AMC struck it big with its first stab at original scripted programming: the Golden Globe [1]-winning drama Mad Men [1]. The cable channel's newest series starts Sunday, and with scripted shows fading fast due to the strike [2], it couldn't come at a better time.

Breaking Bad [3] stars Bryan Cranston — best known as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle — as Walt White, a high school chemistry teacher with a struggling family. He's the kind of guy who just lets life happen to him until he's diagnosed with a terminal illness. That's when he decides to make a change, creating a meth lab in an old RV and generally raising hell. It sounds a little like Weeds [4] meets The Bucket List [5], and that's an intriguingly bizarre combo.

With new TV dwindling by the day, are you up for giving Breaking Bad a shot? To watch a couple of previews, just .

Photo and videos courtesy of AMC [6]