HBO Passed on Breaking Bad
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If HBO had picked up Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC may not have even attempted to do scripted dramas, that would have changed the landscape of television. Those two shows allowed AMC to get TWD and other shows.
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They also passed on The Walking Dead which was a mistake because AMC ran it into the ground
I can't believe that shyt is still on. I gave up on that show after Glen died.
TWD trying to beat the simpsons or some shyt when it comes to season?
I can't believe that shyt is still on. I gave up on that show after Glen died.
TWD trying to beat the simpsons or some shyt when it comes to season?
AMC just ain't got shyt in the pipe line. Not really.
If Vince Gilligan hadn't decided to make that Saul spin off they'd be even more fukked.
Fred.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
AMC did it justice. Some things are right place at the right time.
HBO might not have given it time to burn, because the first season of Breaking Bad wasn't great. It had just enough juice AMC kept it going.
HBO might not have given it time to burn, because the first season of Breaking Bad wasn't great. It had just enough juice AMC kept it going.
It doesn't even sound unlikely either. You spend time around high school chemistry teachers you know that at least 1 in 10 has cooked drugs at some point.@hex , you think the pitch sounds wack?
“A recently fired straight laced chemistry teacher finds out he has cancer. He decides To cook meth to make money.” I woulda been like, “go on.“
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There are dozens of articles online like that, and they just the ones that get caught.
It doesn't even sound unlikely either. You spend time around high school chemistry teachers you know that at least 1 in 10 has cooked drugs at some point.
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2 Arkansas Chemistry Professors Face Charges of Making Meth
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HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media
High school chemistry teacher pleads guilty to making crystal meth in New Mexico
Former chemistry teacher with meth in possession charged for making and selling drug | Daily Mail Online
There are dozens of articles online like that, and they just the ones that get caught.
All those came after "Breaking Bad" though.
Fred.
You think chemistry teachers suddenly realized they could make and sell drugs because they watched a fantasy show on television?
I know chemistry students who got busted for running a meth lab out of their dorm in the 1990s and I had a chemistry teacher who used to joke about cooking shyt and even had me make some precursers once (barbiturates, not meth) just to practice a process. I am CERTAIN there were more than a few teachers pulling that shyt long before Walter White thought of it.
Can't help it that old news stories been swamped out by the 99% of internet content that came after 2008.
You think chemistry teachers suddenly realized they could make and sell drugs because they watched a fantasy show on television?
I know chemistry students who got busted for running a meth lab out of their dorm in the 1990s and I had a chemistry teacher who used to joke about cooking shyt and even had me make some precursers once (barbiturates, not meth) just to practice a process. I am CERTAIN there were more than a few teachers pulling that shyt long before Walter White thought of it.
Can't help it that old news stories been swamped out by the 99% of internet content that came after 2008.
I'm saying using examples that took place after "Breaking Bad" isn't selling the idea that the show pitch was a good idea. Which is what I was talking about.
Fred.
I'm just saying that people have talked about it like a high school teacher selling drugs is unlikely, when in reality it happens all the time. Obviously the pitch has to go way beyond that to sell the show and obviously BB went deep into a fantasy world, but the basic premise is plenty grounded.
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Shows go to AMC becuase HBO pass on them. HBO is always the go to first
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I can't believe that shyt is still on. I gave up on that show after Glen died.
TWD trying to beat the simpsons or some shyt when it comes to season?
There's no endgame because they don't have anything to follow it up with. That's why they have spin-offs.