List of awards and nominations received by Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is an American television crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan that premiered on AMC on January 20, 2008.^[1] Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the show follows the life of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher struggling with stage-three lung cancer who decides to produce and distribute crystal meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) to secure his family's financial future. Concurrently, his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) grows suspicious and his brother-in-law and DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) begins to investigate.^[2] After five seasons and a total of 62 episodes, the series concluded on September 29, 2013.^[3]

Breaking Bad awards and nominations

From left to right: Series creator Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston (Walter White), and Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman)
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations 3D Creative Arts Awards 1 1 American Cinema Editors Awards 5 11 American Film Institute Awards 5 5 Art Directors Guild Awards 0 1 Artios Awards 1 3 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2 2 ASTRA Awards 0 1 British Academy Television Awards 1 2 Cinema Audio Society Awards 0 3 Costume Designers Guild Awards 0 1 Creative Arts Emmy Awards 4 28 Critics' Choice Television Awards 6 13 Directors Guild of America Awards 2 4 Dorian Awards 0 5 Edgar Allan Poe Awards 0 3 Golden Globe Awards 2 7 Golden Nymph Awards 2 3 Golden Reel Awards 1 4 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2 4 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards 3 7 Humanitas Prize 0 1 Location Managers Guild Awards 1 3 Magnolia Awards 1 1 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards 1 2 NAACP Image Awards 0 1 Peabody Awards 2 2 People's Choice Awards 1 2 Primetime Emmy Awards 12 30 Producers Guild of America Awards 2 5 Satellite Awards 8 16 Saturn Awards 12 27 Screen Actors Guild Awards 3 11 Society of Camera Operators Awards 1 1 TCA Awards 5 16 Visual Effects Society Awards 0 1 Women's Image Network Awards 0 1 Writers Guild of America Awards 6 20
Totals[a]
Wins	92
Nominations	248
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Upon its release, Breaking Bad became one of the highest-rated shows on network television and received universal acclaim, with particular praise for its acting, characters, writing, direction, and cinematography;^[a] it entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 as the most critically acclaimed show of all time.^[14] Its impact on television resulted in the creation of the spin-off series Better Call Saul, centered on the character of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), and a sequel released in 2019 as El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, both of which also received positive reviews.^[15][16]

The series has been nominated for numerous accolades, winning five American Film Institute awards for Television Program of the Year. For his performance, Cranston was nominated for four consecutive Golden Globes (winning once) and won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Meanwhile, Paul earned one Golden Globe nomination and won three Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Gunn also received several award nominations and won two consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Also serving as a producer and director, Gilligan was awarded the Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama twice for writing the pilot episode and "Box Cutter". For his portrayal of Gus Fring, Giancarlo Esposito won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Robert Forster, who guest-starred as Ed Galbraith, was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. Cinematographer Michael Slovis and editors Lynne Willingham and Skip Macdonald were also given award nominations and each earned at least one Emmy nomination for their work on Breaking Bad.

The series has received numerous award nominations from entertainment guilds, including four Directors Guild of America Award nominations, with Gilligan and Rian Johnson both winning one award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series; five nominations from the Producers Guild of America Awards (winning two); eleven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (winning three); and twenty nominations from the Writers Guild of America Awards (winning six). The series also received thirteen Critics' Choice Television Award nominations (winning six), sixteen TCA Award nominations (winning five), twenty-seven Saturn Award nominations (winning twelve), and fifty-eight Emmy nominations (winning sixteen). For its narrative and storytelling execution, Breaking Bad has been named one of the greatest television series of all time.^[17]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Breaking Bad

Award	Year[b]	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
3D Creative Arts Awards	2014	Best 4K Lumiere – Entertainment	Breaking Bad	Won	[18]
American Cinema Editors Awards	2009	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot")	Won	[19] [20]
	2010	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ")	Won	[21] [22]
	2011	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Kelley Dixon (for "Sunset")	Nominated	[23] [24]
	2012	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off")	Won	[25] [26]
			Kelley Dixon (for "End Times")	Nominated
	2013	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight")	Won	[27] [28]
			Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All")	Nominated
	2014	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Skip Macdonald (for "Felina")	Won	[29] [30]
			Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb (for "Granite State")	Nominated
			Skip Macdonald (for "Ozymandias")	Nominated
