# 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. 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. After five seasons and a total of 62 episodes, the series concluded on September 29, 2013.
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; it entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 as the most critically acclaimed show of all time. 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.
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.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Breaking Bad :
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | 2014 | Best 4K Lumiere – Entertainment | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2009 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot") | Won | [19] [20] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2010 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ") | Won | [21] [22] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2011 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Kelley Dixon (for "Sunset") | Nominated | [23] [24] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2012 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off") | Won | [25] [26] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2012 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Kelley Dixon (for "End Times") | Nominated | [25] [26] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2013 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight") | Won | [27] [28] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2013 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All") | Nominated | [27] [28] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2014 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Skip Macdonald (for "Felina") | Won | [29] [30] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2014 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb (for "Granite State") | Nominated | [29] [30] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2014 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Skip Macdonald (for "Ozymandias") | Nominated | [29] [30] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 2014 | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television | Skip Macdonald and Sharidan Williams-Sotelo (for "Buried") | Nominated | [29] [30] |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2008 | Television Programs of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2010 | Television Programs of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2011 | Television Programs of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2012 | Television Programs of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2013 | Television Programs of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 2014 | One-Hour Single-Camera Television Series | Mark Freeborn (for "Felina") | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Artios Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama | Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas | Nominated | |
| Artios Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama | Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Rody Kent, and Russell Scott | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| Artios Awards | 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 | |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | 2014 | Composers' Choice Award | Dave Porter | Won | |
| ASTRA Awards | 2012 | Favourite Program – International Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| British Academy Television Awards | 2014 | Best International Programme | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| British Academy Television Awards | 2014 | Radio Times Audience Award | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| 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 | |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | 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] |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | John Toll (for "Pilot") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot") | Won | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Michael Slovis (for "ABQ") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ") | Won | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Michael Slovis (for "No Más") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Skip Macdonald (for "No Más") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Mark Margolis (for "Face Off") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Michael Slovis (for "Face Off") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kelley Dixon (for "End Times") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Face Off") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Michael Slovis (for "Gliding Over All") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All") | Won | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Dead Freight") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, and Kiira Arai | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Michael Slovis (for "Granite State") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Skip Macdonald (for "Felina") | Won | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kelley Dixon (for "To'hajiilee") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb (for "Granite State") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | 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 | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Darryl L. Frank, Jeffrey Perkins, and Eric Justen (for "Felina") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Tarra D. Day and Corey Welk (for "Ozymandias") | Nominated | |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | 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 | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2012 | Best Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2012 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Won | [79] [80] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Giancarlo Esposito | Won | [79] [80] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2013 | Best Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [81] [82] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2013 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Won | [81] [82] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Banks | Nominated | [81] [82] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [81] [82] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | 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 | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Rian Johnson (for "Fifty-One") | Won | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Vince Gilligan (for "Felina") | Won | [88] [89] |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Blood Money") | Nominated | [88] [89] |
| Dorian Awards | 2012 | TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 2013 | TV Drama of the Year | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 2013 | TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Aaron Paul | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 2014 | TV Drama of the Year | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 2014 | TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | 2010 | Best Television Episode Teleplay | George Mastras (for "Grilled") | Nominated | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | 2011 | Best Television Episode Teleplay | Vince Gilligan (for "Full Measure") | Nominated | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | 2011 | Best Television Episode Teleplay | Vince Gilligan (for "No Más") | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [97] [98] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [97] [98] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | 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] |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Won | [100] [101] [102] |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [100] [101] [102] |
| 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] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 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] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 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] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media | Kurt Nicholas Forshager and Kathryn Madsen (for "To'hajiilee") | Nominated | [107] [108] |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | 2011 | Best Music Supervision for a Television | Thomas Golubić | Nominated | |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | 2012 | Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama | Thomas Golubić | Nominated | |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | 2013 | Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama | Thomas Golubić | Won | |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | 2014 | Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama | Thomas Golubić | Won | |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Lynne Willingham (for "Pilot") | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Lynne Willingham (for "ABQ") | Won | |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Color Grading – Television | Tom Sartori (for "Box Cutter") | Nominated | [115] [116] |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Skip Macdonald (for "Face Off") | Nominated | [117] [118] |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Skip Macdonald (for "Dead Freight") | Won | |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Kelley Dixon (for "Gliding Over All") | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Editing – Television (Over 30 Minutes) | Skip Macdonald (for "Felina") | Won | |
| Humanitas Prize | 2010 | 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television | J. Roberts and Vince Gilligan (for "Peekaboo") | Nominated | |
| Location Managers Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Television | Christian Diaz de Bedoya | Nominated | [122] [123] |
| Location Managers Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Film Commission | Albuquerque Film Commission | Won | [122] [123] |
| Location Managers Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Locations in Television | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [122] [123] |
| Magnolia Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign TV Series | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| 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] |
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | 2014 | Best Contemporary Hair Styling in Television and New Media Series | Geordie Sheffer and Carmen L. Jones | Nominated | [125] [126] |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Giancarlo Esposito | Nominated | |
