Shows Run: Breaking Bad (2008-2013)



Since the '90s, Gilligan has been plugging away as a writer for film and television. He had a few chances at producing before he landed a gig on The X-Files, but the paranormal detective show brought him into the upper echelon of writer/producers.

After his involvement with The X-Files came to an end, he began working to get Breaking Bad made. The show, which started out as only a critical success, has found a place in the popular imagination as well as at the top of end-of-year best of lists.

The next question is what Gilligan will do next, as the end of Breaking Bad is imminent. If he knows, he has kept the information pretty close to his vest: all that he has revealed thus far is that he might "love to do a Western."