7.6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 First episode date 11 August 2013 Presented by Chris Hardwick Language English | 7.5/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 8 (list of episodes) Final episode date 29 September 2013 Genre Talk show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Carrie Havel (7 episodes)
Mike Corey (1 episode) Executive producer(s) Michael Davies
Jen Kelly Patton
Brandon Monk
Chris Mundy Similar Breaking Bad, Talking Dead, Small Town Security, Low Winter Sun, Owner's Manual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Talking Bad is a television aftershow hosted by Chris Hardwick that discussed episodes of the AMC television series Breaking Bad. Eight episodes were broadcast live from August 11 to September 29, 2013. Guests featured on Talking Bad included celebrity fans, cast members, and crew members from Breaking Bad.
Broadcast and format
Following the success of Talking Dead, which serves as a companion to The Walking Dead, AMC decided to create a similar series that serves as an accompaniment to Breaking Bad's final eight episodes. The series premiered on August 11, 2013, following the encore presentation of the mid-season premiere of Breaking Bads fifth season. Talking Bad concluded its run on September 29, 2013, with an extended one-hour episode directly following the final episode of Breaking Bad.
The series features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with guests who are fans of the series, including cast and crew from Breaking Bad. On hosting the show, Hardwick commented:
"Breaking Bad’ will go down as one of the best shows in television history. Obviously, it's tonally much different than ‘The Walking Dead,’ and I will strive to give ‘Breaking Bad’ the send off it deserves. I am honored to be able to give fans a peek behind the curtain for the last eight episodes so we can all say goodbye to it together. AMC will tell you that it's because of the success of ‘Talking Dead’ or my friendship with the BB cast that they asked me to host this, but I maintain it probably has more to do with my unmistakable resemblance to Jesse Pinkman, BITCH."
The show uses a logo and theme music similar to Talking Dead. Episodes aired at 11:00 pm eastern time, and ran at 30 minutes (including commercials), with an online bonus segment following each televised episode. The final episode ran at 60 minutes, at 10:15 pm eastern following the final episode of Breaking Bad. Segments on Talking Bad include "Respect the Chemistry," a "periodic table character study", a "fix" from executive producer/creator Vince Gilligan for the following episode, an online poll, and episode trivia. Questions were also taken from fans via phone, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or from the official Talking Bad website.