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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series There will be a rather large shakeup in this race, even though four of the seven nominated actors are returning from last year. None of them (Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Liev Schreiber and Kevin Spacey) has won before in the category, but they have a real shot this year in the…

Updated with video: “We’re breaking story and we’re in episode two-ish,” revealed Emmy-nominated writer-producer Gordon Smith tonight about the status of season 4 for Better Call Saul.  Smith, who received his second Emmy nomination for the AMC/Sony TV series this year sat down with Deadline Senior Editor Dominic…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about Season 3 of Better Call Saul. Receiving his 12th Emmy nomination, and second in two years for his portrayal of Slippin' Jimmy McGill in AMC's Better Call Saul, two-time winner Bob Odenkirk provided a bit of a glimpse into the upcoming Season 4. With Chuck McGill's death…

AMC has ordered a fourth season of Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad prequel series from Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould that stars Bob Odenkirk. Season 3 on the series wrapped this month, and the 10-episode Season 4 will premiere in 2018. The just-ended season saw two-bit attorney Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk) slowly…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Better Call Saul Season 3 finale. "He felt he was infallible, and he felt if he was questioned or if he was confronted he knew that he knew, or he felt, that he had moral right on his side, and he felt that he could do no wrong — that’s a terrible place to be,"…

Bob Odenkirk, star of AMC’s Better Call Saul, joined me for a taping of my Deadline series The Actor’s Side, which explores the craft of acting with top talent. Actually, as I point out right in the beginning of our conversation, Odenkirk didn’t set out to be an actor at all, but instead was smitten at a young age…

Austin’s annual South by Southwest Festival has released the list of performers who are set for the tenth edition of SXSW Comedy Festival, which includes Bob Odenkirk, Whitney Cummings, Michael Ian Black, and Wanda Sykes. The fest, which runs from March 10-17,  kicks off with Comedy Central's @midnight with Chris Hardw…

As foretold by that recently released new promo for Season 3 of Better Call Saul masqueraded as a TV ad for Los Pollos Hermanos – the fast-food place Breaking Bad fans remember was run by chicken king/drug lord Gus Fring – Giancarlo Esposito made a Loretta Young entrance during today’s TCA panel for Saul. “It’s great…

Now that Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston are out of the way, and the AMC dominant shows Mad Men and Breaking Bad are off the air, the Lead Actor in a Drama Series race is a wide open affair with no obvious favorite. This could finally be the year two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey finally grabs the gold for his indelible…

With the Emmy Awards on Sunday, the WGA last night hosted a “Sublime Primetime” discussion with writers from nominated shows, who, among other things, spoke on the topic of female-driven content in the new age of television. Panelist onstage at the Writers Guild Theater included Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (T…

Final Emmy ballots are due no later than 10 PM PT tonight — after that you are out of luck. The ballot deadline brings to an end one of the most competitive and expensive Emmy campaign seasons in memory. If you still haven’t cast your ballot, Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil and I try to help you decide when we go head-to-head…

When the going gets tough, you don’t want a criminal lawyer… You want a criminal lawyer. Or, maybe just a comedic memoirist? If so, you’re in luck. Bob Odenkirk – that’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul‘s Saul Goodman, Esq to you – has signed a deal with Random House to pen a book of personal essays offering a…