Breaking Bad vs The Act

Breaking Bad has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7.6/10 for The Act). Breaking Bad is the older of the two (2008 against 2019). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Breaking Bad posterBreaking Bad2008 VS The Act posterThe Act2019
Breaking BadThe Act
Audience score★ 8.9/10★ 7.6/10
Year20082019
Seasons51
GenresCrime, DramaCrime, Drama
Country––
Creator / directorVince GilliganMichelle Dean, Nick Antosca
Main castBryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean NorrisPatricia Arquette, Joey King, AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny, Calum Worthy

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.

The Act

A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

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