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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Did Breaking Bad win a Peabody Award?
Yes. It won a Peabody Award in 2008.
Yes. The Peabody Awards list Breaking Bad among its 2008 winners, with AMC as the broadcaster. The Peabody profile says the award was given for the series' curious, contradiction-laden narrative.
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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 is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan for AMC.
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