 2008, and concluded on September 29, 2013, after five seasons and 62 episodes.
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Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan for AMC.
Breaking Bad, Description, original language
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama created by Vince Gilligan that premiered on AMC in 2008, starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer who begins manufacturing methamphetamine to provide for his family and is gradually transformed into a ruthless criminal.
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Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan for AMC.
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Breaking Bad (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Drama
Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Drama.
Wikidata P166: Peabody Awards
Wikidata P166 (award received): Peabody Awards.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Satellite Award for Best Actor, Television Series Drama
Wikidata P166 (award received): Satellite Award for Best Actor, Television Series Drama.
Wikidata P166: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Wikidata P166: Satellite Award for Best Television Series, Drama
Wikidata P166 (award received): Satellite Award for Best Television Series, Drama.
Wikidata P166: Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series.
Wikidata P166: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Wikidata P166: TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
Wikidata P166 (award received): TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.
Wikidata P166: TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Wikidata P166 (award received): TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.
Wikidata P166: TCA Award for Program of the Year
Wikidata P166 (award received): TCA Award for Program of the Year.
Wikidata P166: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series
Wikidata P166 (award received): Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series.
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