What To Watch: “Breaking Bad” on AMC
Just when you thought the writer’s strike had sucked out the very last drop of interesting scripted television this year, AMC goes ahead and delivers to us Breaking Bad, a new hour-long drama starring Malcolm in the Middle’s Bryan Cranston as a science teacher who starts cooking meth to supliment his income. The network, which was previously known for categorizing “Cat Woman” as an American Movie Classic, now has a lot to live up to after delivering Mad Men to us last summer — one of the best new shows of the decade.
Frankly I don’t know what to expect from Breaking Bad (foolishly, I missed my opportunity to catch a press-preview of the episode earlier this week), but I have to say I’m optimistic. Cranston was great recently in guest spots on How I Met Your Mother and I look forward to seeing him do drama. I’m also hoping the show proves to be a more down-to-earth, less self-destructive version of Weeds. We’ll find out on Sunday.
Breaking Bad starts this Sunday (January 20th) at 10:00pm EST on AMC.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I just watched it - have you seen it yet? WRITE A POST ABOUT IT.
just so you know, I thought it was good’n'entertaining
January 27th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Yeah — when are you gonna post about it?