Six episodes into it's first season the critics continue to praise Breaking Bad. In an article for the San Francisco Chronicle, critic Tim Goodman focuses on three different series that exemplify great television: AMC's Breaking Bad, ABC's Lost, and HBO's The Wire.

What stands out for Goodman about Breaking Bad is its creative risks. "The innate greatness of Breaking Bad is that it's almost as if two artists and a cable channel simultaneously decided to achieve something brilliant," he says then goes on praise creator Vince Gilligan and star Bryan Cranston in particular.

Keeping the show in the news, Entertainment Weekly put Breaking Bad on it's "Must List" of "Ten Things We Love This Week" and OK Magazine cited AMC as "Hot" with the following comment: "The buzz is justified with Mad Men and Breaking Bad, it's the new HBO."