Posts Tagged Under ‘Breaking Bad’
By fred | September 23, 2008
Now that the Emmys are over, it’s of course the time where everyone look back at what happened and tries to finds what it means for the world in TV land. Now, the show in itself wasn’t really good, I mean we had those five stupid hosts who couldn’t do the work on one. Not only that, but Christ does Howie Mandel ever shut up !??
I’m sorry, but the guy couldn’t stop talking, he was constantly there saying shit again and again and again again, I’m sure many people all over the world up to our Mars enemies were yelling, throwing stuff at and probably even shut down their TV because he wouldn’t stop. Plus, as a result we’ve seen how some bits were dropped, people got their acceptance speech cut off right in the middle, what a mess!
But it’s a fact, it’s the cold reality of television these days : networks don’t care about quality anymore, (most of) the industry doesn’t care about quality anymore.
Read the rest of “What The Emmys Showed Us: The Reality Of Television” »
Posted in News | 2 Comments »
Shows: Breaking Bad, Damages, House, Life, Lost, Mad Men, Moonlight
By fred | September 22, 2008
Alright, so time to talk about the Emmy and who actually won I guess.
But first off, if you missed it or just because it’s so great you can never have enough of it, make sure to watch (again) Ricky Gervais & Steve Carell at the Emmys.
Right then, so let’s not waste any time and dive into it (in italic were my own votes, in bold are the winners) :
Read the rest of “The 60th Emmy Winners” »
Posted in News | Leave A Comment »
Shows: 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, Brothers & Sisters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Damages, Dexter, Entourage, Flight Of The Conchords, Grey’s Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, In Treatment, Law & Order: SVU, Lost, Mad Men, Monk, New Adventures Of Old Christine, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Saving Grace, The Closer, The Office, The Wire, Two And A Half Men, Ugly Betty, Weeds
By fred | July 17, 2008
There’s been much talk and then some about those nominations, as the top10 finalists lists have been made public, or find a way to the public eyes. But now speculations are over as the official nominees were announced by Patrick Harris and Kristen Chenoweth - both nominated by the way.
What to say ? Not many surprises, even with things that went wrong and the misses here and there. Not much love for The Wire, I think more was expected, but it’s a general trend : cable networks are kicking in with style (AMC, FX, etc) and HBO is really lacking some great hits nowadays. Sure, The Wire is still around, and Entourage hasn’t been forgotten despite being away for so long, plus the “experimental” In Treatment was noticed, but it’s not like they had a The Sopranos or Sex And The City anyways…
Read the rest of “The Official Emmy Nominations” »
Posted in News | 1 Comment »
Shows: 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, Brothers & Sisters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Damages, Dexter, Entourage, Flight Of The Conchords, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, In Treatment, Law & Order: SVU, Lost, Mad Men, Monk, New Adventures Of Old Christine, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Saving Grace, The Closer, The Office, The Wire, Two And A Half Men, Ugly Betty, Weeds
By fred | July 2, 2008
Well, today we have even more Emmy talk to do, as the semi-finalists for Best Drama Actor and Best Drama Actress are out. Well, it’s not really official but sources are trusted. Some good choices have been made, but there are a few names missing as well, sadly.
I’m happy to see Bryan Cranston, terrific on Breaking Bad, or Gabriel Byrne, amazing on In Treatment, on the list, and of course it’s great to see Hugh Laurie (House) there, even though the Academy never bothered giving the guy an award so far. At least it helps a bit swallowing the absence of Robert Sean Leonard as Supporting Drama Actor.
However, I’m really sad not to see Damian Lewis on that list, not just because I feel Life was the greatest new show last season, but because he was delivering one Hell of a performance, in a pure terrific British tradition, as initiated by Hugh Laurie. And, really, Patrick Dempsey ?? Okay he’s McDreamy and all, but really?? James Spader ?? Oh come one people… Matthew Fox on Lost way also way better!
Read the rest of “Emmy: Best Drama Actor/Actress Semi-Finalists” »
Posted in News | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Battlestar Galactica, Big Love, Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, Brothers & Sisters, Damages, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, House, In Treatment, Law & Order: SVU, Life, Lost, Mad Men, Medium, Rescue Me, Saving Grace, The Closer, The Riches
By fred | June 17, 2008
American Movie Classics (AMC) is really getting into original series, and given their past successes, with critically acclaimed series Mad Men and Breaking Bad, this can only be a good news.
