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
Universal Acclaim
87
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Universal Acclaim
9.4
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
87
96% Positive
94 Reviews
94 Reviews
4% Mixed
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Aug 22, 2012
100
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.
User score
Universal Acclaim
9.4
96% Positive
18517 Ratings
18517 Ratings
1% Mixed
262 Ratings
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2% Negative
441 Ratings
441 Ratings
Jun 17, 2026
10
Breaking Bad é uma série que não vai ter outra igual, a série é incrivel dando perspectiva de cada um dos personagens principais. E também o final é impressionante. Uma baita Série que não vai ter outra igual eu acho.
Jun 10, 2026
10
Not made for the feint of heart, if you're down and on board, you won't get off until you realize the shows over and you have to go back to your life. This show **** you in, each episode leaving, forcing you to watch the next one. Its not 'what's on the show this week?' Each episode is a piece of a masterful puzzle you're aching to see what it turns into. It's a beautifully, realistic told story that stretches over 60 hours split with some of the best development, drama and character in cinema history (not just t.v.) It's not always a masterpiece episode, but it all builds and leads into something meaningful and impactful, even if you're not ready for it. (especially.)
100
The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription.
88
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
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
Breaking Bad promises seven compelling and unique hours of drama.
50
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.
Apr 8, 2026
6
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
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
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.
Production Company:
- High Bridge Productions
- Gran Via Productions
- Sony Pictures Television
- American Movie Classics (AMC)
Initial Release Date:Jan 20, 2008
Number of seasons:5 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 16 Wins & 58 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 19 Wins & 55 Nominations
