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SummaryBryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer. Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for AMC.

Created By:Vince Gilligan

Breaking Bad

5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 
Jan 20, 2008
Metascore
must-watch
87
User score
9.4
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Metascore
87
96% Positive
94 Reviews
4% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Aug 22, 2012
100
The New Yorker
Breaking Bad [is] a radical type of television, and also a very strange kind of must-watch: a show that you dread and crave at the same time.
Jul 12, 2012
100
Newsday
Taut, efficient and directed with a scalpel, Breaking Bad remains a marvel.
User score
9.4
96% Positive
18408 Ratings
1% Mixed
261 Ratings
2% Negative
440 Ratings
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Apr 22, 2026
10
WalleyFreckman
This is one of the best TV series I've ever watched; it helped me realize the meaning of life and the way societies perceive things.
Apr 20, 2026
10
Mehmemir
The Series that you'll never forget and constantly want to watch again and again...
100
Variety
The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription.
88
Slant Magazine
The chemistry of every television show should have as rapid a half-life as Breaking Bad, transforming into something new while building off the critical elements of the past.
80
The New York Times
There is a genuine suspense and thrill to the show now, but it succeeds largely as a treatise not on the tragedy of cancer but on the sheer monotony of it, the relentless waiting around.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Breaking Bad promises seven compelling and unique hours of drama.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Breaking could be a good study of acting, since Cranston and Aaron Paul (as his partner, Jesse) get under the grimy skin of their characters. But there's not enough of the good stuff, like writing, directing, mood, cinematography--you get the point.
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Apr 18, 2026
10
TonyPampooni
The simplest definition to this show in the literal sense is: "Broken and bad, yet perfect."
Apr 8, 2026
6
CocaCola1219
Es una gran serie, la 2da mejor de la historia, por detras de su precuela, no es una serie, es arte
Dec 31, 2022
6
RobMarr75
Extremely overrated. I would say watch the first season, and then you've seen what you need to see. It's clear the writers didn't have a plan after that. Cranston and Paul are fun to watch, but doesn't really have legs.
Dec 12, 2025
3
Guttss
The most overrated show of all time. There are a BUNCH of new and old shows I would rate MUCH higher than this. I think the actors did great but the show has repetitive concepts and doesn’t add much outside of that. As the show gets deeper it becomes even harder to believe that a brilliant chemist could consistently have such poor judgement. By the end of it you forget how smart his character is supposed to be because he never acts like he’s brilliant.
Sep 23, 2022
2
Art3ValGO
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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  • High Bridge Productions
  • Gran Via Productions
  • Sony Pictures Television
  • American Movie Classics (AMC)
Jan 20, 2008
5 Seasons
TV-MA
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 16 Wins & 58 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 19 Wins & 55 Nominations
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