			Skip Macdonald and Sharidan Williams-Sotelo (for "Buried")	Nominated
American Film Institute Awards	2008	Television Programs of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won[c]	[31]
	2010	Television Programs of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won[c]	[32]
	2011	Television Programs of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won[c]	[33]
	2012	Television Programs of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won[c]	[34]
	2013	Television Programs of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won[c]	[35]
Art Directors Guild Awards	2014	One-Hour Single-Camera Television Series	Mark Freeborn (for "Felina")[d]	Nominated	[37] [38]
Artios Awards	2010	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama	Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas	Nominated	[39]
	2012	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama	Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Rody Kent, and Russell Scott	Nominated	[40] [41]
	2015	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama	Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Kiira Arai, and Russell Scott	Won	[42] [43]
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards	2011	Best Television Composer	Dave Porter	Won	[44]
	2014	Composers' Choice Award	Dave Porter	Won	[45]
ASTRA Awards	2012	Favourite Program – International Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[46]
British Academy Television Awards	2014	Best International Programme	Breaking Bad	Won	[47]
		Radio Times Audience Award	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[48]
Cinema Audio Society Awards	2012	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour	Darryl L. Frank, Jeffery Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[49]
	2013	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour	Darryl L. Frank, Jeff Perkins, Eric Justen, Eric Gotthelf, and Stacey Michaels (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated	[50] [51]
	2014	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour	Darryl L. Frank, Jeff Perkins, Eric Justen, and Kathryn Madsen (for "Felina")	Nominated	[52] [53]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2014	Outstanding Contemporary Television Series	Jennifer L. Bryan	Nominated	[54]
Creative Arts Emmy Awards	2008	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	John Toll (for "Pilot")	Nominated	[55]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot")	Won	[56]
	2009	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Michael Slovis (for "ABQ")	Nominated	[57]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ")	Won	[58]
	2010	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Michael Slovis (for "No Más")	Nominated	[59]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Skip Macdonald (for "No Más")	Nominated	[60]
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Kathryn Madsen, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Jane Boegel, Jason Tregoe Newman, Gregg Barbanell, and Dominique Decaudain (for "One Minute")	Nominated	[61]
	2012	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Mark Margolis (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[62]
		Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Michael Slovis (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[63]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Kelley Dixon (for "End Times")	Nominated	[64]
			Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Jason Tregoe Newman, Kathryn Madsen, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Jane Boegel, Jeffrey Cranford, Dominique Decaudain, and Gregg Barbanell (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[65]
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[66]
		Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role	William Powloski, Greg Nicotero, Bruce Branit, Werner Hahnlein, Steve Fong, Sean Joseph, Matthew Perin (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[67]
	2013	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Michael Slovis (for "Gliding Over All")	Nominated	[68]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All")	Won	[69]
			Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Kathryn Madsen, Jane Boegel, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Jason Tregoe Newman, Jeffrey Cranford, Gregg Barbanell, and Dominique Decaudain (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated	[70]
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated	[71]
	2014	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, and Kiira Arai	Nominated	[72]
		Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Michael Slovis (for "Granite State")	Nominated	[73]
		Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Skip Macdonald (for "Felina")	Won	[74]
			Kelley Dixon (for "To'hajiilee")	Nominated
			Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb (for "Granite State")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Kathryn Madsen, Jason Tregoe Newman, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Jane Boegel, Jeffrey Cranford, Tim Boggs, Gregg Barbanell, and Dominique Decaudain (for "Felina")	Nominated	[75]
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Felina")	Nominated	[76]
		Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Tarra D. Day and Corey Welk (for "Ozymandias")	Nominated	[77]
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special	Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Tarra D. Day, Stephan Dupuis, and Steve LaPorte (for "Felina")	Nominated	[78]
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2012	Best Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[79] [80]
		Best Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Giancarlo Esposito	Won
			Aaron Paul	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn	Nominated
	2013	Best Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won[e]	[81] [82]
		Best Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Jonathan Banks	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn	Nominated
