The Los Angeles Times, USA Today Toast Breaking Bad and Aaron Paul
The news yesterday of AMC's 23 Emmy award nominations -- 5 of which belong to Breaking Bad -- had publications across the country praising Vince Gilligan's drama and co-star Aaron Paul, who is celebrating his first-ever nomination.
The Los Angeles Times toasted the nods, pointing out that AMC made television history for the second year in a row, exceeding its 20 nominations last year. "More notable," the Times's Maria Elena Fernandez writes, "is that both of its original dramas, Mad Men and Breaking Bad, managed to secure nominations for outstanding drama, pushing the network past such competitors as USA, FX and TNT, which air some of the most popular series in basic cable."
"It was such a crazy idea when I came up with it," Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan told the Times. "And then AMC came along -- before 'Mad Men' was on the air -- and they went after it with such gusto and intelligence. I still can't believe it."
Aaron Paul admitted he was "freaking out" a bit when he heard he'd been nominated for his role as Jesse Pinkman, saying that "everyone involved in this show, we all know that this is such a special part of TV history... I just love this series, and I love the way that the viewers are all pulling for [Jesse]. It means a lot to me."
USA Today, too, spoke to Paul about his nomination: "It doesn't seem real," the actor admitted. When asked what he'll do to celebrate the momentous occasion, Paul said, "I think I'm going to have moments of silence and also moments of freaking out, screaming and jumping up and down."
The awards ceremony will be held on Sun., Sep. 13 in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS.
Aaron I hope that you and Bryan both Bring it home, along with the other 3 Breaking Bad nominee's. You've all put in your work and now its time to be acknowledged and walk off that Awards ceremony stage with the hardware.
Aaron,
You've always been great in this role, but the last episode of season 2 completely blew me away. In particular, the scene where Walt finds Jesse in the drug house. That performance you gave was absolutely heartbreaking. I must have watched it over a dozen times, and I teared up with each viewing.
You deserve to win the Emmy. You and Bryan are some of the best actors around.
Congratulations Aaron! I hope you both bring home an Emmy. You and Bryan just run the whole range of emotions as partners in this series. It's a wild, exhilarating ride following Walt and Jesse through their travails. Sometimes Oscar and Felix, sometimes Butch and Sundance. Keep it up!
In all the excitement about Aaron Paul's Best Supporting Actor nomination, I haven't seen anyone mention THIS interesting fact: Two of the nominees in the category of Outstanding Drama Series are "Breaking Bad" and "Big Love." What actor do these two series have in common?
For part of the season, you could watch those shows back to back on Sunday nights for a double dose of....
...yes, ladies and gentlemen, Aaron Paul!
In all the excitement about Aaron Paul's Best Supporting Actor nomination, I haven't seen anyone mention THIS interesting fact: Two of the nominees in the category of Outstanding Drama Series are "Breaking Bad" and "Big Love." What actor do these two series have in common?
For part of the season, you could watch those shows back to back on Sunday nights for a double dose of....
...yes, ladies and gentlemen, Aaron Paul: Drama's lucky charm!
YIPPIE!!!
YESSSS ...So glad you have been nominated and it's about time you have your acclaim for your hard earned efforts! Congrats to you Aaron and hope you celebrate in style!! The talk forum has been cheerleading for you all the way!
Aaron and Bryan deliver so much feeling and realism through their characters they make you feel like you can see right into the character's soul.It makes you connect on so many levels,it even twists your mind into believing that these people are real,living these lives. That's why people read books,that's what you expect from big screen movies.The ability to have the viewer become so involved is amazing, and the fact that we are experiencing this from a weekly TV series doubles that.
For myself I haven't felt this way about two main characters of a weekly series since Ben Browder and Claudia Black in Farscape.
I'm so glad Aaron and Bryan are being recognized for their outstanding performances.
Aaron Paul ROCK's Breaking Bad... This is outstanding news for all involved in Breaking Bad. I'm excited and I'm just a viewer of the program. Thank you all for a great program, Vince, amc, cast, crew and so on...