Breaking Bad vs The Penguin
Breaking Bad has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 8.4/10 for The Penguin). Breaking Bad is the older of the two (2008 against 2024). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Breaking Bad
The Penguin| Breaking Bad | The Penguin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2024 |
| Seasons | 5 | 1 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Vince Gilligan | Lauren LeFranc |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris | Theo Rossi, Clancy Brown, Michael Kelly, Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti |
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 Penguin
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
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