	2014	Best Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[83]
		Best Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul	Won
		Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn	Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards	2012	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Vince Gilligan (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[84]
	2013	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Rian Johnson (for "Fifty-One")[f]	Won	[86]
	2014	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Vince Gilligan (for "Felina")[g]	Won	[88] [89]
			Bryan Cranston (for "Blood Money")[h]	Nominated
Dorian Awards	2012	TV Performance of the Year – Actor	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[90]
	2013	TV Drama of the Year	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[91]
		TV Performance of the Year – Actor	Aaron Paul	Nominated
	2014	TV Drama of the Year	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[92]
		TV Performance of the Year – Actor	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Awards	2010	Best Television Episode Teleplay	George Mastras (for "Grilled")	Nominated	[93]
	2011	Best Television Episode Teleplay	Vince Gilligan (for "Full Measure")	Nominated	[94]
			Vince Gilligan (for "No Más")	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	2011	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[95]
	2012	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[96]
	2013	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[97] [98]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
	2014	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Won	[99]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Aaron Paul	Nominated
Golden Nymph Awards	2013	Best Drama TV Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[100] [101] [102]
		Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn	Nominated
Golden Reel Awards	2011	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media	Breaking Bad (for "One Minute")	Nominated	[103] [104]
	2012	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Gregg Barbanell, Dominique Decaudain, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, and Jeffrey Cranford (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[105] [106]
	2014	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media	Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Gregg Barbanell, Dominique Decaudain, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Tim Boggs, and Jeffrey Cranford (for "Felina")	Won	[107] [108]
		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media	Kurt Nicholas Forshager and Kathryn Madsen (for "To'hajiilee")	Nominated
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	2011	Best Music Supervision for a Television	Thomas Golubić[i]	Nominated	[109]
	2012	Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama	Thomas Golubić[j]	Nominated	[110]
	2013	Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama	Thomas Golubić	Won	[111]
	2014	Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama	Thomas Golubić	Won	[112]
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards	2008	Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)	Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot")	Nominated	[113]
	2009	Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)	Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ")	Won	[114]
	2011	Outstanding Color Grading – Television	Tom Sartori (for "Box Cutter")	Nominated	[115] [116]
	2012	Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)	Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[117] [118]
	2013	Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)	Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight")	Won	[119]
			Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All")	Nominated
	2014	Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes)	Skip Macdonald (for "Felina")	Won	[120]
Humanitas Prize	2010	60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television	J. Roberts and Vince Gilligan (for "Peekaboo")	Nominated	[121]
Location Managers Guild Awards	2014	Outstanding Achievement in Television	Christian Diaz de Bedoya	Nominated	[122] [123]
		Outstanding Film Commission	Albuquerque Film Commission[k]	Won
		Outstanding Locations in Television	Breaking Bad	Nominated
Magnolia Awards	2014	Best Foreign TV Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[124]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	2014	Best Contemporary Makeup in Television and New Media Series	Tarra D. Day and Steve La Porte	Won	[125] [126]
		Best Contemporary Hair Styling in Television and New Media Series	Geordie Sheffer and Carmen L. Jones	Nominated
NAACP Image Awards	2011	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Giancarlo Esposito	Nominated	[127]
Peabody Awards	2008	Honoree	Breaking Bad	Won	[128]
	2014	Honoree	Breaking Bad	Won	[129]
People's Choice Awards	2014	Favorite Series We Miss Most	Breaking Bad	Won	[130]
		Favorite TV Anti-Hero	Walter White	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2008	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Pilot")	Won	[131]
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Vince Gilligan (for "Pilot")	Nominated	[132]
	2009	Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[133]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Phoenix")	Won	[134]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul (for "Peekaboo")	Nominated	[135]
	2010	Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[136]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Full Measure")	Won	[137]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul (for "Half Measures")	Won	[138]
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Michelle MacLaren (for "One Minute")	Nominated	[139]
	2012	Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[140]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Crawl Space")	Nominated	[141]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul (for "End Times")	Won	[142]
