‘Breaking Bad’ cooks up Emmy success

Breaking Bad, the brutal, drug-fuelled saga of an everyman’s ambition turned evil, captured its first best drama Emmy Award, denying online series House of Cards a history-making honour.

“I did not see this coming,” said Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, tipping his hat to Netflix’s political thriller House of Cards, the first digital contender for top Emmy honours.

Attention and acclaim for the AMC cable channel’s Breaking Bad has built as it nears the end of its five-season run next Sunday, with the final eight-episode arc eligible for next year’s Emmys.