It looks like Better Call Saul is a favorite to win at the 2015 Emmys. Rotten Tomatoes pulled together percentages based on critics’ opinions of each show, and it looks like AMC’s Better Call Saul might come out on top.
This isn’t that much of a surprise. While Better Call Saul might have seemed like a black sheep to the award-winning darling Breaking Bad , the spin-off show, which focuses on schemy lawyer Saul Goodman, quickly found its tone, and along with that a faithful fan base. While they aren’t pulling in Breaking Bad numbers, they’re pulling in very good reviews from the same people that praised the former AMC series.
Here’s how Better Call Saul is going to do on September 20, according to Rotten Tomatoes per Entertainment Weekly . Notice Veep is also one to watch out for in the race.
Best Drama Game of Thrones Orange is the New Black Mad Men Homeland Downton Abbey House of Cards WINNER: Better Call Saul
Best Comedy Parks and Recreation Transparent Louie Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Modern Family WINNER: Veep WINNER: Silicon Valley
Best Limited Series Olive Kitteridge American Crime The Honourable Woman American Horror Story: Freak Show WINNER: Wolf Hall
Best TV Movie Nightingale Hello Ladies: The Movie Killing Lincoln Grace of Monaco Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case WINNER: Bessie
As it stands, Better Call Saul is nominated for a total of seven Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Bob Odenkirk), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Jonathan Banks), and more. The series has won the Critics Choice Television Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. It also picked up a TCA award for Outstanding New Program.
As for season 2, AMC has already renewed the series for an additional season. Although fans will be getting another 13 episodes, those who were left dangling by the season finale might be angered that they’re going to have to wait until early 2016 to get all of their answers. The fact that Better Call Saul is getting a season 2 wasn’t a worry in anyone’s minds, seeing as the show was renewed before the first season aired. It just goes to show you that from the very beginning AMC had high hopes for the spin-off show. Although fans were skeptical at first, it seems to really have legs as its own series.
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