BY: BODE BULLOCK
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
In 2022 there have been a lot of forms of entertainment that have seen a resurgence especially among young people, but one of the most surprising things that has experienced a resurgence in popularity is Breaking Bad. Out of all the things that could have come back out of music and movies it was a TV series about a teacher and his ex-student cooking meth. There are many things that go into Breaking Bad coming back like memes and the spin off series, Better Call Saul having its new season come out, then TikTok posting edits of scenes of the show making people curious and intrigued to watch it.
One of the main things that made people interested was Netflix because Netflix always has a way to put some TV series back because they always have the shows that don’t air anymore on their app.
According to, “How Netflix made Breaking Bad a hit — and why that won’t happen again,” it states, “This is an example of what we call the Netflix Effect — that’s Netflix’s ability to find new and bigger audiences for shows that had languished on traditional networks.
That’s why Netflix was traditional TV’s frenemy for a relatively brief time period. It could grow the popularity of shows that were still running on traditional TV — while simultaneously teaching TV viewers to stream shows on Netflix.”
The article also states, ”AMC insists that Netflix was just one of the reasons Breaking Bad got so big — it says that audiences also found the show via video-on-demand and Breaking Bad “marathons” that the network would run. Most other people, including Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, credit Netflix for the boost.” This shows that Netflix is probably the main reason that Breaking Bad is having its resurgence back into stardom.
In conclusion Breaking Bad is seeing its rise in popularity again because of Netflix. There are other things that can be part of its rise of popularity like TikTok and Better Call Saul but mostly the thanks should be given to Netflix.
The Pioneer Online 
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