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Better Call Saul writer, producer, & director Thomas Schnauz on if Season 6 will have a break & if there's more "Gene Takovic" & Lalo coming.

With the Better Call Saul star still on the mend from a heart attack he suffered earlier this summer while filming the final season of AMC, Vince Gilligan, and Peter Gould's "Breaking Bad" prequel series, we thought we would check in to see how Bob Odenkirk is doing via Twitter And from the sound of[...]

It's been a little more than a week since we last heard from Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk with an update on how he's doing after a major health emergency while filming the final season of the AMC series led to his being hospitalized (a look back on that in a minute) Well, guess[...]

As most of you may have heard by now, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk suffered a "small heart attack" (his words) on Tuesday while filming the sixth and final season of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's "Breaking Bad" prequel series After a tense 48 hours, we heard from Odenkirk's son as well as the[...]

Show partner David Cross promised social media that he would be reaching out to them soon with a personal update, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk took to Twitter to address the millions who've been waiting for good news on his health emergency Confirming that he had "a small heart attack", Odenkirk also revealed that[...]

It felt like the world paused earlier this week when it was reported that Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk was rushed to the hospital after collapsing on the set of the popular AMC series Millions of Odenkirk's friends and fans took to social media to express their concerns and anxiously await an update hat[...]

Long before Bob Odenkirk's magnum opus that is the portrayal of Saul Goodman / Jimmy McGill on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, he was a comedy legend in his own right While many might be familiar with his work on Mr Show with Bob and David, or even his breakout starring role in the[...]

After news broke late Tuesday that Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk was rushed to the hospital after collapsing on the set of the popular AMC series, millions of friends and fans took to social media to express their concerns and send waves of healthy vibes Odenkirk's way Now we're hearing from representatives for the actor,[...]

Late yesterday, the entertainment industry was shocked to learn that Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk was rushed to the hospital after collapsing on the set of the popular AMC series As of this morning, no official reports have been released about his condition (at least as of this writing), with millions of friends and[...]

Smoke on the water… fire in… the BCTV Daily Dispatch! With waves of love and respect to Deep Purple (check out the video at the end of the post), welcome to your Wednesday edition of our daily dose of the best things happening across the television landscape as we take a look at what's been[...]

While in production on the sixth and final season of the popular AMC series, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on set First reported by TMZ, the award-winning actor collapsed today on the set in Albuquerque, New Mexico (with original reports having the incident taking place[...]

So you're a fan of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn-starring Better Call Saul but don't feel like waiting to know how the spinoff prequel series will hand off to Breaking Bad? Find yourself awake at night wondering what Kim Wexler's (Seehorn) eventual fate will be as well as Jimmy McGill[...]

One of the dozens of highlights that came with the fifth season of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn-starring Better Call Saul was how the AMC prequel series was beginning to fold itself into Breaking Bad canon as it inches closer to its sixth and final season One of the biggest[...]

How will the Breaking Bad prequel/pseudo-sequel handle the narrative hand-off to the Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul-starring series? What will be the fate of Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler? Will "Gene Takovic's" cover being blown lead to a return of Jimmy- or Saul (all Bob Odenkirk)? While those questions won't have definitive answers until the series[...]

Goodman," "Bad Choice Road") was asked on Twitter for an update on how things are going with the Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn "I'm just finishing the outline for the last [Better Call Saul] I'll ever get to write," Schnauz responded Coming from someone who's written 10 episodes, helmed 5 episodes (sometimes pulling double duty),[...]

With fans of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul having had some time to process the fact that the Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn-starring series wouldn't be returning to their AMC screens until 2022 for its final, extended run But now it's time to turn those frowns upside down (just go with it), with[...]

But with the series looking at an extended episode order for its final run before passing the narrative baton to Breaking Bad, March marks the start of filming on the Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn-starring series Following up on our update on production from earlier this month, it's another round with Odenkirk as he offers a[...]

With production on the sixth and final season of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul not set to kick off until March, we had a feeling that the Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn-starring series probably wouldn't be hitting screens this year Turns out we were right, with AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll announcing[...]

Earlier this week, we checked in on Golden Globe nominee Bob Odenkirk, who has some things to say about what viewers can expect when Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul returns for a sixth season- including that filming is expected to kick off in March Up until now, most of the talk about what's[...]

There's nothing like earning his fourth Golden Globe nomination for his turn as Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman in Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul to get Bob Odenkirk to open about production on the sixth and final season of AMC's "Breaking Bad" prequel series And that's exactly what happened on Wednesday morning,[...]

We know that there's no mention of her in Breaking Bad and those "finger guns" in last season's finale along with her plans to take down Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) both personally and professionally caught Jimmy/Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and the viewers off-guard. Photo Credit: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television Now, Seehorn, Odenkirk, and Fabian are offering their thoughts[...]

Image courtesy of NBC A Watershed Moment in "Saturday Night Live' History The SNL sketch called "Matt Foley: Van Down by the River", created by Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), had the family hire Farley's character who spent hours getting pepped up The late actor and comedian's intense presence getting into the faces of Applegate and Spade[...]

Our biggest takeaway? Schnauz first saying that the writers' room was done with the final season's 7th episodes before correcting himself by saying that they were "breaking episode eight." Other topics that were covered included how Seehorn's on-set relationship with Bob Odenkirk (Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman) has changed over the course of five seasons, and how[...]

By the time the dust settled on the fifth season of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul, Kim (Rhea Seehorn) seemingly embraced the "breaking badness" mantra of Jimmy/Saul/Gene (Bob Odenkirk), pushing the idea of taking down Howard (Patrick Fabian) by forcing a resolution in the Sandpiper case in a way that will lead[...]

Granted, it's Emmy nomination season so it shouldn't be that huge of a surprise but still: doesn't it feel like we've been getting a ton of talk about the final season already? While things might quiet down a bit after awards season wraps, we figured we take advantage of all this Better Call Saul chatter[...]

Even with Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul staring down a sixth and final season that's expected to hit screens sometime in 2021, the series is still doing its part to make sure that awards voters remember just how amazing the fifth season of the Bob Odenkirk-starring series was In particular, not recognizing[...]

Kim's (Rhea Seehorn) embracing the "breaking badness" mantra of Jimmy/Saul (Bob Odenkirk), pushing the idea of taking down Howard (Patrick Fabian) by forcing a resolution in the Sandpiper case in a way that will lead to Howard's personal and professional humiliation Jimmy seems hesitant and concerned at first, but Saul sees the endless possibilities (or[...]

That's not good news for Nacho, Gus, Mike, Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), or Kim (Rhea Seehorn) Speaking of our newly-wedded duo, Kim continues her bad-breaking as she pushed the idea of taking down Howard (Patrick Fabian) by forcing a resolution in the Sandpiper case in a very Saul Goodman-like way While Jimmy seems hesitant and concerned[...]

Last week's episode of AMC's Better Call Saul included Kim (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) getting married – which you would think would be the biggest news from the episode In the Breaking Bad universe, it might not even make the "Top 3 " list – especially when their decision to tie the knot[...]

Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul started off its fifth and penultimate season like a rocket, with Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) becoming Saul Goodman – in both the past and present Kim (Rhea Seehorn) continues finding herself repulsed by Saul – while attracted to his barely legal way of getting things done[...]