The Hollywood Critics Association announced the winners of the 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards where HBO’s The White Lotus led the list of trophy recipients with five. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and AMC’s Better Call Saul also won big with 4 trophies each.
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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Rhea Seehorn in all areas.
In television, Seehorn notably stars in the hit AMC series . Her portrayal of Kim Wexler earned her Emmy and Critics Choice nominations for “Outstanding Supporting Actress,” as well as a Screen Actors Guild nomination for “Best Ensemble in a Drama Series.”
Seehorn’s other accolades include Emmy nominations for her roles in AMC’s short-form digital series Cooper’s Bar and Employee Training: Legal Ethics with Kim Wexler.
Additionally, she appeared in several notable series including Veep, The Act, and The Twilight Zone, among many others, and voiced a role in the animated comedy series The Harper House.
On the film side, Seehorn starred in the comedy feature Linoleum, which premiered at SXSW.
Previously, she can be seen in the Netflix thriller Things Heard and Seen, as well as Inside Man 2, I Hate Kids, Shaggy Dog, and Wyrm.
Seehorn continues to be represented by Untitled Entertainment and Viewpoint.
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The Hollywood Critics Association announced the winners of the 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards where HBO’s The White Lotus led the list of trophy recipients with five. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and AMC’s Better Call Saul also won big with 4 trophies each.
EXCLUSIVE: The Saturn Awards have unveiled nominations for their 50th anniversary edition, with organizer the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films saying that the ceremony to reveal winners is set for October 25 in an event that will be livestreamed on ElectricNOW.
Selome Hailu Next Monday, AMC will debut one of the most anticipated episodes of television in 2022: the series finale of “Better Call Saul,” co-creators Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan’s six-season spinoff to the hit drama “Breaking Bad.” At the Television Critics Association 2022 summer press tour, Gould and Gilligan said they didn’t want to overdo the universe of these shows, but didn’t deny the possibility of another installment altogether.“Vegas metaphors are probably a mistake, but you just can’t keep putting all your money on red 21 over and over again,” Gilligan said. “We probably pushed it doing a spinoff of ‘Breaking Bad.’ I could not be more happy with the results, and then I did ‘El Camino’ [a ‘Breaking Bad’ sequel film], and I’m very proud of that, but… you better know when to leave the party.” “So I don’t have any plans right now to do anything more in this universe,” he continued, before adding: “I know I was asked at the end of ‘Breaking Bad’ and I gave the same answer. I gotta prove to myself that I’m not a one-trick pony.
Viewers are days away from the watching the final episode of “Better Call Saul,” and executive producers Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould told TV critics they have high hopes for how the last episode will be received.“If we don’t win the Nobel Prize for this I’m gonna be very disappointed,” Gilligan told reporters with a smile Wednesday afternoon during a virtual panel for the show at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour.Gould, who wrote and directed the episode, said there was “a lot of pressure” with that episode of the AMC series.“It’s very scary. Lot of sweaty palms, a lot of sleepless nights. And yeah, I mean, I think when you say who are we going to please, I think we know.
The Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe is coming to end, according to co-showrunners Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.
EXCLUSIVE: As Better Call Saul is coming to an end, series co-creator — and Breaking Bad creator — Vince Gilligan is ready for what comes next. And once again, for his next drama project he is going with a wholly original idea. No one would comment, but there is a lot of anticipation in the marketplace for the pitch, which is expected to come out in the next couple of weeks, with at least 8-9 networks and platforms lined up to hear it.
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has recalled the heart attack that he suffered on the show’s set last year.The actor, who plays Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman in the Breaking Bad spin-off, collapsed on set last year while filming the show’s sixth and final season.“I went down on one knee, and then I went all the way down. I guess I said, ‘I don’t feel very good,'” Odenkirk remembered in a new interview with Radio Times.The actor added that he has since learned that his co-stars Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian took his head and hand and “started yelling at me to stay on Earth”.“I wasn’t breathing,” Odenkirk continued.
Warning: the following contains spoilers for AMC’s “Better Call Saul” episode that aired Aug. 8Last week, “Better Call Saul” finally welcomed back Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, respectively, after nearly six seasons of anticipation. In Monday’s penultimate episode, fans were treated to more of the iconic “Breaking Bad” characters as the two timelines continue to merge.
Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the 12th episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Waterworks.”Kim Wexler is back!After she and Saul (Bob Odenkirk) had a shocking break-up three episodes ago, “Better Call Saul” fans have been going through a Wexler withdrawal. Luckily, all that changed on Monday night’s penultimate episode, and we got a lot of answers about where Kim (Rhea Seehorn) has been in the “Breaking Bad” and post-“Breaking Bad” worlds.The episode opens during the “Breaking Bad” timeline, where Saul is bouncing a stress ball against his office wall.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSpoiler alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Waterworks,” Episode 12 of “Better Call Saul” now streaming on AMC+.It’s the episode of “Better Call Saul” that fans had been waiting to see, well, forever. The fate of Kim Wexler is finally explained in Monday night’s penultimate “Better Call Saul” episode, “Waterworks.” Through a flashback, we see Kim in Albuquerque during the “Breaking Bad” timeline — and she even interacts with Jesse Pinkman, who bums a cigarette and asks whether Saul Goodman is any good.
Better Call Saul is almost at its conclusion, but for the stars of the Breaking Bad prequel, the end actually brings a new beginning of sorts and some low-key truths.
www.propstore.com/bettercallsaul. If you register for the auction, you are also entered to win one of two “Better Call Saul” gift packs.Chuck Costas, VP of Business Development & Marketing for Propstore said, “For six seasons now, we’ve watched the evolution of ‘Slippin’ Jimmy’ McGill into the smooth-talking cartel lawyer that we first met on ‘Breaking Bad,’ Saul Goodman. It’s been an incredible story that’s been intertwined with fan-favorites like Gus Fring, Hector Salamanca, and Mike Ehrmantraut and the series has also introduced us to new amazing characters like Kim Wexler, Chuck McGill, Howard Hamlin, Nacho Varga, and Lalo Salamanca.
Better Call Saul writer and director Thomas Schnauz has addressed the decision to not de-age Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston for their recent cameos.After the two actors were confirmed to appear in the Breaking Bad spin-off’s final season earlier this year, Jesse Pinkman (Paul) and Walter White (Cranston) finally made their debut during a flashback sequence in the latest episode, aptly titled Breaking Bad.While the cameos were positively received by many fans, it prompted some discussion around the decision to not use digital de-aging technology on the characters to match their younger appearance in Breaking Bad.It’s been a common complaint throughout Better Call Saul, which serves as a prequel but hasn’t noticeably de-aged any of the characters throughout six seasons.Speaking to Variety about the issue, Schnauz said: “There’s only so much you can do before it starts looking ridiculous. We don’t do a ton of de-aging on the show.
Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the 11th episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Breaking Bad.”When set decorator Ashley Marsh found out “Better Call Saul” was going to revive the iconic RV from “Breaking Bad,” she was psyched. And luckily, the original “Krystal Ship” had been kept safely stored at the Sony lot.
showed up, reprising their “Breaking Bad” characters. But according to “Saul” star Bob Odenkirk, there’s still more of them to come.Granted, fans were already hopeful for as much after the episode, considering it left the door pretty clearly open for future returns.
Spoiler Alert: The following article contains plot details for third to last episode of AMC’s “Better Call Saul”After several confirmations from both creators and stars in recent months, and years of eager anticipation from fans, “Better Call Saul” finally welcomed Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) into the fold. Monday’s episode of the AMC drama opened with the same storyline from the Season 2 episode of “Breaking Bad” that first introduced Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman. But this time around, we experienced this first fateful introduction from Saul’s perspective rather than Walt and Jesse’s.
Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the 11th episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Breaking Bad.”“Better Call Saul” fans have waited over seven years for the Bob Odenkirk-led series to intersect with the world of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). This week’s episode of the spinoff, aptly titled “Breaking Bad,” provided viewers with all that and more.The episode goes back and forth between the black-and-white timeline, which features Saul’s post-“Breaking Bad” persona Gene Takovic in Omaha, and the world of Saul Goodman within “Breaking Bad” Season 2.
Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the 11th episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Breaking Bad.”After their “Better Call Saul” cameos were teased by the show’s co-creator Peter Gould before the start of the sixth and final season, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul were finally back as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman Monday night.The two Emmy winners reprised their roles for the first time on the “Breaking Bad” prequel, just a few years after they shared the screen briefly in “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.” After fans theorized about when Walt and Jesse would show up, they were introduced during a flashback to “Breaking Bad” Season 2 Episode 8, an episode titled “Better Call Saul,” which introduced Bob Odenkirk’s character. That 2009 episode of “Breaking Bad” was also the first time we heard the names of the characters Lalo and Ignacio, but at the time they were just throwaway lines from Saul and never addressed again.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Better Call Saul‘s “Breaking Bad” episode. Let’s just say, the title is a bit of a giveaway.