AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale Up, FX’s ‘AHS’ On Track For Top 18-49 Spot In L+3 Ratings

COMMENTS (21)

• Best Show On Television. It honestly makes me sick that only 3 Million caught that brilliant finale & around 20 million people watch that garbage Two & half men show..

  Comment by J — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:09pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Agreed. Breaking Bad is a great show with great acting and writing. I just started watching (always a late bloomer) but love it.

    Comment by jeb — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Breaking Bad is brilliant. Cranston is one of the best actors alive, in my opinion. And Gilligan deserves every plaudit he gets, and then some. I’m happy that it’s upped its audience from last year, but I wish even more people will get hooked on this terrific and appropriately addictive show.

      Comment by joshreader — Wednesday October 12, 2011 @ 4:41am PDT  Reply to this post

  • J,

    People are going to watch what they’re going to watch.

    Just be glad that we live in a time where the technology, distribution and business models have shifted enough for a show like this to exist at all.

    Comment by christopher — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • HEY, I LIKE “2 1/2 MEN”. DOES THAT MEAN I LIKE GARBAGE? WHAT’S ONE SHOW GOT TO DO WITH ANOTHER? I WATCHED BREAKING BAD AND I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS ALL THAT FUNNY.

    Comment by BRUNO — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 5:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Oh, oh. Maybe I know why. Because Breaking Bad is not a comedy?

      Comment by Evengan — Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 8:39am PDT  Reply to this post

• Why can’t network television be as good as this?

  Comment by BB King — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well, ABC has Missing, The River, NBC has Smash, Awake and The Firm and Fox has Alcatraz and Touch.

    Comment by Jack — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • All of which haven’t even aired yet…

      Comment by Olivia — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 5:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • And none of which are likely to even be in the same realm of quality as Breaking Bad.

        Comment by velouria — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 9:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Hopefully Ashton can replace Cranston and get some eyeballs.

  Comment by I'm not smart — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Thank you, ’cause that was great.

    Comment by Christopher — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 5:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • “Breaking Worse”

    Comment by Gus — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 8:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Brilliant season. Salieri was a mediocre composer, but could instantly recognize the brilliance of Mozart, and that’s how I feel about myself: I’m good enough to know Gilligan is doing something sublime, so how is it possible he hasn’t even been nominated for writing this? It’s not as though it’s not accessible. I know from the crap we put on people’s screens that we’re a town full of hacks, but are we such morons we can’t recognize genius?

  Comment by bobbobkk — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 3:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The ratings on “AHS” are simply first time, curiosity, tune in’s…nothing more! And they compare it to “The Riches”?? That’s been cancelled. Nothing horror,scary about it… simply a terrible show with everything but the “kichen sink” thrown in.DOA

  Comment by my thoughts — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I loved AHS, so speak for yourself. And guarantee the ratings slowly go up for this show.

    Comment by Mark — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 5:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • The Riches went off the rails. Good first season, crap second. B/c EVERY episode was a family in peril, threatening to get caught/killed episode. It would have been much better if they had far more episodes just dealing with living as their cover, and dealing with all the cultural differences they aren’t used to.

    Comment by n. — Saturday October 15, 2011 @ 5:27am PDT  Reply to this post

• American Horror Story is as godawful as Breaking Bad is awesome. Hard to believe their ratings are even comparable.

  Comment by Rip — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Breaking Bad is such a solid show. One of my favorite things to watch. Excellent & consistent writing with awesome performances.

  Can’t wait for next season.

  Comment by cameron alexander — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• AHS was an interesting little experiment and a cool concept for a tv series; however, it won’t go longer than one season. It’s trying to be too many things to too many different people and not hitting any of its beats with a great deal of success. The writing is very weak as well. Diet David Lynch, if you will.

  Comment by nopers — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 4:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• American Horror Story was awesome.. Haven’t had so much fun watching a show for a while.. Glad it’s doing well.

  Can’t belive this season of BB is over… Can’t wait for the next one!

  Comment by Christopher — Monday October 10, 2011 @ 9:13pm PDT  Reply to this post