Bob Odenkirk on ‘Better Call Saul’: ‘It’s a Total Drama, Man’

AMC’s Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul premieres on the network in February, and in a recent interview with THR, star Bob Odenkirk cleared up any confusion about where on the series will tilt on the comedy/drama scale. The original concept for Better Call Saul was a half-hour comedy, but Odenkirk says it quickly turned into an hourlong drama: “It’s a total drama, man. It’s 85 percent drama, 15 percent comedy.” Head over to THR to read the rest of the interview, which includes Odenkirk’s thoughts on writing for SNL, Get a Life, and the one network note Mr. Show got from HBO during its run in the late ‘90s.