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title: "How long to watch Breaking Bad? about 49 hours"
description: "Breaking Bad takes about 49 hours — 62 episodes across 5 seasons. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace."
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# How long does it take to watch Breaking Bad?

**How long to watch Breaking Bad: about 49 hours**

62 episodes across 5 seasons

Breaking Bad is short by prestige-drama standards — five seasons, 62 episodes, and a total that fits inside a long weekend. That compactness is deliberate: Vince Gilligan wrote to a planned ending rather than to a renewal, which is why the episode count is odd numbers rather than a tidy 13 per season. Episode lengths drift upward across the run, from around 43 minutes early on to 58 for the finale, so a flat average understates the back half. Adding El Camino, the 2019 film, puts another 122 minutes on the total.

## The numbers

- **Total:** 2 days
- **In hours:** 48.6 hours
- **Non-stop:** 2 days without sleeping
- **Covers:** 62 episodes across 5 seasons
- **At a realistic pace:** an episode a night
- **That works out as:** about 62 days

## What this assumes

62 episodes at an average of about 47 minutes. Individual episodes run from 43 to 58 minutes, so this is an average rather than a fixed figure.

> Cable dramas have no fixed slot length, so the per-episode figure is an average across a 43-58 minute spread rather than a constant.

## Other tv series

| What | How long |
| --- | --- |
| The Simpsons | 12 days 8 hours |
| Friends | about 87 hours |
| Better Call Saul | about 50 hours |
| The Office (US) | about 74 hours |
| The Office (UK) | about 7 hours 23 minutes |
| Game of Thrones | about 69 hours |
| The Sopranos | about 79 hours |
| The Wire | about 59 hours |
| Grey's Anatomy | 13 days 21 hours |
| Seinfeld | about 66 hours |
| Modern Doctor Who | about 157 hours |
| Classic Doctor Who | about 290 hours |
| Star Trek: The Original Series | about 67 hours |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | about 134 hours |
| All of Star Trek | 22 days 1 hour |

## Common questions

### How long does it take to watch Breaking Bad?

about 49 hours — 62 episodes across 5 seasons.

### What does that assume?

62 episodes at an average of about 47 minutes. Individual episodes run from 43 to 58 minutes, so this is an average rather than a fixed figure.

### How long at a realistic pace?

an episode a night — about 62 days.

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## Sources

- Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)