Breaking Bad is the Single Dominating Modern-day Television Series America

Around the world, The United States is widely known as a leader in mass media production, like television and movies. There are very few inventions that have affected America as much as the television. Before 1947, the number of TV’s in the US could be measured in thousands, and by the late 1990’s about 98% of homes had at least one television set in it, which were on for on average, more than seven hours a day. The Typical American spends about 3-5 hours watching TV a day. TV became a way for Americans to either escape their lifestyle, relate to it, or keep up with current events. It has become a tool that the US uses to relate to each other

The newfound distributor turned out to be a sociopath, so in order to protect his identity Walter created the alias Heisenberg for himself. This was the point when Walter’s psychological health began decaying rapidly.

The first commercial to ever air in America was a 10 second ad for Bulova clocks and watches. This commercial cost nine dollars. Today, a typical commercial costs around two hundred dollars to a thousand dollars (Luckin). Both society and television have drastically changed from when television was first invented to today. Few inventions have had as big of an impact on American society as the television has. The invention of television has impacted American society positively, because it helps spread information faster and influences the way people think about important social issues, it provides cultural experiences and can help broaden viewer 's perspectives, and it entertains and brings communities together.

Breaking Bad is a TV show about a science instructor, Walter White, turning to cooking methamphetamine when he finds out that he has terminal cancer, so as to leave some legacy for his family. The show accompanies Walter as he changes from a compliant and empathetic father to a cold, merciless drug kingpin through the wrong decisions he makes in life. Vince Gilligan made the show with a dream of having the hero turn into the adversary as the show advances and to investigate the subject "actions have consequences." In giving Bryan Cranston a part as Walter White, Gilligan picked a performing artist whose livelihood bend dovetails uncannily with his character. As Walt changes from such a family man himself into a force eager executioner,

When you hear the word “mad scientist” you perceive an aggressive, eccentric, awkward and intellectual individual that works with fictional equipment in order to initiate their intelligible schemes. On the other hand, they fail to recognize the evil that will stream from the hubris of “playing god”. A majority of the time these “mad scientists” are individuals who value their experiments and scientific curiosity over themselves, others and the world. The literature works, The Birthmark, Rappaccini’s Daughter and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde all depict the role of a “mad scientist” who ultimately destroys themselves and others in an attempt to create something perfect.

Walter himself is obsessed with pushing the limits of science and changing the truth of reality. The Government incarcerates Walter in a mental institution due to an accident at his lab. When the show begins and Olivia and Peter remove Walter from the institution, he is a very different person. He does not regret what he has done, but he is more considerate with how he proceeds. This change is partially due to time and partially due to brain damage.

Television has had large impacts on American society once it became widely available, which occurred during the 1950s. Most American households owned a television. The creation of news outlets on television led to the American public to be exposed much that they wouldn’t ever have been exposed to without. There were no restrictions on the device yet for what they could or couldn’t show. Television would go on to create the largest impacts on American society, impacts that even continue today. Commercials became commonplace for the public, Civil rights would gain tons of support, and television would be one of the leading causes that attributed to the United States loss of the Vietnam War.

The environment around Walter has led to a tremendous change in his personality. The first time that Walter heard about the meth business was when he saw “a news report showing a large amount of money recovered from one of Hank's drug busts”. The money makes him take the “previous offer to go on a ride-along as Hank and his partner Steven Gomez raid a known meth lab”( Pilot (Breaking Bad)). In Albuquerque, there are many crimes happening in the shadows that not many people know about them. Most crimes are done because of greed or revenge, but for Walter it began because of worrying. He wanted to make sure that his family would have enough money to live on because he didn’t want them to continue struggling with the cost of his chemotherapy after he’s gone.

Like Venkatesh’s gang, Walt and Jesse cook and sell crack in order to meet their demands. Walt was recently diagnosed with an incurable cancer. He knows that he will die soon and shortly after being diagnosed with the cancer, he “quit” his second job at the car wash. Walk doesn't want to die and leave his family and pregnant wife with no money, so he resorts to cooking meth and selling it with a former student that he had in his high school chemistry class. With Walt being a chemistry teach and very knowledgeable about chemistry, his ability to make the “best stuff Jesse has ever

Walter and his family want to live a better life and Walter is going crazy to make sure it happens. This is a lot like a lot of families today, they work and work, only to settle for less. It's not like poverty is a temporary thing. It get passed down

The audience, specifically men, could relate and identify with Walter’s struggles throughout the series. Walter’s struggles are most likely greater than those of the audiences’, offering a relatable feeling of desperation and disappointment; which in return, creates a bond between the viewer and Walter. Therefore, Walt’s rebellion is supported, as it serves to represent our own; and his exciting and edgy life of drugs and danger become an escape not only for Walt, but for a time, the audience as

Breaking Bad follows Walter White, a chemistry teacher, who is diagnosed with cancer. Walter needs to find a way to pay for his medical expenses while making sure that his family, Skylar White (wife), Walter White Jr. (son), and the new member of the family, Holly White (baby daughter), are taken care of financially. The dilemma occurs because as a chemistry teacher he is not paid enough to cover his medical bill or his family’s need, so he decides to team up with a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman, to sell meth as a means of income. After the five seasons that Breaking Bad aired, it became an instant classic with fans, this is because the viewers could see themselves, at least partially, in one of the following three characters: Hank Schrader, Jesse Pinkman, or Walter White. Breaking Bad portrays the paths that people in American culture choose when faced with adversity, whether they stand and fight, are caught in the crossroads of good and evil, or are totally corrupted.

A family man, high school chemistry teacher and a highly sought-after methamphetamine chemist. Walter White, the main character of television series Breaking Bad defines what it is like to go from a regular chemistry teacher to a wanted man by the Drug Enforcement Administration. So how does this seemingly normal guy get wrapped up into the drug trade? Without diving into all five seasons, the focus is going to be in season five, episode seven called “Say My Name.” Walter White, the main man in all the meth cooking operations, discovers he has lung cancer which turns his life completely upside down.

In the 1960’s there were many famous T.V Shows that are still watched today, I will give you a few examples of these shows.

The television is also a very important aspect of popular culture that affects the American Identity. Watching television is such a common part of contemporary society, that most Americans adopted it as a part of their daily routine and watch television for at least an hour a day. Stanley Crouch, a poet, music and cultural critic, writes that whenever people pretentiously and proudly announce, “I don’t watch television,” they should follow it up with “I don’t look at America either” (Masciotra 79). Television has become a part of many people’s lives. When the mass population watches the same TV shows, movies, etc. they can all relate to each other, and thus unite them as an American. We look to TV shows to see how other people like us act