AMC has already been developing several projects and plans to pick up two pilots by fall. They’re also working on two projects, Carter Beats The Devil and Ice, which won’t be ready in time to be considered but will be part of AMC’s 2009 pilot plans.
Carter Beats The Devil is a show about mysterious 1920s magician Charles Carter and his role in the death of President Warren Harding, while Ice revolves around a family in New York’s diamond district.
Read the rest of “More dramas for AMC” »
Posted in News | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Breaking Bad, Carter Beats The Devil, Ice, Mad Men
By fred | June 3, 2008
Because it’s not all about the Emmy’s, and because unlike with the Emmys we can hope here people actually watch TV, it’s always interesting to have a look at how the Television Critics Association Awards go. Nominees have been announced, and the closing chapter of The Wire and the first season of AMC newcomer Mad Men led the nominees.
Each show earned four nominations, more than any other program, and both are up for the prestigious Program Of The Year award. In the end HBO was the lead network with 10 nominations, closely followed by PBS with nine, NBC with eight, ABC and AMC five. Cable networks are doing pretty well, taking five of the six nomination for Program Of The Year and four of the five for New Program.
Read the rest of “2008 Television Critics Association Awards nominees announced” »
Posted in News | Leave A Comment »
Shows: 30 Rock, Breaking Bad, Damages, Flight Of The Conchords, Friday Night Lights, Lost, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Samantha Who?, The Office, The Wire
By fred | May 7, 2008
After receiving many good critics for Mad Men, which I personally don’t like, AMC launched another new series, Breaking Bad, and it is just amazing ! It’s great, it’s dark, the writing and the acting are outstanding and if you missed the first season of the show, sadly shortened due to the writers’ strike, you should try to catch up because this is a show you don’t want to miss !
And today we received a great news : AMC announced the renewal of its latest original series, Breaking Bad, for a second season of 13 episodes.
Read the rest of “Breaking Bad renewed for a second season !” »
Posted in News | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Breaking Bad
By fred | March 10, 2008
(S01E07) You know what, I’ve just watched the latest episode of AMC new series, Breaking Bad, and I realize that I should feel worried and/or sad. I know I should, and I’m sure many fans of the show do feel sad at this moment, because although nine episodes were actually ordered, due to the writers’ strike only seven of them were completed. As such, what we got this Sunday night was the last episode of the first season.
Truth is, AMC has yet to renew the show for a second season. So at this very moment, there are no guarantee that the show will have a second season, nothing else than the fact that this show is freaking great, one of the best thing on TV, and anyone who ever watched the show fall in love with it and is now addicted to it, and demands a second season !
Read the review of “Breaking Bad: A No Rough Stuff Type Deal” »
Posted in Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Breaking Bad
In Series: Breaking Bad Season 1
By fred | March 9, 2008
* We’re in for another week made of series premieres and finale, starting today.
* First, at 8.00 on Fox we have a new The Simpsons followed by a new King Of The Hill
* While The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris and Aliens In America at 8.30
* At 9.300 HBO sees another of their big hit going away, as The Wire has its 95-minute series finale !
* At 9.30 comes on a new episode of Fox new sitcom Unhitched, and hopefully it’ll get even crazier (and funnier) than last week’s promising pilot…
* And finally, at 10.00 on AMC, Breaking Bad is leaving already (due to the writers’ strike), although it’d better be nothing more than a season finale !
Posted in Tonight On TV | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Aliens In America, Breaking Bad, Everybody Hates Chris, King Of The Hill, The Simpsons, The Wire, Unhitched
By fred | March 4, 2008
(S01E06) Okay, so this episode aired on Sunday but I didn’t get to see it until a few minutes ago, and I have to say I was panicking when I first realized things went wrong for me, and that I didn’t have the episode right there, waiting for me to watch it. I’ll be honest, when the show premiered on AMC, I don’t really think I was especially excited about it. “I know!“, as would say Craig Ferguson.
I wasn’t, and I even seem to remember not watching it right away. No I let the pilot sit on my DVR for almost a week before I finally took the time to watch it, and it’s a mistake I never repeated since, because one episode is all it took for me to get completely hooked on the show ! Oh yeah, it’s that good.
Read the review of “Breaking Bad: Crazy Handful of Nothin’” »
Posted in Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Shows: Breaking Bad
In Series: Breaking Bad Season 1
