‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff, ‘Better Call Saul,’ Is Picked Up by AMC

The series would be a prequel to “Breaking Bad” and follow the morally compromised lawyer Saul Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk.

    



A Television Unit Flourishes in an Often Overlooked Corner of Sony

Sony Pictures Television has gone largely underacknowledged, but that is changing, partly because of prodding from one of its largest shareholders.