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'Breaking Bad': T minus two days ... 01:21 PM PT, May 29 2009 I have seen the finale, and let me just plan your Sunday night: Do what you want until 10 p.m., then tune into AMC.

Aaron Paul's been acting for years , but only recently hit the big time with a recurring role on Big Love and a lead in AMC's Breaking Bad , which wraps up its second season this Sunday.

As creator and chief writer of the gritty AMC drama "Breaking Bad," Vince Gilligan spends most of his time trying to dig himself out of holes.

Bryan Cranston, once known for comedy on "Malcolm in the Middle," is now an Emmy winner for his gritty, dramatic role on "Breaking Bad." Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston, 53, was once known for his impeccable comic timing as the hapless husband and father on television's "Malcolm in the Middle." He's now recognized for his dramatic talent, ...

Sleazeball drug dealer Jesse Pinkman was to have come to a violent end in the first season of AMC's dark dramedy Breaking Bad .

The Emmy-winning AMC series Breaking Bad just returned for a second full season, which makes this a good time to catch up on the strangely abbreviated first season of only seven episodes.

"I'd go on vacation with my family and tell them, 'I've only got a year-and-a-half to live, let's really live it,'" Cranston, 53, said in a phone interview last week from New York.

In this TV episodic image released by AMC, Bryan Cranston portrays Walt White in a scene from the season two premiere of the AMC original series, "Breaking Bad," airing Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 10:00p.m. EDT.

These are busy times for Bryan Cranston, one of the most celebrated actors of the decade.

Breaking down Walt White sits with his family, son Walt Jr. and wife Skyler , in Vince Gilligan's AMC series "Breaking Bad." White plays a chemistry teacher dying of cancer.

Walt White is desperately screwed, first by lung cancer and chemotherapy, then by an absolutely atrocious decision to go into the meth trade.

It's difficult to fathom a more dangerous and enthralling piece of television than "Breaking Bad," the AMC drama that returned for Season 2 on Sunday.

The cable network AMC has gotten a lot of accolades for its original series "Mad Men," but it was the darker, less-hyped "Breaking Bad" that got the best actor Emmy for star Bryan Cranston.

Boston Herald TV Critic Mark Perigard is the TV critic for the Boston Herald. BREAKING BAD: C+ Season premiere tonight at 10 on AMC.

Bryan Cranston, right, and Aaron Paul in an episode of "Breaking Bad." The cable network AMC has gotten a lot of accolades for its original series " Mad Men ," but it was the darker, less-hyped "Breaking Bad" ...

The troubling and intriguing "Breaking Bad" returns for a second season on AMC at 10 p.m. Sunday, with sad sack anti-hero Walt White sinking deeper into desperation, paranoia and darkness.

BREAKING BAD. 10 p.m. Sunday, AMC. WHO HASN'T daydreamed about hitting the jackpot? If your lottery-ticket calculations in recent months have become more specific - what's it going to take to pay off the ...

Bottom Line: From great risk comes great rewards. "Breaking Bad" is as jarringly inspired as TV gets.

From there, AMC's Breaking Bad has become an acting showcase for Bryan Cranston .

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston wasn't sure about doing a show for AMC at first.