The Anniversary Brothers TV Podcast: Breaking Bad 15th Anniversary

Breaking Bad is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month.
Joining Senior Writer Aaron Sarnecky to talk about it is Alex
Marcus, Podcast Editor for The Pop Break.


Breaking Bad is a crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan.
It debuted on AMC on January 20, 2008, where it ran for 5 seasons
and a total of 62 episodes. The series finale aired on September
29, 2013.


The show follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school
chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer. Partnering with
Walter is his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Other
characters include Walt’s wife Skyler (Anna Gunn), his DEA agent
brother-in-law Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), and drug kingpin Gus
Fring (Giancarlo Esposito).


The series won a myriad of awards, including four Lead Actor
Emmys for Cranston, three Supporting Actor Emmys for Paul, and
two Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series. The story continues in
the epilogue movie El Camino and Better
Call Saul, a spinoff following Walt’s lawyer, Saul
Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).


Aaron and Alex examine the pilot episode and discuss the series’
evolution. They also discuss how Breaking Bad helped create the
current TV landscape.


For a podcast on another crime series, you can listen Josh,
Aaron, and guest Ann Hale talk about Dexter.


Breaking Bad is streaming on
Netflix