Netflix's first Marvel series "Daredevil" will be streaming sooner than expected.

The streaming site announced all 13 one-hour episodes of the series will premiere April 10, 2015 at 12:01 a.m. 

The series will star Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, the lawyer who eventually becomes the crime-fighting superhero.

Deborah Ann Woll ("True Blood"), Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D'Onofrio also star.

"Daredevil" is one of several Marvel shows set to premiere on Netflix which will ultimately lead up to a miniseries on the Defenders comic series.

The "Daredevil" announcement was part of a larger release in which the streaming service announced the premiere dates for several upcoming new series including Tina Fey's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and Kyle Chandler-starring "Bloodline."

Marvel and Netflix also released a new poster for the series showing off the familiar "Daredevil" logo. Check it out below.

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Netflix has shaken up the way we watch television with its original programming series ranging from Emmy-winning “House of Cards” to “Orange is the New Black.”

However, no one really knows how many people are watching these “successful” series.

Don't plan on finding out any time soon.

Chief content officer Ted Sarandos told reporters at the TV Critics Association (TCAs) press tour Wednesday the streaming service plans to keep those numbers secret for as long as possible.

“It has no reflection on our business in any way,” said Sarandos. “I know it frustrates you, but we’re going to stay away from it for as long as we can.”

According to TheWrap, Sarandos explained it wasn't necessary for the site to reveal show viewership since they don't have advertisers like television networks do.

Netflix reports it has a total of over 50 million subscribers in nearly 50 countries. 

Knowing that number, it’s easy to see why the media and competing online streaming services and television outlets are anxious to see how many people are tuning into online content. 

At the same time, it seems like it would be a difficult task to measure Netflix viewing. It’s not as if shows air at any one given time. The beauty of Netflix is that you watch whenever you want. 

While there is surely a subset of diehard bingewatchers, not everyone is tuning in at 12:01 a.m. to stream 13 new episodes of “House of Cards.” Even more aren’t going to watch them straight through. While some may finish a season of “HOC” over the course of several days, others may want to spread out the experience over several weeks.

In some ways, its difficult to ascertain how ratings would even matter if we knew them. Trying to compare viewership on a premiere day for “HOC” to a popular network or cable series like “The Blacklist” or HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is an apples to oranges case. There’s really nothing to compare Netflix viewership against.

For this reason, it makes sense why Netflix may be eager to keep viewership to themselves.

If Netflix wanted to show some sort of viewership, it could easily display a counter on movies and television series showing how many times something was streamed similar to YouTube. 

At the end of the day though, I'm not even sure if ratings really matter anymore (other than to advertisers).

We see good shows get cancelled all the time because of poor ratings. Poor ratings have become synonymous with “bad show”; however, I often hear one of two things from viewers after new shows are quickly axed: “That was a show?” or “I didn’t even know that was on the air" which suggests some low-rated shows may be missed by consumers who are fed an over-saturated television market.

Over 20 new shows launched fall 2014. Eight of those were cancelled, and a few others are toss ups to likely be axed.

While all of Netflix’s original series aren’t as hyped and talked about as “OITNB” and “HOC,” the streaming service has yet to cancel one of its shows.

And, though millions of people may not be tuning into the premiere of "House of Cards," Netflix is revolutionizing the way we watch television regardless.

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"Banshee" may be smashing network records at Cinemax, but it still hasn't hit mainstream audiences. This may have something to do with its dreaded Friday night timeslot or the fact that Cinemax is a premium cable channel in significantly less households than HBO.

The testosterone-fueled series from Alan Ball, creator of HBO's "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood," seems to have been relegated to "guilty pleasure" status. "Banshee" enters its third season this weekend, and while many acknowledge the show is totally ludicrous, that's exactly what makes the series so fun. 

"Banshee" opens with our protagonist (Anthony Starr) walking out of prison after a 15-year stint for what we later learn was a botched robbery. He immediately tracks down his ex-lover/partner-in-crime and discovers that she has since become a completely new person with a new identity and family to boot.

The unnamed criminal treks all the way to Amish country in Banshee, Pennsylvania, to find her, but once he does, she tells him to stay out of her life. This leads our hero to a local bar to drown his sorrows, and the only other patron at this bar just so happens to be the new Banshee sheriff, who starts the job the following day. Some thugs with horrible luck decide to rob this bar, and after a spectularly violent sequence, the new sheriff as well as both thieves are dead.

In a moment of fleeting stupidity/total genius, our mysterious drifter takes the dead sheriff's credentials and assumes his identity, effectively becoming Lucas Hood, sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania. As of the end of season two, his real name still remains a mystery.

If that mini-synopsis makes "Banshee" sound like the pulpiest, kitschiest show on television, that's because it is. What starts as a flimsy plan to win back his woman winds up cutting way deeper as Hood learns that Banshee is a town full of dirty little secrets and takes it upon himself to legitimately patrol the town. What may read as convoluted on paper works on screen due to the show's frenetic energy and total disregard for political-correctness. 

Alan Ball and showrunners Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler seem to believe that crafting impressive action sequences and graphic sex scenes are more important than all else, and in this case, I'd argue they're right. Fortunately, the characters that inhabit Banshee are all fascinating and given just enough backstory to allow the audience to really connect.

There's Carrie Hopewell, Hood's old fling and the entire reason he came to Banshee in the first place; Kai Proctor, the evil mastermind (of Amish descent) on the top of the Banshee food-chain; his niece Rebecca; Alex Longshadow, a Native Kinaho; and Job, Hood's flamboyant right-hand-man who is to "Banshee" what Lafayette is to "True Blood." Ulrich Thomsen's performance as villain Kai Proctor is easily the most compelling part of the show — you'd be hard pressed to find anybody as crazy as he is anywhere else on television. He steals every scene he's in and truly earns his horrifying reputation time and time again.

Once connections between the Amish community, the Kinaho tribe, and all the relevant players are made explicity clear, the show really takes off running and moves from one terrific setpiece to the next as Hood tries his best to both protect the town from the evil mastermind who essentially runs the town and deal with his own demons. Eventually, Hood's past comes back to haunt him when his two worlds collide. 

"Banshee" is an exercise in excess — the sheer amount of violence, sex, and evil in each episode is astounding. The show is so ridiculously over-the-top that it borders on absurd brlliance. Before you know where one completely crazy subplot is going, another one even more off-the-wall pops up. 

