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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

In 1971, the legendary director was 24 years old and looking to break out with his first movie gig. He eventually found it in an issue of 'Playboy.'

Sean Hutchinson












Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon’s 'Double Dare', which ran from 1986 to 1993 and taped more than 500 episodes, gave its kid contestants bicycles or boom boxes in exchange for fetching giant balls of snot from oversized noses.

Jake Rossen








Patrick Fabian, Rhea Seehorn, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tony Dalton in Better Call Saul.

As evidenced by 'Breaking Bad,' Vince Gilligan and his cohorts have an eye for detail that’s nearly unrivaled. If anything, 'Better Call Saul'—which is originally set several years before the events of 'Breaking Bad'—only proves the point.

Karen Han
Julie Vrabelova/Syfy

We chatted with co-creator and showrunner Terry Matalas and stars Amanda Schull and Emily Hampshire about Syfy's epic time travel series.

Erin McCarthy