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How do you do a sequel, or in this case prequel, to one of the most acclaimed TV series of all time? That was the challenge for creators/executive producers Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and star Bob Odenkirk as they left Breaking Bad behind and set out to do the story of Saul Goodman, aka Jimmy McGill, in AMC and…

For all the jokes that lawyers have endured, and Season 2 of AMC’s Better Call Saul has them, the Breaking Bad prequel has also shown the realities and warts of the profession in ways that other legal shows have overlooked. In Season 2, Rhea Seehorn’s Kim Wexler vividly shows when lawyers literally eat dirt: After…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of the March 14 episode of AMC’s Better Call Saul. With one of the ongoing questions for AMC’s spinoff hit Better Call Saul focusing on which of its predecessor Breaking Bad cast members will make cameo appearances, the audience got a first look at a good one today at PaleyFes…

The AMC series about the man who will become the slippery Saul Goodman was back on Monday for its second season and the results were unsurprisingly mixed for Better Call Saul. With 2.57 million viewers and a 1.06 rating in the 18-49 demo, the drama's sophomore opener was down 23% and 33% from its Monday time slot debut…

After a record-breaking and Emmy-nominated debut season last year, Better Call Saul is back in the saddle February 15 for Season 2. It is, as my video review above says, a richer ride for the Breaking Bad prequel. For one thing, having established the setup and met the expectations of Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill — the…

Looks like it’s going to be an uphill climb for attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). AMC has dropped the Season 2 key art for its Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul. Better Call Saul follows down-on-his-luck McGill (Odenkirk) as he navigates the moral dilemmas of the legal world while trying to step out of…

Steady yourselves. We’re still two months away from the return of Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad prequel series starring Bob Odenkirk as con artist-turned slimy lawyer Jimmy McGill, soon to be known as Saul Goodman. When we last left Jimmy at the end of season 1, he’d just made the decision to stop trying to…

AMC’s breakout drama Better Call Saul will be back in session for Season 2 at 10 PM February 15, the cable net said today. The Breaking Bad prequel stars Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, a mostly slimy attorney who tries to go legit with a promising gig at a big law firm but is tempted to return to his scamster ways. Bett…

Yes, there have been onstage reunions, but the last time Bob Odenkirk and David Cross did a sketch comedy series together there was a Clinton in the White House. Well, debuting just less than a year before an election that may see another Clinton become president, the duo are back in W/ Bob & David on Netflix. And, as…

Netflix has dropped the official trailer and some first-look photos for W/ Bob & David, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' new sketch comedy series that premieres November 13 exclusively on the streaming service. Created by the Emmy-nominated duo, W/ Bob & David, combines taped segments and live in-studio sketches full of…

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’s new sketch comedy series With Bob & David will premiere Friday, November 13 on Netflix, it was announced today. Joining the duo for the four-episode half-hour original series are Paul F. Tompkins, Jill Talley, Jay Johnston, John Ennis, Brian Posehn and more. All have worked have worked…

The drama acting categories—lead and supporting—gave Television Academy voters a real opportunity to inject some fresh blood into this year's Primetime Emmy Awards race. The simple reason is that, in a confluence of circumstance highly unusual for the repetitive nature of awarding acting Emmys in these categories…