The action on "Banshee" is more well-choreographed and satisfying than the majority of major motion pictures. There's one particularly bloody fight scene from episode three in which Lucas Hood scraps with a MMA fighter for what feels like 15 minutes. This sequence is so memorably brutal and encompasses the philosophy of the show that it can act as a litmus test for whether or not someone will enjoy the series. 

Empirically, "Banshee" shouldn't work as well as it does. The dialogue can get a bit hokey, and some of the big action sequences go too far even for the standards set by the series. From my brief description, it may sound like a violent misogynist's wet dream with little artistic merit, but there's more to it than that.

The beauty of the show is all in the execution. Ball knows his way around crafting entertaining television, and as the show progresses it's hard to not get wrapped up in all its eccentric, visceral glory. 

"Banshee" returns to Cinemax this Friday night. The first two seasons are currently available to Cinemax subscribers.

Check out a trailer for the series below:

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Winter is coming … in April.

HBO has announced that season 5 of “Game of Thrones” will premiere Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 9 p.m. 

The new season will consist of 10 episodes.

Favorites including Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, and Lena Headey will return.

In the same announcement, HBO confirmed season 2 of “Silicon Valley” and season 4 of “Veep” will launch the same night at 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., respectively.

Here’s the full press release below:

HBO has confirmed that the new seasons of GAME OF THRONES, SILICON
VALLEY and VEEP will debut back-to-back on SUNDAY, APRIL 12, starting at 9:00 p.m.
(ET/PT).

GAME OF THRONES begins its ten-episode fifth season SUNDAY, APRIL 12
(9:00-10:00 p.m.). Based on the popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George
R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power
in a vast and violent kingdom. Members of the ensemble cast for the fourth season
included Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke,
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie
Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger,
Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George
R.R. Martin

SILICON VALLEY returns for its ten-episode second season SUNDAY, APRIL 12
(10:00-10:30 p.m.). Mike Judge (“Office Space,” “King of the Hill”) brings his irreverent
brand of humor to HBO in this Emmy®- and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series,
which looks at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people
most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. The cast includes
Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener,
Amanda Crew, Matt Ross and Jimmy O. Yang. Mike Judge, Alec Berg, John Altschuler,
Dave Krinsky, Michael Rotenberg and Tom Lassally executive produce. The series was
created by Judge & Altschuler & Krinsky.

VEEP launches its ten-episode fourth season SUNDAY, APRIL 12 (10:30-11:00
p.m.). Created by Armando Iannucci, this Emmy®-nominated series stars Emmy® winner
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former senator Selina Meyer, who became vice president, only to
find the job was nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about. The
show also stars Emmy® winner Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott,
Timothy C. Simons, Sufe Bradshaw and Kevin Dunn. Iannucci executive produces along
with Christopher Godsick and Frank Rich.

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It's winter, which means that it's time for midseason premieres.

Starting next year, we'll see the launch of a whole new crop of series, ranging from multiple crime shows to an experimental mini-series.

You'll see a bunch of familiar faces, including those of Felicity Huffman, Ryan Phillipe, Rainn Wilson, and Amanda Peet.

We'll even have the arrival of the heavily anticipated "Better Call Saul," a prequel to AMC's hit "Breaking Bad."

"Galavant" (ABC)

Stars: Joshua Sasse ("Frankenstein's Army"), Timothy Omundson ("Psych")

Premiere date: Sunday, Jan. 4, at 8 p.m. 

What it's about: ABC will test out a musical fairy-tale comedy following a knight's journey as he tries to rescue his true love from an evil king. The score is by "Beauty & The Beast" composer Alan Menken, and the lyrics are by Glenn Slater ("Tangled").

Watch the trailer here.

"Agent Carter" (ABC)

Stars: Hayley Atwell ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier") James D'Arcy ("Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"), Chad Michael Murray ("One Tree Hill")

Premiere date: Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 9 p.m.

What it's about: Peggy Carter (Atwell) must lead a double life as an admin and as a secret agent. If the character sounds familiar, it's because Carter is from Marvel's "Captain America" series. The show is also connected to its lead-in, "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Watch the trailer here.

"Empire" (FOX)

Stars: Taraji P. Henson ("Hustle and Flow"), Terrence Howard ("Hustle and Flow"), Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious: Based on The Novel Push by Sapphire")

Premiere date: Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 9 p.m.

What it's about: This musical family drama follows what happens when a hip-hop record company's charismatic CEO (Howard) learns he has ALS. It will also be set to a hip-hop soundtrack.

Watch the trailer here.

If you were hoping for a cameo by Bryan Cranston or Aaron Paul on "Breaking Bad" spin-off "Better Call Saul," don't get your hopes up.

"Better Call Saul" executive producer Peter Gould confirmed Walter White and Jesse Pinkman won't appear in the first season of the show during a panel for the new show at the Television Critics Association Saturday (TCA).

"We want this to really stand on its own," said Gould, according to Hitfix. "We don't want to mislead people into expecting something that's not going to happen... Having said that, everything else is on the table."

According to Los Angeles Times reporter Stephen Battaglio, star Bob Odenkirk joked he asks about Cranston every time he comes into the office of the show.

"Has Walter White called yet," Odenkirk recalled.

Bob Odenkirk: Every time I come into the office on this show I say "Has Walter White called yet?"#TCA15#BetterCallSaul

— Stephen Battaglio (@SteveBattaglio) January 10, 2015

It was also noted during the panel that Pinkman's character, played by Aaron Paul, would be in late middle school or high school at this point. 

Creator Vince Gilligan told press that doesn't mean we won't see other characters from "Breaking Bad." However, you'll never see a character cameo just for the sake of a cameo.

Via Hitfix:

"Any of these characters from 'Breaking Bad' could theoretically appear in future seasons, but our hope is that when they do, it'll feel proper and organic. If it feels like a stunt, then we in the writers room have done something horribly wrong," said Gilligan.

"You also don't want to have the detail in the background distract you from what's going on in the foreground," he added. "We're trying to keep our eyes on the prize."

"Better Call Saul" takes place six years before Bob Odenkirk's lawyer Saul Goodman ever meets Walter White and his meth-making partner Jesse.

As for Cranston and Paul, it's not impossible to see them somewhere down the line on "Better Call Saul." Odenkirk told us a while back he'd love to have both of them on the show even if it meant in a background cameo.

