"Better Call Saul" Greenlit by AMC

Well, that didn't take too long. In an unsurprising move, in light of the ratings explosion for Breaking Bad this season, AMC has officially given a series order for Better Call Saul, the Saul Goodman spinoff for Breaking Bad, set to be a prequel show about Saul (Bob Odenkirk), before he became Walter White's attorney. That certainly still leaves Saul's fate up in the air for the last few episodes of the season, but I bet what AMC wishes more than anything is that they hadn't agreed to have Breaking Bad end like this two years ago, before they knew what a cultural phenomenon it would become in its later seasons.