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AMC to Air "Breaking Bad" Marathon
NBC Bay Area ^ | September 23, 2013 | Timothy Weisberg

Posted on 09/24/2013 8:25:23 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Feeling left out of the "Breaking Bad" hoopla? Upset you can't join in the fun of Sunday night's finale because you never caught up on the series everyone seems to be talking about?

Take heart viewer, because AMC is here to help with your binging needs.

Starting Tuesday at 8 p.m. with the very first episode that originaly aired Jan. 20, 2008, the cable network will screen every instalment of the Emmy-winning series in an ultra-marathon that will culminate in the 75-minute finale airing Sunday night.

Already riding high on fan love, the series about a high-school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) who enters the drug trade to pay for his cancer treatment has drawn record ratings and this past Sunday walked away with the Emmy for best series.

Along with taking the top award, actress Anna Gunn also won an Emmy for outstanding supporting acting in a drama series for her portrayal as White’s wife, Skyler.

AMC's decision to air the "Countdown to the Finale" binge-fest coincides with the onine marathoning of all 234 episodes of Comedy Central's "South Park." The massive four-day celebration of all things Eric, Kyle, Stan and Kenny can be viewed at SouthParkMarathon.com. It began Sept. 21, and will continue up to the Season 17 premiere Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

AMC will air the first four seasons of "Breaking Bad" through Friday, Sept. 27. The marathon will then pick up with episodes from the current fifth season Sept. 28 at 11 p.m. and continue through the night and day leading up to the 75-minute series finale.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: breakingbad; chat; hollywood; tv
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I never watched a single episode until a few days ago when I got curious is from all the discussion about this series on FR. Now I will be recording and watching all the Breaking Bad episodes over the next few days leading into the final episode. No waiting in anticipation for the next chapters for me. I will be mainlining this show all at once!!!
1 posted on 09/24/2013 8:25:23 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Same here.. I downloaded all up until current, last week (plus the last episode last night).
Took me 3 days to watch them all :p
Interesting (and annoying in parts), but a good watch.


2 posted on 09/24/2013 8:30:35 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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I admit it. I’m hooked on that show. But I didn’t get addicted till about the 2nd season. I for sure plan on watching the 1st season to see what I missed.


3 posted on 09/24/2013 8:31:02 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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At least I have been warned and don’t have to bother wasting my time checking the channel for a few days for something redeeming to watch.

Why doesn’t AMC just go ahead and change the name? They play classic movies about like MTV plays music videos.


4 posted on 09/24/2013 8:31:34 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Well, it'll keep you distracted from the Senate debate....

BTW..did you ever watch "Weeds?"

5 posted on 09/24/2013 8:31:47 AM PDT by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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Stay up for days to watch shows about meth....?

Will coffee be enough?

6 posted on 09/24/2013 8:31:54 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Yippee BookMark from another late comer :)


7 posted on 09/24/2013 8:36:21 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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Feeling left out...

LOL This is the first 'Breaking Bad' thread I read deep enough into to find out it was a tv show.
8 posted on 09/24/2013 8:36:30 AM PDT by posterchild
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I sure plan on watching. I started 2 seasons ago. Will love to see it from the beginning.


9 posted on 09/24/2013 8:37:04 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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Stay up for days to watch shows about meth....? Will coffee be enough?

Maybe for the first half day until you can figure out how to make your own. < note to DEA and NSA: just joking, no need to get a search warrant for my house to accidentally raid my neighbor and shoot his dog>

10 posted on 09/24/2013 8:37:23 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Why is our military going to be used as Al Qaeda's air force in Syria?)
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I have been watching it on Netflix and am hopelessly hooked. I will make sure to record this season in its entirety since I don’t know when it will be uploaded to Netflix. Great, great show!


11 posted on 09/24/2013 8:39:29 AM PDT by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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i find it hard to identify with a show that glorifies a drug dealer whilst trying to keep children off drugs. if you like this, then go ahead, but don’t tell me that you find meth unacceptable


12 posted on 09/24/2013 8:41:27 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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I was talking about this show and other cable series’ with a couple 30 year old professional types the other day, and they agreed that all the best series shows on TV were all on anything but ABCCBSNBC. I don’t know how those 3 networks keep as much audience as they have left.


13 posted on 09/24/2013 8:43:55 AM PDT by Avid Coug
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Los Cuates de Sinaloa - Negro y azul - The Ballad of Heisenberg

14 posted on 09/24/2013 8:44:53 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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The marathon starts Wed 9/25 at 8pm Eastern. Not Tuesday.


15 posted on 09/24/2013 8:46:21 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort ("Don't say sh*t unless you know for sure it helps." - Raylan Givens)
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I like ‘The Godfather’ so does that mean I can’t find the Mafia repugnant? I like Macbeth so does that mean I can’t find murder unacceptable?


16 posted on 09/24/2013 8:48:25 AM PDT by Borges
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The show hardly “glorifies” his life.

His life has been in a shambles ever since he started. I don’t think there is one happy person in the entire cast of characters.

He has ruined his life, his family’s and his close relatives’.

And it’s still a great show.


17 posted on 09/24/2013 8:48:52 AM PDT by Breyean
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I wouldn't say it glorifies drugs. Everyone on the show is dysfunctional. All the families are dysfunctional. One (reasonably good) reason not to watch the show is that it is — despite occasional humor — quite dark and depressing. These are messed up people living sad and desperate lives.
18 posted on 09/24/2013 8:49:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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It doesn’t glorify him at all. It shows his decline into evil and what happens when moral principles are abandoned.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359223/breaking-bad-breaks-through-jonah-goldberg


19 posted on 09/24/2013 8:50:39 AM PDT by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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i find it hard to identify with a show that glorifies a drug dealer...

Agree to a certain extent. Incidently, the most realistic show about drugs, meth, and the "drug lifestyle" is COPS. I also object to their dragging the name of one of the founders of quantum mechanics through the mud.
20 posted on 09/24/2013 8:51:39 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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