"I don't know whether their characters matter that much or if we just need to hire you know Bryan and Aaron to walk behind me at the golf course or walk across the street when I'm driving my car around town. I don't know if they'll engage with the story, but they could," Odenkirk previously told Business Insider.

Though we won't see Walter White this season on "Better Call Saul," Cranston will be on set of the new AMC series directing a future episode.

Cranston previously directed three episodes of "Breaking Bad"— "Seven Thirty-Seven,""No Más," and 2013's "Blood Money." We're looking forward to it.

"Better Call Saul" premieres on AMC Sunday, February 8 at 10 p.m. 

SEE ALSO: Vince Gilligan's love letter to "Breaking Bad" fans about "Better Call Saul"

AND: Watch a trailer for "Better Call Saul"

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Tuesday, January 13 marks the premiere of the seventh and final season of "Parks and Recreation."

In leading lady Amy Poehler's recently published memoir, "Yes Please," she describes the moment she fell in love with her character Leslie Knope.

Prepare to have your heart melted.

In early 2008, Poehler was readying to leave "Saturday Night Live."

Michael Schur, who cut his teeth in the writing room of 30 Rockefeller Center and went on to write and produce the American reboot of "The Office," called to ask if she was interested in working on a show that he and producer Greg Daniels were creating.

At the time, the series — still a nebulous idea — was rumored to be an "Office" spinoff. They talked vaguely of concepts, and agreed that it would be fun to work together.

By the time the series' premise came together, Poehler was pregnant. Schur decided to pitch her anyway. "Greg's and my general feeling was: Poehler or bust, pregnancy be damned," he writes in the footnotes of Poehler's book.

Schur called again, this time from the balcony of his house while chain-smoking. Poehler writes:

"He told me about a character he and Greg created called Leslie Knope. She was an extremely low-level Parks and Recreation Department employee who had big dreams. She was inspired by the 'Yes We Can' spirit of Obama's recent election. She believed that it only took one person to make a difference. She wanted to effect change, she wanted to someday be president, but most importantly, she wanted to turn an empty parking lot in her town into a park."

Soon after Poehler received the script, she said "it took five minutes to realize Leslie Knope was the best character ever written for me."

After a long discussion with then-husband Will Arnett, she moved her family out to Los Angeles and shot six episodes in a row. "Parks and Recreation" went on to become one of the most beloved female-lead comedies of the last decade, earning five Emmy nominations.

Looking back at Leslie's journey, Schur reflects, "It's so interesting to think about it this way, now, as we near the end — it was, at the beginning, really that simple: a woman who wanted to make something out of nothing."

The final season of "Parks and Recreation" premieres Tuesday, January 13 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

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"Game of Thrones" will be hitting select IMAX theaters later this month to debut an exclusive trailer for season 5.

From Thursday, Jan. 29 until Feb. 5., roughly 200 IMAX theaters across the country will screen the final two episodes of Season 4, "The Watchers On The Wall" and "The Children," before premiering the first season 5 trailer.

Originally scheduled to run from Jan. 23 through Jan. 29, the date was pushed back to accommodate for even more theaters to show the digitally re-mastered season 4 episodes.

Tickets will be available on Fri., Jan 16 on IMAX's website.

Here's a running list of the theaters screening "Game of Thrones,"via IMAX. More theaters are currently being added to this list. You can also check here for specific showtimes at a theater near you.

"Game of Thrones" season 5  will premiere on HBO Sun., Apr. 12 at 9 p.m.

Alabama
Carmike Patton Creek 15 & IMAX – Hoover
Carmike Valley Bend 18 & IMAX – Huntsville
AMC Festival Plaza 16 & IMAX – Montgomery
Cobb Hollywood 16 & IMAX – Tuscaloosa

 Arizona 
AMC Deer Valley 30 & IMAX – Phoenix
AMC Desert Ridge 18 & IMAX – Phoenix
Digiplex Surprise Pointe 14 & IMAX – Surprise
AMC Loews Foothills 15 & IMAX – Tucson

California
AMC Downtown Disney 12 & IMAX – Anaheim
AMC Brentwood 14 & IMAX – Brentwood
AMC Covina 30 & IMAX – Covina
AMC Cupertino Square 16 & IMAX – Cupertino
AMC Bay Street 16 & IMAX – Emeryville
AMC Norwalk 20 & IMAX – Norwalk
AMC Tyler 16 & IMAX – Riverside
AMC Puente 20 & IMAX – Rowland Heights
Esquire IMAX – Sacramento
AMC Mission Valley 20 & IMAX – San Diego
AMC Palm Promenade 24 & IMAX – San Diego
AMC Metreon 16 & IMAX – San Francisco
AMC Saratoga 14 & IMAX – San Jose
AMC Del Amo 18 & IMAX – Torrance
AMC Universal CityWalk Stadium 19 & IMAX – Universal City
AMC Promenade 16 & IMAX – Woodland Hills

Colorado
AMC Arapahoe Crossing 16 & IMAX – Aurora
AMC Westminster Promenade 24 & IMAX – Westminster

Connecticut
AMC Loews Danbury 16 & IMAX – Danbury
AMC Loews Plainville 20 & IMAX – Plainville

Delaware
Penn Cinema Riverfront & IMAX – Wilmington

Florida
AMC Regency 24 & IMAX – Jacksonville
AMC Universal Cineplex 20 & IMAX – Orlando
Grand Pier Park 16 & IMAX – Panama City Beach
Carmike Pensacola Bayou 15 & IMAX – Pensacola
AMC Sunset Place 24 & IMAX – South Miami
Muvico Baywalk & IMAX – St. Petersburg
Challenger Learning Center IMAX – Tallahassee
AMC Veterans 24 & IMAX – Tampa
Carmike West Melbourne 12 & IMAX – West Melbourne
Muvico Parisian & IMAX – West Palm Beach

Georgia
Carmike Columbus 15 & IMAX – Columbus
AMC Barrett Commons 24 & IMAX – Kennesaw
AmStar 16 & IMAX – Macon
AMC Southlake 24 & IMAX – Morrow
Royal Cinemas & IMAX – Pooler

