Breaking Bad episodes typically run around 47 to 48 minutes each. The first season's episodes are approximately 48 minutes long, with the pilot being longer at about 58 minutes

. Most episodes across the series maintain this roughly 47-minute length, with some variation such as the first and last episodes of season 5, which are around 43 and 55 minutes respectively

. This length fits the traditional one-hour TV slot with commercials on AMC, the network that originally aired the show