AMC’s “Breaking Bad” may have beat out Netflix’s “Houses of Cards” for best drama on the Emmys Sunday night, but it’s a loss that doesn’t bother the streaming company’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.
“Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan personally thanked Netflix backstage for saving the show, which couldn’t find an audience in the U.K., where it was canceled after three seasons, Sarandos told the audience Tuesday at TheWrap’s Media Leadership Conference, TheGrill.
“We have a very interesting relationship with the show,” Sarandos said.
Indeeed, ratings for the show — whose last episode airs this weekend — began climbing in Season 3, after it started its Netflix run, as it became wildly popular with Netflix subscribers, Sarandos said.