Illinois
Navy Pier IMAX – Chicago
AMC Loews Country Club Hills 16 & IMAX – Country Club Hills
AMC Showplace Edwardsville 12 & IMAX – Edwardsville
AMC Yorktown 17 & IMAX – Lombard
AMC Showplace Naperville 16 & IMAX – Naperville
AMC Showplace New Lenox 14 & IMAX – New Lenox
AMC Showplace Niles 12 & IMAX – Niles
Carmike Grand Prairie 18 & IMAX – Peoria
AMC Showplace Rockford 16 & IMAX – Rockford
AMC South Barrington 30 & IMAX – South Barrington

Indiana
Showplace Cinemas East & IMAX – Evansville
Carmike Jefferson Pointe 18 & IMAX – Ft. Wayne
AMC Showplace Traders Point 12 & IMAX – Indianapolis

Kansas
AMC Town Centre 20 & IMAX – Leawood
Warren West IMAX – Wichita

Kentucky
Carmike Stonybrook 20 & IMAX – Louisville

Louisiana
AMC Baton Rouge 16 & IMAX – Baton Rouge
AMC Westbank Palace 16 & IMAX – Harvey
Grand 16 & IMAX – Slidell 

Maine
Saco Cinemagic & IMAX – Saco

Maryland
AMC White Marsh 16 & IMAX – Baltimore
AMC Loews Rio Cinemas 18 & IMAX – Gaithersburg
AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 with IMAX – Largo
AMC Owings Mills 17 & IMAX – Owings Mills

Massachusetts
Tempur-Pedic® IMAX 3D Theatre, Jordan’s Furniture Natick – Natick
Tempur-Pedic® IMAX 3D Theatre, Jordan’s Furniture Reading – Reading
AMC Assembly Row – Somerville

Michigan
AMC Star Great Lakes 25 & IMAX – Auburn Hills
Celebration! Cinema Grand Rapids North & IMAX – Grand Rapids
AMC Livonia 20 & IMAX — Livonia

Minnesota
Minnesota Zoo Great Clips IMAX – Apple Valley
Paragon Odyssey 15 IMAX – Burnsville
AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18 & IMAX – Eden Prairie
AMC Arbor Lakes 16 & IMAX – Maple Grove

Missouri
AMC Independence 20 & IMAX – Independence
Ronnies 20 Cine & IMAX – St. Louis

Nebraska
AMC Westroads 14 & IMAX – Omaha

New Hampshire
Hooksett Cinemagic & IMAX – Hooksett

New Jersey
Tropicana Casino & Resort IMAX – Atlantic City
AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 & IMAX – Cherry Hill
AMC Clifton Commons 16 & IMAX – Clifton
AMC Loews Jersey Gardens 20 & IMAX – Elizabeth
AMC New Brunswick 18 & IMAX – New Brunswick
AMC Rockaway 16 & IMAX – Rockaway

Nevada
Brenden Theatres & IMAX at the Palms – Las Vegas
Galaxy Luxury+ Sparks & IMAX – Sparks

New York
AMC Empire 25 & IMAX – New York
AMC Loews Port Chester 14 & IMAX – Port Chester
AMC Loews Stony Brook 17 & IMAX – Stony Brook

North Carolina
AMC Northlake 14 & IMAX – Charlotte
AMC Southpoint 17 & IMAX – Durham
Carmike Patriot 14 & IMAX – Fayetteville
Grand 18 & IMAX – Winston-Salem

Ohio
AMC Lennox 24 & IMAX – Columbus
AMC West Chester 18 & IMAX – West Chester

Oklahoma
Moore Warren IMAX – Moore

Pennsylvania
Carmike Promenade 16 & IMAX – Center Valley
AMC Loews Waterfront 22 & IMAX – Homestead
Penn Cinema & IMAX – Lititz
AMC Franklin Mills 14 & IMAX – Philadelphia

Tennessee
Carmike East Ridge 18 & IMAX – Chattanooga
Carmike Thoroughbred 20 & IMAX – Franklin

Texas
IMAX, The Bullock Texas State History Museum – Austin
El Paso Premiere Cinemas & IMAX – El Paso
AMC Firewheel 18 & IMAX – Garland
AMC Highland Village 12 & IMAX – Highland Village
AMC Studio 30 & IMAX – Houston
Premiere Cinema 16 & IMAX – Lubbock
Santikos Palladium IMAX – San Antonio
Santikos Silverado IMAX – Tomball
Carmike Tyler 14 & IMAX – Tyler

Utah
Megaplex 14 & IMAX at Legacy Crossing – Centerville
Megaplex 17 & IMAX, Jordan Commons – Sandy
Megaplex Theatres & IMAX at Valley Fair Mall – West Valley City

Virginia
AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 & IMAX – Hampton

Washington
AMC Kent 14 Station & IMAX – Kent
AMC Loews Alderwood Mall 16 & IMAX – Lynnwood
PACCAR IMAX, Pacific Science Center – Seattle
AMC River Park Square 20 & IMAX – Spokane

Wisconsin
AMC Star Fitchburg 18 & IMAX – Fitchburg
AMC Mayfair Mall 18 & IMAX – Wauwatosa

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“Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul” premieres on AMC next month, and it’s everything you could possibly want from a spinoff of the hit series — musical montages that pull at your heartstrings, cameos from some of your favorite Albuquerque natives, and plenty of Saul trying to talk his way out of trouble.

We’ve previewed the first two episodes of the spinoff series featuring lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), and hands down, it's one of the best midseason premieres we’ve seen so far.

There’s an incredible amount of payoff for fans of the original series, with subtle nods and references to the parent show. For those of you who may be groaning and rolling your eyes, don't worry. The show doesn’t overdo it. If you're not looking for the references, you most likely won't even see some hidden in plain sight.

It is absolutely imperative that you do not miss the first minute of the series. "Better Call Saul" opens with a brilliant black-and-white sequence. It may throw you off at first, but once it’s revealed where the scene is heading, fans are going to lose it ... in a good way. I cannot emphasize how much I’m looking forward to fellow “Breaking Bad” fans' reactions online, so don’t tune in late.

The series itself follows Saul in 2002, six years before he has ever met Walter White and before he’s the big-shot criminal lawyer we’re introduced to in “Breaking Bad.” There’s no trace of sidekick Heull and Goodman’s not driving around a fancy Cadillac DeVille (though there’s a nice reference to it in the opening episode that fans will notice).

Instead, Saul is a down-on-his-luck lawyer just trying to get by. He’s not the confident, cocky counselor we’re accustomed to seeing. He doesn’t even go by Saul Goodman at this point. He’s just Jimmy McGill, a lowly lawyer hungry for clients who drives around a Suzuki Esteem.

