Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television

“Angelo Restivo's wonderful book brings a theoretical perspective to television studies in general and to contemporary serial television in particular that illuminates the aesthetic possibilities of the medium and its fundamental connections to neoliberalism and biopolitics. His timely, rigorous, and brilliant contribution will transform television studies.” - Amy Villarejo, author of Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire

"Angelo Restivo's engaging and lively analysis gestures beyond one television program, speaking to a broader set of concerns about television, aesthetics, and our shared experience of life. This lovely and perceptive study of Breaking Bad, the cinematic, and the entanglements of contemporary American life will invigorate film theory and make an important contribution to television studies.” - Kara Keeling, author of The Witch’s Flight: The Cinematic, the Black Femme, and the Image of Common Sense

"Graduate students, scholars, and professionals interested in how television has changed over- time, the filming and creation of Breaking Bad, and the shift in television should find this book to be in their lane." - Natalie Brown, Communication Booknotes Quarterly

"The book delivers on its promise to provide a conceptual understanding of 'cinematic' that retains its logical core when applied to a television drama, thought I have reservations about its broader applicability. As A deep and illuminating critical analysis of Breaking Bad, the text excels, compelling even to the detractors of the series." - Hannah Andrews, Critical Studies in Television

"Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers." - C. A. Nadon, Choice