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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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To: FreeReign
It's depressing that this very successful show is about sad and desperate people.

Are you depressed that Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov are popular?
41 posted on 09/24/2013 9:32:39 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Avid Coug
" I don’t know how those 3 networks keep as much audience as they have left."

Maybe they don't. Perhaps all of their claimed viewership numbers are fraudulent.

42 posted on 09/24/2013 9:34:35 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: camle

I came across a forum the other day populated mostly by kids. The prevailing comments were ‘I didn’t know meth was so bad. It really opened my eyes.’


43 posted on 09/24/2013 9:37:33 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: PJ-Comix

How long is that in hard drives?


44 posted on 09/24/2013 9:38:09 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: camle

then go away and dont come back?


45 posted on 09/24/2013 9:38:11 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: dfwgator
> It is a modern day Greek tragedy similar to Oedipus Rex

I liked it better when it was called "The Godfather."

I laugh when people complain about remakes. The Greeks and Romans were shameless about stealing and remaking works too.

46 posted on 09/24/2013 9:42:59 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Why is our military going to be used as Al Qaeda's air force in Syria?)
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To: camle

“i find it hard to identify with a show that glorifies a drug dealer whilst trying to keep children off drugs.”

It’s funny. The only people who think that BB glorifies drug dealers are the people who haven’t actually watched the show.


47 posted on 09/24/2013 9:46:49 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: TheEditor

It’s going to be 75 minutes long on Sunday.


48 posted on 09/24/2013 9:46:57 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: PJ-Comix

My cable listings show Pulp Fiction and The Departed (an excellent movie) scheduled for tonight with the Breaking Bad marathon beginning tomorrow at 8 pm.


49 posted on 09/24/2013 9:48:06 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: PJ-Comix

I’ve never watched it but if FReepers say it’s good, it must be.


50 posted on 09/24/2013 9:48:24 AM PDT by McGruff (No wars for Arab pipelines!)
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To: SpaceBar

“I also object to their dragging the name of one of the founders of quantum mechanics through the mud.”

I am uncertain as to whether I agree with that or not.


51 posted on 09/24/2013 9:48:55 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: sarasota

It was last Sunday too and I almost missed it.Glad I hadn’t turned my TV off.

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52 posted on 09/24/2013 9:51:22 AM PDT by Mears (Liberalism is the art ot being easily offended.)
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To: PJ-Comix

AMC did the same thing with Walking Dead, a marathon of every episode leading up to the season finale. That’s how I got caught up.


53 posted on 09/24/2013 9:52:51 AM PDT by real saxophonist (All you poor, all you needy, all you're doin' is givin' to the greedy... Temptations, 'Power')
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To: Boogieman
I am uncertain as to whether I agree with that or not.

Schrödinger, is that you or is it not?

54 posted on 09/24/2013 9:58:46 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: FreeReign

Have you ever seen Macbeth or Anna Karenina?


55 posted on 09/24/2013 10:03:54 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: sarasota
It’s going to be 75 minutes long on Sunday.

Well, if it is anything like last week's episode (also 75 minutes) then the extra time is all commercials. Horrible.

56 posted on 09/24/2013 10:04:12 AM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Borges
Back in the day of Ibsen for example most theatre was written around the theme of high morals. Ibsen was a welcome exception to these-called "real" themes that were lacking.

Nowadays we have the opposite. Too many themes centered around crap.

As I said...

57 posted on 09/24/2013 10:08:02 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ken5050

Weeds started off great, got so-so, improved in the last 2 seasons, and ended VERY well. I was very pleased with the fact that Nancy didn’t get to be happy in the end, she was too manipulative to deserve happiness.


58 posted on 09/24/2013 10:12:55 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: PJ-Comix
I grabbed the AMC schedule pages and stripped out everything but times and episode names. Hopefully the format is halfway readable.

Wednesday 9/25
8:00PM 7:00c Pilot
9:05PM 8:05c Cat's in the Bag...
10:10PM 9:10c ...and the Bag's in the River
11:15PM 10:15c Cancer Man


Thursday 9/26
12:20AM 11:20c Gray Matter
1:25AM 12:25c Crazy Handful of Nothin'
2:30AM 1:30c A No-Rough-Stuff Type Deal
3:35AM 2:35c Seven Thirty-Seven
4:40AM 3:40c Grilled
[skip a bit]
9:00AM 8:00c Bit by a Dead Bee
10:04AM 9:04c Down
11:09AM 10:09c Breakage
12:12PM 11:12c Peekaboo
1:17PM 12:17c Negro Y Azul
2:22PM 1:22c Better Call Saul
3:26PM 2:26c 4 Days Out
4:31PM 3:31c Over
5:35PM 4:35c Mandala
6:40PM 5:40c Phoenix
7:45PM 6:45c ABQ
8:50PM 7:50c No Mas
9:55PM 8:55c Caballo Sin Nombre
[skip a bit]



Friday 9/27
12:00AM 11:00c I.F.T.
1:05AM 12:05c Green Light
2:09AM 1:09c Mas
3:14AM 2:14c Sunset
4:18AM 3:18c One Minute
[skip a bit]
9:00AM 8:00c I See You
10:05AM 9:05c Kafkaesque
11:09AM 10:09c Fly
12:14PM 11:14c Abiquiu
1:19PM 12:19c Half Measures
2:25PM 1:25c Full Measure
3:30PM 2:30c Box Cutter
4:35PM 3:35c Thirty-Eight Snub
5:39PM 4:39c Open House
6:43PM 5:43c Bullet Points
7:47PM 6:47c Shotgun
8:52PM 7:52c Cornered
9:58PM 8:58c Problem Dog
11:03PM 10:03c Hermanos


Saturday 9/28
12:09AM 11:09c Bug
1:14AM 12:14c Salud
2:19AM 1:19c Crawl Space
3:24AM 2:24c End Times
4:28AM 3:28c Face Off
[skip a bit]
11:00PM 10:00c Live Free or Die


Sunday 9/29
12:02AM 11:02c Madrigal
1:08AM 12:08c Hazard Pay
2:14AM 1:14c Fifty-One
3:20AM 2:20c Dead Freight
4:26AM 3:26c Live Free or Die
5:28AM 4:28c Madrigal
6:34AM 5:34c Hazard Pay
7:41AM 6:41c Fifty-One
8:48AM 7:48c Dead Freight
9:54AM 8:54c Buyout
11:00AM 10:00c Say My Name
12:06PM 11:06c Gliding Over All
1:12PM 12:12c Blood Money
2:18PM 1:18c Buried
3:23PM 2:23c Confessions
4:29PM 3:29c Rabid Dog
5:35PM 4:35c To'hajiilee
6:39PM 5:39c Ozymandias
7:45PM 6:45c Granite State
9:00PM 8:00c Felina
10:15PM 9:15c Talking Bad Guests discuss the episode ``Felina.''

59 posted on 09/24/2013 10:14:16 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Why is our military going to be used as Al Qaeda's air force in Syria?)
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To: FreeReign

The point is that there have always been dramas centered around sad and desperate people. BB is a cautionary tale.


60 posted on 09/24/2013 10:14:56 AM PDT by Borges
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