Odenkirk never misses a beat. He’s so energetic as the spritely McGill, you could just sit and watch him talk the entire time he's in a courtroom, hashing it out with twin teenage boys or trying desperately to save his own skin. You don’t even need to know what he’s necessarily rambling about because, to be honest, no one else probably does either.

Here’s a line of dialogue from him as he’s representing a teenager: “Do you remember 19? Let me tell you. The juices are flowing, the red corpuscles are corpuscling. The grass is green, and it’s soft, and summer’s going to last forever.”

Do you know what a corpuscle is? McGill's talking about red blood cells.

It’s Saul’s usual bull, filled with grand hand gestures and priceless facial expressions, but it's not winning over many at this point in his career. One of the best parts of the premiere is a reintroduction to former characters like Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Gus Fring’s right-hand man on “Breaking Bad.” Mike is still the sarcastic, wisecracking curmudgeon fans love, but instead of waving around a gun, the former Philadelphia police officer is working as a pretty harmless parking-lot attendant at the local Albuquerque courthouse. 

He and McGill go back and forth a bit in the premiere, and we look forward to seeing their inevitable future interactions on the series. 

More interesting are the glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s backstory and his relationship with his older brother Chuck (Michael McKean), who is suffering from an illness.

It’s easy to see from the pilot that “Better Call Saul” is going to be a show about the rise and fall of Jimmy McGill, as much as its parent series is about the rise and fall of meth kingpin Walter White. 

So it makes sense that the show not only feels a lot like “Breaking Bad," it also looks a lot like it. Gorgeous visual shots take you back to the streets, deserts, and skies of Albuquerque, New Mexico (especially in the second episode). Some of the shots literally remind us of scenes from "Breaking Bad." (Sorry, no screengrabs.)

As we know from "Breaking Bad," creator Vince Gilligan has a way with closeup montages. Expect to see more of those on screen, from sweet treats getting baked in black and white to tomatoes getting sliced and diced.

In terms of content, the first two episodes also feel eerily similar to the early episodes of “Breaking Bad.” In "Breaking Bad," Walt and Jesse take a man captive, tie him up in a basement, and then discard his body. No one dies in the first two episodes of "Better Call Saul," but the parallels between the openings of the two series are a little uncanny. 

That's both good and bad. Since it's a prequel series, you know the stakes are a bit lower for some characters — Mike's not going anywhere — yet "Better Call Saul" still has the ability to fill you with excitement and laughs at one moment while tearing the rug out from under you in the next so that you're rocking back and forth in your seat, a bundle of anxiety-ridden nerves. In some ways, the show feels like something we may have seen before. 

Does the pilot episode stand up to that of “Breaking Bad”? No, but, to be fair, I don’t think many premiere episodes do.

The episode is a little slow at points, but when Jimmy runs into two young teens who try to scam him out of $500, the action starts to pick up, and the final minutes of the premiere will have you glued. The very final shots will make you wish you didn't have to wait an entire day to see what happens next.

It'll be worth it. The second episode, which airs the following evening, is pretty much nonstop action. I can't say much about it without spoiling anything, but there's one repeated word that should quickly catch on and be a big hit. You'll know it when you hear it, and it's sure to be all over Twitter.

"Better Call Saul" premieres on AMC Sun., Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. before moving to its regular timeslot on Mon., Feb. 9 at 10 p.m. 

Watch a trailer for the series.

SEE ALSO: Here's the "Breaking Bad" creator's love letter to fans about spin-off "Better Call Saul"

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"The Office" ran on NBC for nine seasons, and even devoted fans can probably say that the sitcom started to show its age after a while.

Even one of the show's central characters can attest to the fact that the cast collectively knew it was time to say goodbye to "The Office" when they were filming the ninth season, which ultimately ended up being the final season of the series.

Rainn Wilson, who played character Dwight Schrute, spoke about his experiences on the popular NBC show at the AOL Build Speaker Series on Tues., Jan. 20. Moderator Joshua Horowitz asked if there was a tipping point for the series, when the cast knew it had to end.

"That's exactly what happened in the final season of 'The Office,'" he answered. "We all ... me, John [Krasinski], Jenna [Fischer], Ed [Helms], especially ... were like, 'This has been fantastic, I love this job, I love you all here, it's time for this show to end." 

"We went into Greg's [Daniels, showrunner], the producers' office, and were like 'let's end, lets make this the final season a great send-off,'" he added. "I think every single person was just really ready to end. We did 200 episodes. We had a great time."

Even though Wilson was ready for the show to end — and that much talked-about Dwight Schrute spinoff never came to realization — Wilson doesn't take it for granted. "I'm really spoiled," he said. "Because it's the greatest work experience ever."

SEE ALSO: Watch Seth Rogen, Adam Scott And Other Actors Audition For 'The Office' In 2003

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Netflix has announced the shows and movies leaving the streaming site next month, and if you're a James Bond fan, you may want to start binging.

Three Batman films, and a handful of 007 pictures will be gone come Feb. 1.

Fans of "Mad Max" may want to check out the 1979 film before the new one starring Tom Hardy comes out this May. 

We've highlighted a few favorites and will update this post with more additions as they're announced.

Leaving 2/1

"Blackadder: Seasons 1-4"
"A View to a Kill"
"Airheads"
"Apocalypse Now"
"Apocalypse Now Redux"
"Babes in Toyland"
"Batman & Robin" -- worth noting this just came to Netflix in January

"Batman Forever"
"Batman Returns"
"Cocoon: The Return"
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
"Down Periscope"
"Fawlty Towers: Seasons 1-2"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"From Russia With Love"

"Goldfinger"
"Hotel Babylon: Seasons 1-4"
"Jane Eyre"
"Live and Let Die"
"Mad Max"

"MASH"
"MI-5: Seasons 1-10"
"Nacho Libre"
"Never Say Never Again"
"Red Dwarf: Seasons 1-9"
"Revenge"
"School Daze"
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie"
"The Juror"
"Wishmaster"
"Zodiac"

Leaving 2/2

"Jem and the Holograms" Seasons 1-3
"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" Seasons 1-4
"Pound Puppies" Seasons 1-3
"Transformers Prime" Seasons 1-3
"Transformers: Rescue Bots"

Leaving 2/5

"Arbitrage"

Leaving 2/23

"Dredd"

Leaving 2/28

"Ali"
"Monkey Trouble"
"Panic Room"

Note: We will re-run an updated version of this post near the end of the month.