| Peabody Awards | 2008 | Honoree | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Peabody Awards | 2014 | Honoree | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | 2014 | Favorite Series We Miss Most | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | 2014 | Favorite TV Anti-Hero | Walter White | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Pilot") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Vince Gilligan (for "Pilot") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Phoenix") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul (for "Peekaboo") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Full Measure") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul (for "Half Measures") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Michelle MacLaren (for "One Minute") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Crawl Space") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul (for "End Times") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Giancarlo Esposito (for "Hermanos") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn (for "Cornered") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Vince Gilligan (for "Face Off") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Say My Name") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul (for "Buyout") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Jonathan Banks (for "Say My Name") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn (for "Fifty-One") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Michelle MacLaren (for "Gliding Over All") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | George Mastras (for "Dead Freight") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Thomas Schnauz (for "Say My Name") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston (for "Ozymandias") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Aaron Paul (for "Confessions") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn (for "Ozymandias") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Vince Gilligan (for "Felina") | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Moira Walley-Beckett (for "Ozymandias") | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Vince Gilligan (for "Felina") | Nominated | |
| 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] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Melissa Bernstein, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, and Michelle MacLaren | Nominated | [162] [163] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 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] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 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 | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 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 | |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2009 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2009 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | [170] [171] |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | [170] [171] |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Aaron Paul | Nominated | [170] [171] |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2012 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2012 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Giancarlo Esposito | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Television Series – Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | [174] [175] |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | [174] [175] |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Aaron Paul | Won | [174] [175] |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [174] [175] |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray | Breaking Bad: The Complete Series | Nominated | [174] [175] |
| Saturn Awards | 2009 | Best Television Presentation | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [176] [177] |
| Saturn Awards | 2009 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [176] [177] |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [178] [179] |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [178] [179] |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Best Actress on Television | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [178] [179] |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Aaron Paul | Won | [178] [179] |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Raymond Cruz | Nominated | [178] [179] |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Dean Norris | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Aaron Paul | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 2011 | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Giancarlo Esposito | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Won | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Aaron Paul | Won | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Giancarlo Esposito | Nominated | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Steven Bauer | Nominated | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2012 | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Mark Margolis | Nominated | [181] [182] |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Television Presentation | Breaking Bad | Won | [183] [184] |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Won | [183] [184] |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Jonathan Banks | Won | [183] [184] |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [183] [184] |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Television Presentation | Breaking Bad | Won | [185] [186] |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Actor on Television | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [185] [186] |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Actress on Television | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [185] [186] |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor on Television | Aaron Paul | Won | [185] [186] |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | Robert Forster | Won | [185] [186] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [189] [190] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2012 | 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 | [189] [190] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Won | [191] [192] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | 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 | [191] [192] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Laurence Chavez, Al Goto, Larry Rippenkroeger, and Jimmy Romano | Nominated | [191] [192] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Cranston | Won | [193] [194] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Anna Gunn | Nominated | [193] [194] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | 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 | [193] [194] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Laurence Chavez, Ed Duran, Glenn Foster, Al Goto, and Larry Rippenkroeger | Nominated | [193] [194] |
| Society of Camera Operators Awards | 2013 | Camera Operator of the Year in Television | Andrew Voegeli | Won | |
| TCA Awards | 2008 | Outstanding New Program | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| TCA Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [197] [198] |
| TCA Awards | 2009 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Bryan Cranston | Won | [197] [198] |
| TCA Awards | 2010 | Program of the Year | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [199] [200] |
| TCA Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | [199] [200] |
| TCA Awards | 2010 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [199] [200] |
| TCA Awards | 2010 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Aaron Paul | Nominated | [199] [200] |
| TCA Awards | 2012 | Program of the Year | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [201] [202] |
| TCA Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Breaking Bad | Won | [201] [202] |
| TCA Awards | 2012 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [201] [202] |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Program of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | [203] [204] |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [203] [204] |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Bryan Cranston | Nominated | [203] [204] |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | Program of the Year | Breaking Bad | Won | |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | 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 | |
| Women's Image Network Awards | 2013 | Outstanding TV Show Directed By a Woman | Michelle MacLaren | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2009 | Best Episodic Drama | Vince Gilligan (for "Pilot") | Won | [208] [209] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2009 | Best Episodic Drama | Patty Lin (for "Gray Matter") | Nominated | [208] [209] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2009 | Best New Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [208] [209] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2010 | Best Dramatic Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2010 | Best Episodic Drama | John Shiban (for "Phoenix") | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2011 | Best Dramatic Series | Breaking Bad | Nominated | [211] [212] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2011 | Best Episodic Drama | George Mastras (for "I.F.T.") | Nominated | [211] [212] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2011 | Best Episodic Drama | Gennifer Hutchison (for "I See You") | Nominated | [211] [212] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2012 | Best Dramatic Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [213] [214] [215] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2012 | Best Episodic Drama | Vince Gilligan (for "Box Cutter") | Won | [213] [214] [215] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2012 | Best Episodic Drama | Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett (for "End Times") | Nominated | [213] [214] [215] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Best Dramatic Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [216] [217] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Best Episodic Drama | Gennifer Hutchison (for "Buyout") | Nominated | [216] [217] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Best Episodic Drama | George Mastras (for "Dead Freight") | Nominated | [216] [217] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Best Episodic Drama | Sam Catlin (for "Fifty-One") | Nominated | [216] [217] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Best Episodic Drama | Thomas Schnauz (for "Say My Name") | Nominated | [216] [217] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Best Dramatic Series | Breaking Bad | Won | [218] [219] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Best Episodic Drama | Gennifer Hutchison (for "Confessions") | Won | [218] [219] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Best Episodic Drama | Thomas Schnauz (for "Buried") | Nominated | [218] [219] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Best Episodic Drama | Peter Gould (for "Granite State") | Nominated | [218] [219] |