I'm Starting to Get the Shakes Already: Breaking Bad Won't Be Back for a Year

Topic started by Matt on Aug. 5, 2010. Last post by DefAde 2 years, 9 months ago.
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 Hard to tell if this is a production still from the show or a scene out of a lost Hunter S. Thompson memoir.
 Hard to tell if this is a production still from the show or a scene out of a lost Hunter S. Thompson memoir.
Fans of the AMC/Sony TV series Breaking Bad are going to have to wait a year for their fix of new episodes, Deadline is reporting, but the channel's not cutting off the supply quite so abruptly. In the interim AMC will be posting a number of mini-episodes on their website after the show returns to production early next year. Actor Bryan Cranston, who stars as Walter White, had the following to say about why the show's taking such a long break and what his hopes are for the web episodes:

I think what AMC is thinking here is there will be less competition for us--particularly from the broadcast networks--if we launch our season during the summer than if we come back again like we did this time in March... The idea is to keep people aware and interested in the show during the long time away,  but I, for one, am eager to make these little interstitials important. I don’t want them to be simply filler or recap, but something that actually moves the storyline forward. If we’re going to do it, it ought to be a real part of the larger show.

Sounds like an novel idea to keep audiences jonesing for season four. In Kansas City, Missouri, though, I don't think residents will be forgetting the show with or without the online shorts. According to the KCPD chief's blog some intrepid drug chemists in or around the city are now producing blue meth, possibly (oh c'mon, it almost has to be) as a result of the show's popularity. Once again life imitates art...$75 per gram at a time.
Post by smartoonkid (40 posts) See mini bio
I already have the quest, but now I'm stealing it from someone else.  Mwhahahaha!
Post by Walreese55 (250 posts) See mini bio
This title is fucking misleading as hell, the new season is simply being pushed back 3 months  This is old fucking news, really misleading headline, it's still getting released next year. Shows like The Wire and the Sopranos actually took a year off, this is different. 
Post by mbkish (257 posts) See mini bio
It doesn't sound like I will have to wait that much longer. Where does it say a year? From what I read it just says they are pushing it back from March to Summer. I would change the title of the post.
Post by Sandor (613 posts) See mini bio
I totally freaked out cause of that title. Damn you.
Post by MrMazz (1,548 posts) See mini bio
Good it will give me plenty of time to watch the series before
Post by skrutop (679 posts) See mini bio
Sweet, I'll be able to catch up on what I've been missing then.
Post by Lobster_Ear (34 posts) See mini bio
How is it misleading? The show won't air again until about a year from now. It's old news, but not misleading.
Post by JoelTGM (457 posts) See mini bio
People are actually making blue meth????  ahaha, that's a great idea.
Post by samsaturday (86 posts) See mini bio
Me want more show now.
Post by Dany (544 posts) See mini bio
@JoelTGM said:
" People are actually making blue meth????  ahaha, that's a great idea. "
Blue Sky!
Post by NewfieBullet (128 posts) See mini bio
God damn it.  One of the best shows on TV.  SHIT!!
Post by Turbo_Toaster (64 posts) See mini bio
A BAD DAY JUST GOT EXPONENTIALLY WORSE.
Post by WalkerTR77 (523 posts) See mini bio
I fucking love breaking bad.
Post by pepper (15 posts) See mini bio
It's gonna be tough, but hell, I'll take it. Show's good enough so that I'll wait.
Post by crusader8463 (288 posts) See mini bio
I only have one thing to say about this news. 
Post by hbix (157 posts) See mini bio
I too thought that the title meant there wouldn't be a new episode of Breaking Bad until 2012.
 
Anyway, I gotta catch up with the show. I'm way behind at the moment.
Post by KeanuDowneyJr (52 posts) See mini bio
I really should watch this show. I saw the first half of Season 1 but never picked it up again.
Post by sophie (2 posts) See mini bio
Looks like a helluva lot more rewatching is in order...
Post by ThePickle (2,858 posts) See mini bio
I cannot wait that long. I haven't seen any of those webisodes so those might tide be over, but still, damn
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Date of 1st Airing Jan. 20, 2008
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