			Giancarlo Esposito (for "Hermanos")	Nominated	[142]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn (for "Cornered")	Nominated	[143]
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Vince Gilligan (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[144]
	2013	Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[145]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Say My Name")	Nominated	[146]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul (for "Buyout")	Nominated	[147]
			Jonathan Banks (for "Say My Name")	Nominated	[148]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn (for "Fifty-One")	Won	[149]
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Michelle MacLaren (for "Gliding Over All")	Nominated	[150]
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	George Mastras (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated	[151]
			Thomas Schnauz (for "Say My Name")	Nominated	[152]
	2014	Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[153]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston (for "Ozymandias")	Won	[154]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Aaron Paul (for "Confessions")	Won	[155]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn (for "Ozymandias")	Won	[156]
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Vince Gilligan (for "Felina")	Nominated	[157]
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Moira Walley-Beckett (for "Ozymandias")	Won	[158]
			Vince Gilligan (for "Felina")	Nominated	[159]
Producers Guild of America Awards	2010	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Stewart Lyons, and Karen Moore	Nominated	[160] [161]
	2011	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Melissa Bernstein, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, and Michelle MacLaren	Nominated	[162] [163]
	2013	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Diane Mercer, Stewart Lyons, Mark Johnson, Peter Gould, Bryan Cranston, Melissa Bernstein, Michelle MacLaren, Thomas Schnauz, George Mastras, Vince Gilligan, and Moira Walley-Beckett	Nominated	[164] [165]
	2014	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, and Moira Walley-Beckett	Won	[166]
	2015	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, and Moira Walley-Beckett	Won	[167]
Satellite Awards	2008	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won	[168]
	2009	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Won	[169]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won
	2010	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Won	[170] [171]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Aaron Paul	Nominated
	2011	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[172]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
	2012	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[173]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Giancarlo Esposito	Nominated
	2014	Best Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Won	[174] [175]
		Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Aaron Paul	Won
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Anna Gunn	Nominated
		Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray	Breaking Bad: The Complete Series	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2009	Best Television Presentation	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[176] [177]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
	2010	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[178] [179]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
		Best Actress on Television	Anna Gunn	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor on Television	Aaron Paul	Won
		Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Raymond Cruz	Nominated
	2011	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[180]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor on Television	Dean Norris	Nominated
			Aaron Paul	Nominated
		Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Giancarlo Esposito	Nominated
	2012	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series	Breaking Bad	Won	[181] [182]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Won
		Best Supporting Actor on Television	Aaron Paul	Won
			Giancarlo Esposito	Nominated
		Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Steven Bauer	Nominated
			Mark Margolis	Nominated
	2013	Best Television Presentation	Breaking Bad	Won	[183] [184]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Won[l]
		Best Supporting Actor on Television	Jonathan Banks	Won
		Best Supporting Actress on Television	Anna Gunn	Nominated
	2014	Best Television Presentation	Breaking Bad	Won	[185] [186]
		Best Actor on Television	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
		Best Actress on Television	Anna Gunn	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor on Television	Aaron Paul	Won
		Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Robert Forster	Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2010	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[187]
	2011	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[188]
	2012	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Nominated	[189] [190]
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Jonathan Banks, Betsy Brandt, Ray Campbell, Bryan Cranston, Giancarlo Esposito, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, and Aaron Paul	Nominated
	2013	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Won	[191] [192]
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Jonathan Banks, Betsy Brandt, Bryan Cranston, Laura Fraser, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons, and Steven Michael Quezada	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series	Laurence Chavez, Al Goto, Larry Rippenkroeger, and Jimmy Romano	Nominated
	2014	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Bryan Cranston	Won	[193] [194]
