Breaking Bad : Ask Biography

Television

Name

Breaking Bad

Genre

Serial drama
Crime drama
Black comedy

Created by

Vince Gilligan

Starring

Bryan Cranston
Anna Gunn
Aaron Paul
Dean Norris
Betsy Brandt
RJ Mitte
Bob Odenkirk
Giancarlo Esposito
Jonathan Banks

Opening theme

"Breaking Bad Theme" by
Dave Porter

Composer

Dave Porter

Country of origin

United States

Language

English
Spanish

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

List of episodes

List of Breaking Bad episodes

Production

Executive producer

Vince Gilligan
Mark Johnson
Michelle MacLaren

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Running time

47 minutes

Broadcast

Original channel

AMC

First aired

January 20, 2008

Last aired

present

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'Breaking Bad' is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, and is a production of Sony Pictures Television. It premiered on January 20, 2008. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on July 17, 2011. On August 14, 2011, AMC announced that Breaking Bad had been renewed for a fifth and final season consisting of 16 episodes that may be split over two seasons.

Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with the aim of securing his family's financial future before he dies.

Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and cinematography as well as for Cranston's and Paul's performances. It has won six Emmy Awards-including three consecutive wins for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Cranston-in addition to numerous other awards and nominations.