Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is a drama, produced by X-Files creator Vince Gilligan, about a high school chemistry teacher Walter White (played by Brian Cranston) who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and turns to manning a rolling drug lab and finance his family's future. He partners with an ex-student (played by Aaron Paul), who previously failed White's class while he was still in high school. To make things a bit more complicated, his brother-in-law is an agent for the DEA and is actively investigating the source of the city's new type of crystal methamphetamine, which owes it's level of purity to White's knowledge of chemistry. The show received generally positive reviews when it debuted on January 20, 2008 but the first season was cut to only seven episodes due to the writer's strike.

Fast Facts

1. New Episodes: Sundays, beginning January 20, 2008
2. Network: AMC
3. Current Season: 1st
4. Premiere: Sunday, January 20, 2008 @ 10PM
5. Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul
6. Promoted with a viral campaign entitled Walt's Wisdom

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