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series	Anna Gunn	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Michael Bowen, Betsy Brandt, Bryan Cranston, Lavell Crawford, Tait Fletcher, Laura Fraser, Anna Gunn, Matthew T. Metzler, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons, Steven Michael Quezada, Kevin Rankin, and Patrick Sane	Won
		Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series	Laurence Chavez, Ed Duran, Glenn Foster, Al Goto, and Larry Rippenkroeger	Nominated
Society of Camera Operators Awards	2013	Camera Operator of the Year in Television	Andrew Voegeli	Won	[195]
TCA Awards	2008	Outstanding New Program	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[196]
	2009	Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[197] [198]
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston	Won
	2010	Program of the Year	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[199] [200]
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Breaking Bad	Won[m]
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
			Aaron Paul	Nominated
	2012	Program of the Year	Breaking Bad	Nominated	[201] [202]
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Breaking Bad	Won
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
	2013	Program of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won	[203] [204]
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
	2014	Program of the Year	Breaking Bad	Won	[205]
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated
		Individual Achievement in Drama	Bryan Cranston	Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards	2012	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode	Bruce Branit, Werner Hahnlein, Greg Nicotero, and William Powloski (for "Face Off")	Nominated	[206]
Women's Image Network Awards	2013	Outstanding TV Show Directed By a Woman	Michelle MacLaren	Nominated	[207]
Writers Guild of America Awards	2009	Best Episodic Drama	Vince Gilligan (for "Pilot")	Won	[208] [209]
			Patty Lin (for "Gray Matter")	Nominated
		Best New Series	Breaking Bad[n]	Nominated
	2010	Best Dramatic Series	Breaking Bad[o]	Nominated	[210]
		Best Episodic Drama	John Shiban (for "Phoenix")	Nominated
	2011	Best Dramatic Series	Breaking Bad[p]	Nominated	[211] [212]
		Best Episodic Drama	George Mastras (for "I.F.T.")	Nominated
			Gennifer Hutchison (for "I See You")	Nominated
	2012	Best Dramatic Series	Breaking Bad[q]	Won	[213] [214] [215]
		Best Episodic Drama	Vince Gilligan (for "Box Cutter")	Won
			Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett (for "End Times")	Nominated
	2013	Best Dramatic Series	Breaking Bad[q]	Won	[216] [217]
		Best Episodic Drama	Gennifer Hutchison (for "Buyout")	Nominated
			George Mastras (for "Dead Freight")	Nominated
			Sam Catlin (for "Fifty-One")	Nominated
			Thomas Schnauz (for "Say My Name")	Nominated
	2014	Best Dramatic Series	Breaking Bad[q]	Won	[218] [219]
		Best Episodic Drama	Gennifer Hutchison (for "Confessions")	Won
			Thomas Schnauz (for "Buried")	Nominated
			Peter Gould (for "Granite State")	Nominated

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Better Call Saul
• List of accolades received by El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Notes

1. Season-by-season reception:

   • The first season holds an 86% approval rating based on 42 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 73 based on 27 reviews on Metacritic.^[4][5]
   • The second season holds a 97% approval rating based on 35 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 84 based on 19 reviews on Metacritic.^[6][7]
   • The third season holds a 100% approval rating based on 35 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 89 based on 15 reviews on Metacritic.^[8][9]
   • The fourth season holds a 100% approval rating based on 34 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 96 based on 15 reviews on Metacritic.^[10][11]
   • The fifth season holds a 97% approval rating based on 97 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 99 based on 22 reviews on Metacritic.^[12][13]
2. The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.
3. This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple series.
4. Additional nominees: Paula Dal Santo (art director), Billy W. Ray (assistant art director), Derek Jensen (set designer), Derrick Ballard (set designer), Joanna Maes-Corlew (graphic designer), and Michael Flowers (set decorator)^[36]
5. Tied with Game of Thrones
6. Additional nominees: Stewart A. Lyons (unit production manager), James Paul Hapsas (assistant unit production manager), Ben Scissors (first assistant director), Louis Lanni (second assistant director), Anna Ramey (second second assistant director), and Joann Connolly (additional second assistant director)^[85]
7. Additional nominees: Stewart A. Lyons (unit production manager), James Paul Hapsas (assistant unit production manager), Nina Jack (first assistant director), Anna Ramey (second assistant director), Louis Lanni (second assistant director), Joann Connolly (second second assistant director), and Marcia Woske (additional second assistant director)^[87]
8. Additional nominees: Stewart A. Lyons (unit production manager), James Paul Hapsas (assistant unit production manager), Nina Jack (first assistant director), Louis Lanni (second assistant director), Anna Ramey (second second assistant director), and Marcia Woske (additional second assistant director)^[87]
9. Also nominated for The Walking Dead and Rubicon
10. Also nominated for The Walking Dead and The Killing
11. Also nominated for Lone Survivor (2013)
12. Tied with Kevin Bacon from The Following
13. Tied with Lost
14. Nominees: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Patty Lin, George Mastras, and J. Roberts
15. Nominees: Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, George Mastras, J. Roberts, John Shiban, and Moira Walley-Beckett
16. Nominees: Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, John Shiban, and Moira Walley-Beckett
17. Nominees: Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, and Moira Walley-Beckett