Vince Gilligan credits illegal downloading for helping boost ‘Breaking Bad’s’ popularity

Vince Gilligan credits illegal downloading for helping boost “Breaking Bad’s” popularity
“In some ways the illegal downloading has helped us, certainly, in terms of brand awareness,” he tells the BBC. “The downside is a lot of folks who worked on the show would have made more money, myself included, if all those downloads had been legal.” PLUS: See some of the best behind-the-scenes photos from “Breaking Bad.”

“Weeds” alum Hunter Parrish joins “The Good Wife”
He’ll play a college student accused of killing a female classmate.

Stephen Colbert pokes fun at politicos at black-tie fundraiser
Watch excerpts from his keynote speech at last night’s Al Smith Dinner.


“Roseanne” debuted 25 years ago today

Roseanne Barr and her TV family changed television when it premiered on Oct. 18, 1988.


“Breaking Bad’s” Laura Fraser headed to ABC

The actress famous for playing Lydia Rodarte-Quayle will become a series regular on “The Black Box.”

BBC America greenlights “Intruders”
The eight-episode sci-fi series is based on the 2007 Michael Marshall Smith book.

“Scandal” has its 2nd-biggest audience, “Reign” has decent premiere
Meanwhile, “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” dropped even further from its disappointing premiere.


2 “Boy Meets World” stars are having dueling weddings this weekend

Rider Strong and Danielle Fishel are each getting married, to different people.


“The Hills” alum Jason Wahler reveals he tried to kill himself

“I was so uncomfortable in my own skin that I contemplated suicide a number of times, and even attempted it once,” he writes on The Huffington Post.


Matthew Perry & Lizzy Caplan break up

The “Friends” alum and the “Masters of Sex” star have been on and off since 2006.

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