Breaking Bad

[The_Douger]

The regular networks just bug me.

I mean, who is watching "Two and a half Men"? I've seen like 10 minutes of that show. It's stupid.

Yet, they're cancelling great shows like Arrested Development and Better Off Ted. It just drives me nuts.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I think the regular networks need to take a long, hard look at what the cable shows are doing and start giving us some good stuff instead of the 90% garbage that we're getting.

The cable networks have really shown them what compelling stories and good writing can do.

The problem is that these cable shows don't immediately get big ratings. Hannibal is something you would have normally expected on cable and it's ratings weren't great either.

The Americans is an excellent example. Really good show, marginal ratings. Thankfully FX is giving it a second season.

Justified's ratings just continue to improve.

FX can be patient, but I don't think the broadcast networks can.

[The_Douger]

Breaking Bad gets monster ratings:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-series-finale-ratings/

Over ten million and a huge rating in the 18-49 demo. That's Walking Dead territory.

I think the Walking Dead and this last season of Breaking Bad will finally break the broadcast networks' backs. For years I thought cable tv series, outside of something offered by HBO, were simply something not good enough to make it on broadcast tv. That changed around four years ago when I started watching Mad Men. For more people that changed with The Walking Dead which I think led them to take a chance on Breaking Bad (that, and the fact that they could catch up on Netflix).

Think about this, the season finale in season 4 only got 1.9 million viewers. That was the awesome Walt v. Gus final episode.

I think the regular networks need to take a long, hard look at what the cable shows are doing and start giving us some good stuff instead of the 90% garbage that we're getting.

The cable networks have really shown them what compelling stories and good writing can do.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I'm glad they got their Scarface homage with the machine gun but in a very Walter White kind of way. That was pretty awesome.

During the week, I kept thinking about how he was going to use that big gun to take those guys out. I thought of that scene from Aliens where they have those massive guns attached to motion detectors. The writers figured out a better way.

[jay santos]

Breaking Bad gets monster ratings:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-series-finale-ratings/

Over ten million and a huge rating in the 18-49 demo. That's Walking Dead territory.

I think the Walking Dead and this last season of Breaking Bad will finally break the broadcast networks' backs. For years I thought cable tv series, outside of something offered by HBO, were simply something not good enough to make it on broadcast tv. That changed around four years ago when I started watching Mad Men. For more people that changed with The Walking Dead which I think led them to take a chance on Breaking Bad (that, and the fact that they could catch up on Netflix).

Think about this, the season finale in season 4 only got 1.9 million viewers. That was the awesome Walt v. Gus final episode.

Kind of makes me rage that question "with those kinds of ratings do you wish you would have dragged it further." That's exactly the logic of why so much TV sucks.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Breaking Bad gets monster ratings:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-series-finale-ratings/

Over ten million and a huge rating in the 18-49 demo. That's Walking Dead territory.

I think the Walking Dead and this last season of Breaking Bad will finally break the broadcast networks' backs. For years I thought cable tv series, outside of something offered by HBO, were simply something not good enough to make it on broadcast tv. That changed around four years ago when I started watching Mad Men. For more people that changed with The Walking Dead which I think led them to take a chance on Breaking Bad (that, and the fact that they could catch up on Netflix).

Think about this, the season finale in season 4 only got 1.9 million viewers. That was the awesome Walt v. Gus final episode.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Hope this isn't one of those clips that everyone has already seen, but here's Aaron Paul as a contestant on the Price is Right. Glad he ended up getting paid later in life.

I always thought the bidding over aspect of Price is Right was bullshit. Who cares if someone goes over? Aaron Paul has to be the 99.9 percentile Price is right player, he was within $150 on the showcase showdown.

[MarkGrace]

I'm glad they got their Scarface homage with the machine gun but in a very Walter White kind of way. That was pretty awesome.

[SCcoug]

Hope this isn't one of those clips that everyone has already seen, but here's Aaron Paul as a contestant on the Price is Right. Glad he ended up getting paid later in life.

I posted it several pages back but that clip merits a repost.

[SteelBlue]

Hope this isn't one of those clips that everyone has already seen, but here's Aaron Paul as a contestant on the Price is Right. Glad he ended up getting paid later in life.

[Art Vandelay]

[RC Vikings]

I wonder where Uncle Jack hid the money.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You should know by now when I'm playing.

I knew you were joking.

[jay santos]

Mind = blown.

You should know by now when I'm playing.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I know more about Gilligan's characters than he does.

Mind = blown.