SEE ALSO: Everything coming to Netflix next month

AND: All the new mid-season TV shows

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February is nearly upon us, so you know what that means, we're that much closer to a new season of "House of Cards."

Netflix has announced its list of February releases.

In addition to the long-awaited return of Kevin Spacey to the streaming site, we're also getting every season of Starz hit "Spartacus" and five seasons of "M.A.S.H." 

The movie pickings look a bit slim at the moment, but we'll continue to update this list and re-run it at the top of the month.

Here's what you should check out on Netflix in February:

TV

"M.A.S.H." Seasons 1-5 (available 2/1)
We're kind of bummed there are only five of the Emmy winning series' 11 seasons to stream.

"Spartacus" The Complete Series (available 2/1)
If you've never seen the hit Starz show, there are only three seasons of the series which follows the famous Gladiator. "Spartacus" carried on even after lead actor Andy Whitfield died from a battle with cancer in 2011.

"Hawaii Five-0" Seasons 1-4
Sorry guys, this isn't the original series. The remake of the original long-running CBS series follows a new task force led by Alex O'Loughlin and Daniel Dae Kim ("Lost").

"House of Cards" Season 3 (all 13 episodes available 2/27 at 12:01 a.m.)
Now that Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is president will his secrets come back to haunt him in the White House?

Movies

The pickings are pretty slim so far.

"Joe" (available 2/1)
Nicolas Cage may have had one of the worst-reviewed movies of last year; however, he also had this gem where he played a role model to an abused 15-year-old boy.

"Proof" (available 2/1)
Gwyneth Paltrow received a Golden Globe nod for her performance as a grieving daughter to her recently deceased mathematician father, Anthony Hopkins.

"RoboCop" (available 2/21)
If you missed out on Sony's reboot last year, here's your chance to check it out.

"Dwight Howard: In the Moment" (2014) (available 2/10)
2014's Epix documentary follows Howard's life from high school to when he first started out with the Houston Rockets.

For the kids: "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" (available 2/11)
One of DreamWorks Animation's latest movies which follows the adventures of the characters from "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." 

Here's the full list of February releases so far:

Available 2/1

"Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse" 
"Dark Ride" 
"Departures" Seasons 1-2 
"Gimme Shelter"
"Gucci: The Director"
"Hot Pursuit"
"Houseboat"
"Into the Blue 2: The Reef"
"Joe"
"King Arthur"
"Magic City" Seasons 1-2
"MASH" Seasons 1-5
"Naruto Shippuden: The Movie"
"Now: In the Wings on a World Stage"
"Proof"
"Spartacus" The complete series
"The Brothers Bloom"
"We Could Be King"
"We're No Angels"
"Zapped"

Available 2/5

"The Little Rascals Save the Day"

Available 2/6

"Ever After High: Spring Unsprung"
"Danger 5"

Available 2/7

"Dead Snow: Read vs. Dead"
"Elsa & Fred"

Available 2/8

"Blood Ties"
"Catch Hell"

Available 2/10

"Dwight Howard: In the Moment"

Available 2/11

"Mr. Peabody & Sherman"

Available 2/12

"Young Ones"
"The Two Faces of January"
"Scary Movie 5"

Available 2/13

"Mako Mermaids" Season 2

Available 2/16

"Save the Date"

Available 2/17

"The Overnighters"

Available 2/18

"Earth to Echo"
"In Secret"
"The Fluffy Movie"

Available 2/19

"White Bird in a Blizzard"

Available 2/20

"Richie Rich" Season 1

Available 2/21

"RoboCop"

Available 2/24

"Hawaii Five-0" Seasons 1-4 (the CBS update)
"1,000 Times Good Night"

Available 2/26

"Open Windows"
"Russell Brand: Messiah Complex"

Available 2/27

"Ralphie May: Unruly"
"House of Cards" Season 3
"Boys"

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Until now, Sony Entertainment's movie studio side has been most affected by the Sony hack stemming from the release of "The Interview," but it sounds like Sony Music may be the hackers' latest victim.

"Top executives at Sony Music are bracing for more embarrassing e-mails to leak as part of the Sony hack after their boss — Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton — called to offer a 'blanket apology' in advance of any details that come out," sources told Page Six.

Industry sources further told Page Six that Sony Music honchos are most concerned about details of artists’ salaries and contracts — including live performance riders — being made public.

Sony artists who may be affected by leaked emails include Beyoncé, Adele, David Bowie, Meghan Trainor, Barbra Streisand, and Bruce Springsteen. 

Additionally, recently leaked emails alluded to a potential "top secret" sale of music publishing division Sony/ATV. Lynton and Sony/ATV head Martin Bandier have both denied Sony Music is for sale, but Lynton reportedly "called a number of department heads within Sony, including Marty and [Sony Music CEO] Doug Morris to give a blanket apology in advance for whatever else comes out,” added a PageSix source.

Sony had "no comment" on the PageSix report, but a Sony source tells Business Insider that Lynton "did not make a blanket apology, he only called two top executives about a couple of very specific issues."

In December, Sony president Steven Mosko and co-chairman Amy Pascal had their email inboxes made public by a group of hackers calling themselves "Guardians of Peace."

As a result, salaries of both celebrities in Sony movies and Sony employees were revealed. Not to mention a few salacious exchanges about A-list celebrities and even President Obama.

American officials have concluded that North Korea was "centrally involved" in the Sony hack and intelligence officials told the Times that the US intelligence community "concluded that the cyberattack was both state-sponsored and far more destructive than any seen before on American soil." 

SEE ALSO: 2 Sony Execs' Entire Email Boxes Got Leaked By Hackers And Now All Hell Is Breaking Loose

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"The Office" ran for nine seasons on NBC. That's a long time for a television show. So long, that actor Rainn Wilson was initially averse to acting in another TV series.

He told the following anecdote at the AOL Build Speaker Series on Jan. 20:

"I was finishing up 'The Office' in the final week, and my agent called, and they were like, 'we want you do read this script,' and I was like, 'okay,' and they said it was a TV pilot, and I was like, 'you're fired.'"

He was joking about firing his agents, but he wasn't kidding about how much it was going to take for him to do another television series.

So what ultimately convinced him?

A good script, a rich character, and a seat at the producer's table made it an enticing choice for Wilson.

