More AMC 'Breaking Bad' News: A HUGE TV Marathon

I just learned that AMC is not only giving us extended episodes for the last two episodes of Breaking Bad, they're going to fill up your DVR with a huge Breaking Bad marathon!

Starting on September 25th at 8 pm, AMC will start this crazy marathon with the very first episode of the Vince Gilligan series and will be calling it the "Countdown to Finale" TV marathon.

Season four of the series will finish up on Friday, Sept 27th.

Then on Sept 28th at 11 pm, season five will "start" up.

All this, leading up to the series finale of Breaking Bad, on September 29th, at 9 pm.

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AMC Press Release


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Emmy® Award winning “Breaking Bad,” the series hailed as “Genius” (Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter) and “One of the greatest shows ever on TV” (David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle), will air its final episode on Sunday, September 29 at 9pm ET/PT. Following the final episode, fans can discuss and dissect the end of the most addictive show on television with an expanded one-hour episode of “Talking Bad,” the live after-show hosted by Chris Hardwick.   Special guests on the final episode of “Talking Bad” include series creator Vince Gilligan, Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemmons, RJ Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks and Jimmy Kimmel.



Leading up, and to get fans ready for the highly anticipated series finale of “Breaking Bad,” AMC is airing the “Breaking Bad Marathon: Countdown to Finale,” beginning on Wednesday, September 25th at 8PM ET/PT with seasons 1-4 and running through late night Friday, September 27th.  The marathon resumes with season five on Saturday, September 28th at 11PM ET/PT and runs continuously up to the series finale on Sunday, September 29th at 9PM ET/PT.



“We want to appropriately honor this remarkable series by delivering the ultimate, most immersive experience for ‘Breaking Bad’ fans,” said Charlie Collier, president, AMC. “From a five-day marathon featuring every episode across all five seasons, to an unforgettable finale rolling immediately into an expanded one-hour Talking Bad after-show, we are so proud of Vince Gilligan and everyone associated with this show, and believe this is the perfect way to send ‘Breaking Bad’ from our air into television history.”



During the finale, fans can also participate in amc.com’s live, interactive experience, “Breaking Bad Story Sync.” Polls, trivia questions and a live “Watch & Chat” are all timed to coincide with the broadcast of the finale. Story Sync is optimized for Internet browsers, tablet and mobile devices all with the goal of connecting fans with each other and deepening their engagement with “Breaking Bad’s” final episode.


On Twitter, fans and cast members will continue the conversation with hashtag #GoodbyeBreakingBad.  The final episodes of the series have already generated significant activity on social media with “Breaking Bad” ranking #1 on cable for the week from September 9 to September 16 (Source: Trendrr).



AMC’s newest drama, “Low Winter Sun” will shift to 11:15PM ET/PT, following “Talking Bad” on Sunday, September 29 only.  In the episode entitled “Revelations,” written by Dave Erickson and directed by Adam Davidson, Frank testifies in court and Geddes takes his family on a trip.  Meanwhile, Damon and Maya start their new lives under Skelos. 



To ensure that AMC pause to appropriately commemorate “Breaking Bad,” and also serve “Low Winter Sun” fans who want to watch on a regular schedule, this episode of “Low Winter Sun” will also be available to fans on AMC On Demand starting Monday, Sept 23, 1-week prior to its linear premiere, on both VOD and TVE platforms.  It will then repeat again on October 6 at 8pm ET/PT, leading into the 2-hour finale of season one of “Low Winter Sun.”



ABOUT BREAKING BAD

“Breaking Bad,” which recently won a Creative Arts Emmy® award and was nominated for thirteen Emmy® awards – the most in the series history -- is created and executive produced by Vince Gilligan, and stars three-time Emmy® Award-winner Bryan Cranston; two-time Emmy® winner Aaron Paul; Anna Gunn; Dean Norris; Betsy Brandt; RJ Mitte and Bob Odenkirk. In addition to Gilligan, the series is executive produced by Oscar® winner Mark Johnson and Michelle MacLaren, and co-executive produced by Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, George Mastras and Moira Walley-Beckett with Stewart A. Lyons as Line Producer/UPM and Diane Mercer and Bryan Cranston as producers. Kelley Dixon ACE and Skip MacDonald ACE serve as editors. Michael Slovis ASC and Arthur Albert are directors of photography and Mark Freeborn is production designer. The series is produced by High Bridge and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for AMC.