You may have rights afforded to you by the Constitution, as wise-cracking lawyer Saul Goodman notes, but one thingBetter Call Sauldoesn’t have is a trophy case full of Emmys. The AMC legal drama ended its six-season run with a total of 53 nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, but did not win any of them. This streak of losing was continued at the75th Emmy Awards, whereBetter Call Saulwas up for seven trophies but lost out on them all.
The show was up for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor forBob Odenkirk,who stars as Goodman, Outstanding Supporting Actress forRhea Seehornas Kim Wexler, two Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series nods, Sound Mixing, Short Form Comedy, and Picture Editing. This marked the seventh straight Emmy Awards in a row in whichBetter Call Saulwas nominated for Outstanding Drama. The series was up against stiff competition this year in an Emmys that was dominated by FX’sThe Bear,HBO’sSuccession,and Netflix’sBeef.
Co-created byVince GilliganandPeter Gould,Better Call Saulserved as a prequel to the widely successful crime dramaBreaking Bad.The series followed themisadventures of Goodman, who is actually a con-man named Jimmy McGill. He fronts as Goodman, a conniving lawyer who ends up getting mixed into a criminal web set a number of years before he meets his eventual drug kingpin andBreaking Badpartner, Walter White (Bryan Cranston). The series also stars a number of familiar faces from the original show, includingGiancarlo EspositoandJonathan Banks.Also starring in the show arePatrick Fabian, Michael Mando,andTony Dalton.Odenkirk produced the series, while executive producers included Gilligan, Gould,Michael Morris, Diane Tatlock, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz,andGordon Smith.
WhileBetter Call Saulwas unable to win any Emmys during its run,Breaking Baddid not have that problem. While both shows received massive critical acclaim,Breaking Badis widely considered one of thegreatest television showsof all time, and its Emmy victories seem to back that up. The series was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series five times, winning once. Cranston was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor six times, winning four of them.Aaron Paul,who played White’s partner Jessie, was also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor five times, winning three.
You can watch the entire Emmy-nominated, but not Emmy-winning, series on Netflix.
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