"The part was insane," he said. "...Interesting and complex and difficult, and I was like, I have to play this role."

The series is based on Swedish author and criminologist Leif G.W. Persson's books about a nasty, boorish detective, Evert Bäckström (changed to Everett Backstrom for the American television series). The books are incredibly successful in Scandinavia.

Wilson was initially approached to do the series not long after "The Office" bowed in 2013. At that time, the series was set to air on CBS. However, after the network passed on the series, it eventually landed at FOX.

Ultimately, Wilson got a "nice year off," as he puts, it before filming the 13 episodes.

It also doesn't hurt that this time around, he's not just a featured player. He's the titular character and also a producer on the show, with showrunner Hart Hansen, Persson, and Persson's Scandinavian literary agent, Niclas Salomonsson, acting as executive producers.

"I [wanted] to have a place at the table ... a lot of the time as an actor, you're left out," he said.

"Backstrom" premieres on Fox Thurs., Jan 22 at 9 p.m.

SEE ALSO: Rainn Wilson doesn't care that you'll always think of him as his character from "The Office"

AND: Here's When All Your Favorite Shows Are Returning To TV

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In Hollywood, it's easy to get typecast. 

Just ask Rainn Wilson.

The actor often plays outlandish characters, like Dwight Schrute on "The Office," and Detective Everett Backstrom on his new Fox series, "Backstrom," which premiered on Fox Thurs. night.

But he doesn't see himself as so limited.

When asked if he considers himself a "character actor" or a "leading man" at an AOL Build Speaker Series event, here's how he defined his acting style:

I come from New York City. I went to NYU. I did theater here for 10 years before I did any film or television, and I always thought of myself as a character guy ... but I think any theater actor thinks of themselves as a character actor. You're asked to ... play a a lead here, a comedy there, a drama there, and Shakespeare here, an experimental theater [piece] here, a Neil Simon thing here, and it's very diverse. You transform yourself to become the character in the best way possible and entertain and tell the story. So, I still carry that with me.

Wilson went on to describe how Hollywood often divides actors into labels, but he doesn't see himself falling into any of those categories.

"In Hollywood, it's very much like 'He's a leading actor. He's a character. This is a guest star actor. This is a television actor, he's a film actor.'" says Wilson. "Everyone has labels. Kind of like a card around their chest, what kind of actor they are."

"I'm just an actor-actor," he said.

SEE ALSO: Rainn Wilson doesn't care that you'll always think of him as his character from "The Office"

AND: The moment "The Office" cast knew the show had to end

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Danny Trejo is best-known for his roles in "From Dusk Ill Dawn" and "Machete," but one of his most memorable parts was early in "Breaking Bad" when he played cartel member Tortuga (Spanish for turtle).

Business Insider briefly spoke with Trejo about the show's spinoff series, "Better Call Saul," and whether he'll be checking it out.

"Absolutely," Trejo says. "I was Tortuga!"

Fans know things didn't end so well for Tortuga on "Breaking Bad," but that doesn't mean he couldn't have another life on the upcoming AMC series.

The show will bring a few other former "Breaking Bad" alumni back from the dead including Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks).

When pressed if there's any chance of seeing him reprise his character, Trejo let out a laugh, but did say he would love the opportunity to appear on the spinoff.

"Oh sure, are you kidding? I loved that show ['Breaking Bad']," Trejo added, saying it was one of the best things he had ever been a part of.

Trejo gave a similar response to Uproxx:

"I’d love that! … Tortuga was pretty popular, so I’d love it. Let’s see what happens.”

The prequel series, starring Bob Odenkirk as lawyer Saul Goodman, will take place six years before the events of “Breaking Bad.”

"Better Call Saul" premieres on AMC Sun. Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. 

SEE ALSO: Our review of "Better Call Saul"

AND:  How Danny Trejo was convinced to play Marcia Brady in a Super Bowl ad

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Ask any fan of "Parks and Recreation" to name their top five favorite scenes and surely, one of the following will rank among them.

Season 5, Episode 505 "Halloween Surprise": Where Ben proposes to Leslie.

Season 5, Episode 514 "Leslie and Ben": Where the couple say their marriage vows.

Critics regard these two scenes as some of the sweetest, most romantic moments in television history. They perfectly encapsulate Leslie's quirks, Ben's sincerity, and the powerful magic of spontaneity in a relationship.

(You can watch the scenes below.)

In Amy Poehler's new book "Yes Please," the leading lady reveals the heartbreaking event that led to the writing of those two scenes.

Season 5 kicks off with Leslie visiting Washington, D.C., where Ben set up a surprise-meeting with her ultimate crush, Vice President Joe Biden.

The cast and crew, including the show's creator and head writer Michael Schur, filmed the scene with Biden in his ceremonial office on the grounds of the White House. Poehler says he charmed them all, and didn't even flinch when her character leaned in for a kiss.

As they were walking out of the building, the high from their brush with the VP came crashing to a halt. The cast and crew learned that their show, which had been talked about as a front-runner for winning the Emmy for Best Comedy, didn't even get nominated.

Schur, who cut his teeth in the writing room of 30 Rockefeller Center and went on to write and produce the American reboot of "The Office," didn't let the snub get him down. Instead, he turned to his peers and announced, "I am going to go write the scene where Ben proposes to Leslie."

He went back to his hotel room and wrote the script for these ...

Watch Ben pop the question.

And see Ben and Leslie tie the knot.

In a recent interview with Yahoo! TV, Schur says he wrote both scenes under the impression that the show would be cancelled. That is why they offer so much closure.

Schur admitted to having written five or six series finales over the course of seven seasons — one for each time "Parks and Recreation" wasn't guaranteed a renewal. "We did it midway through Season 5, and then again at the end of Season 5," Schur says. Then, "we got our back-nine order, so we just kept going."

Still, the feeling of impending doom spawned TV-marital-bliss.

"Do you see what kind of maniac I am working with here?" Poehler teases in her memoir. "I have been shoulder to shoulder with a wonderful writer and excellent boss who loves big emotion as much as I do. Nightmare!"

The real "Parks and Recreation" series finale is Tuesday, February 24. You bet we can expect more happy endings from the old sap, Schur.

SEE ALSO: It Took 5 Minutes For Amy Poehler To Fall In Love With Her 'Parks And Rec' Character

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"Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" is coming to TV in Feb. and it's probably one of the most-anticipated new series of the year. 

