Three years after its six-season run ended, Bob Odenkirk doesn’t expect Better Call Saul to escape from behind bars anytime soon. Although he didn’t sound optimistic about a revival of the Breaking Bad spin-off, which ran for six seasons on AMC from 2015 to ’22, Odenkirk said “of course I would&#8221…

Say his name. Vince Gilligan, who created the juggernaut AMC series Breaking Bad and followed it with the lauded prequel spinoff series Better Call Saul, will receive the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. He’ll pick up the award, which celebrates…

Better Call Saul almost had Bob Odenkirk dabbling in his emo phase. Writer and producer Peter Gould recently shared an early draft of a Breaking Bad episode, which would have set up the character to work at Hot Topic in his self-titled spin-off series that ran from 2015 to 2022 on <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/amc/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"…

After six seasons and 53 Emmy nominations, including seven for Outstanding Drama Series, Better Call Saul has left us without a single win. The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad prequel was nominated for seven Emmys tonight, including Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor for Bob Odenkirk as…

The bell-ringing, hateful-faced Don Hector Salamanca had no shortage of enemies in Breaking Bad and its prequel Better Call Saul, but cast members and creatives from both series are remembering actor Mark Margolis fondly today. The stage and screen veteran died Thursday at 83, and tributes are all…

Mark Margolis, a veteran actor with hundreds of credits dating back to the 1970s but perhaps best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of cartel don Hector "Tio" Salamanca on TV’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness. He…

Rhea Seehorn woke up this morning to a cat jumping on her head and an Emmy nomination. The cat part she says is normal, but the Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for her role as Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul was a pleasant surprise and a great sendoff to her character. “I don't think I'll ever say…

Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk found himself “giddy” and “very proud” on Wednesday morning, as his lauded Breaking Bad prequel landed its final set of seven Emmy nominations, including one for his lead turn, speaking with Deadline about what his character Slippin’ Jimmy McGill might be up to…

This is a first in Emmy history — a top series field features prequels to two series that had won the category multiple times. HBO’s Game Of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and AMC’s Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul are both nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. Game Of Thrones had…

Amongst canceled or otherwise departing series on Emmy nominations morning, Succession prevailed as expected, leading the pack as an Outstanding Drama Series contender with a staggering 27 total nominations. The tally is the largest scored to date by the Machiavellian HBO family drama, which…

Editor's note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers' work plays in a show's success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2. The spinoff…

EXCLUSIVE: Giancarlo Esposito has joined the cast of in Radio Silence's untitled monster thriller at Universal. He joins Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud and Will Catlett. Radio Silence's Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett will helm the…