Breaking Bad vs Deadwood
Breaking Bad has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 8.1/10 for Deadwood). Deadwood is the older of the two (2004 against 2008). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Anna Gunn.
Breaking Bad
Deadwood| Breaking Bad | Deadwood | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2004 |
| Seasons | 5 | 3 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Western |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Vince Gilligan | David Milch |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris | Dayton Callie, Anna Gunn, Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker |
Synopsis
Breaking Bad
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Deadwood
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
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