We've already seen it, and "Breaking Bad" fans should really enjoy it.

So it shouldn't be a big surprise the series has already been renewed for a second season.

If you can't wait for "Better Call Saul," but need to know a bit more before the show's premiere, here's everything you need to know about the spinoff.

Is this a prequel or a sequel?

The majority of the series is set in 2002, six years before Saul ever met Walter White. However, the show definitely has some elements of a sequel, too, as viewers will see in the premiere's first frew minutes. 

So, yes, you'll get to see what became of Saul Goodman after he left Walt and Jesse Pinkman.

When we spoke with Odenkirk a while back while he was doing press for his Oscar-nominated film "Nebraska," the star told us he wanted the show to be both a prequel and sequel. It looks like he got his wish.

Who will star in the spinoff?

Here's who's joining Odenkirk on the series:

Jonathan Banks will reprise his role as Mike Ehrmantraut.

Michael McKean will play Saul's older brother Chuck who is a partner at a law firm in Albuquerque.

Patrick Fabian plays Howard Hamlin while Rhea Seehorn ("Whitney") stars as Kim, two lawyers at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill.

Michael Mando ("Orphan Black") plays a criminal named Nacho Varga. 

So, what will this be about?

The show will follow Saul Goodman before he's the cocky, confident lawyer, when he's just known as Jimmy McGill. 

McGill's strapped for cash and drives a rundown car. He's trying to make a living as an honest attorney. What should follow in the series is how McGill goes from a scrappy, hungry young lawyer to a well-known name in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Why did Saul get his own spinoff?

The show has been in the works for a while in the "Breaking Bad" writers room. Creator Vince Gilligan told Hitfix it kind of started off as a joke.

It started as a lark, which is another word for joke, in the writer's room. It started and it really came from the fact that I love working with Bob, just as we love working with really every actor on “Breaking Bad.” But we also loved the character. We love writing for the character. We love putting words in his mouth. And we had so much fun indeed doing that that it started as a lark; we'd come up with some great term or phrase and we'd laugh about it in the writer's room. And then we'd say, 'You know, when we're doing the Saul Goodman show we'll be able to blah, blah, blah, blah.' And we made that comment so many times that it started to dawn on us that it wasn't a lark; there was truth to it. It was not just a joke, but a potentially good idea.

If I like "Breaking Bad," will I enjoy it?

I think you will. From what I've seen in the first two episodes (I'm waiting out to watch the third at the moment), there are plenty of nods to the original series while not feeling forced. 

You'll see a few familiar faces including Jonathan Banks, and the visuals and montages will feel straight out of "Breaking Bad."

However, don't go into this show wanting another "Breaking Bad." You'll be disappointed. This will be its own show, focused on Goodman, er Jimmy McGill's, growth into a sleazy criminal lawyer. At this year's Television Critics Association press tour, co-creator Peter Gould has said they're not going do nods to the previous show and bring back former characters just because they can do it.

"We're trying to make something that stands on its own, that has an entertainment value that's not just seeing a series of old favorites, or 'Remember when?' It's not the series equivalent of a clip show,"said Gould. "We try to balance these things out."

When will it air on AMC?

"Better Call Saul" will premiere Sun. Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. after the mid-season return of "The Walking Dead." 

After that, it will head to Monday nights at 10 p.m. starting Feb. 9.

SEE ALSO: Our review on "Better Call Saul"

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Winter is coming.

"Game of Thrones" fans know that means season 5 of HBO's wildly popular series is returning.

An exclusive look at Season 5  premiered after the first IMAX screening of the final two episodes from Season 4, and someone caught the trailer on video— which means that you can watch it below.

Season 5 will premiere on Sun., Apr. 12 at 9 p.m.

SEE ALSO: Here’s When You Can Finally See The New Season Of ‘Game Of Thrones’

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Maisie Williams is known for playing Arya Stark on HBO's "Game of Thrones."

During a Reddit AMA on Fri., Jan. 30, the 17-year-old actress provided fans with ample information — even if she couldn't give away any spoilers for season 5. (But you can watch the leaked trailer here!).

Here are seven great things we learned about Maisie:

1. She didn't realize "Game of Thrones" was big until Season 3.
Maisie explains: "At the season 3 premiere, we went to the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, and stepping out of the car, with hundreds of people screaming my name, is when I realized that this show completely changed my life. It was very, very daunting - I found it quite scary - but it happened gradually, so I had time to get used to it."

2. Rory McCann (The Hound) is similar to his character... sort of.
Fans loved the Hound and Arya's wandering duo in Season 4. Williams joked, "Rory is quite similar to The Hound before breakfast, in that, if he hasn't eaten, he's kind of grumpy! haha! But I love 'im regardless."

The two do a have a real-life rapport, too. "We are very close friends. I saw him when I was at the SAG awards at the week-end, and it was really nice to see him again, and I hope that's not the last I see of him," says Maisie.

3. She might be playing Ellie in the film adaptation of the popular apocalyptic videogame "The Last Of Us."
She wrote, "THE LAST OF US movie is in very early days. I have spoken to powerful people who are getting THE LAST OF US on its feet. And I'm hopeful that I can play Ellie in the future, but we'll all have to wait and see."

7. She hasn't read the books.
"...And I didn't read them before I got the role," she wrote. "I do want to read them but I'm going to wait until the season is finished. But I can't wait to see what really happens to Arya! Yes!"

8. This viral scene happened because she was watching funny videos on her phone.

 When asked if there was every a time that she couldn't stop laughing on set, she replied, "The one time was in series 3, episode 8 [note: this was actually in season 4], when I was supposed to laugh anyway - when Arya cracked up laughing at the news of her dead aunt - and I was watching funny videos on my phone, so I giggled endlessly, and they liked it, and so did the audience."

9.SEASON 5 TEASER ALERT! Arya will get emotional in season 5.
She said, "There's actually a scene in the coming season... which was my most difficult scene to film. And I think fans are going to be really excited about it. More emotional than we've seen Arya in previous seasons."

Fans will definitely appreciate that, since we have watched Arya develop from an innocent girl to a hardened fighter and killer. What's in store for her next?

Season 5 of "Game of Thrones"premieres on Sun., Apr. 12 at 9 p.m. 

SEE ALSO: Here’s When You Can Finally See The New Season Of ‘Game Of Thrones’

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