The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special 2008)
Nominee clips."WatchMojo" Top 10 Pilot Episodes of TV Dramas (TV Episode 2014)
The "Breaking Bad" pilot is #2."WatchMojo" Top 10 First Scenes in TV Shows (TV Episode 2015)
Walter White's Video Tape is #2."WatchMojo" Top 10 Epic Entrances in Television (TV Episode 2016)
The entrance of Walter White is #5.TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time (TV Special 2016)
Listed as #18 on TV's Best Pilots.
"Harmontown" LIVE from the XOXO Festival 2014 in Portland (Podcast Episode 2014)
Discussed."TV Sins" Everything Wrong With Lost "Pilot": Part #1 (TV Episode 2018)
The episode is mentioned.El Camino (2019)
In the diner, Jesse mentions that he barely graduated from high school after Walt gave him an "F" in chemistry. This is first mentioned in the series premiere."Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Howard Stern/Aaron Paul (TV Episode 2019)
Aaron Paul mentions events from the episode in his 3-min recap of the show."Diminishing Returns Diminisodes" El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Podcast Episode 2019)
Discussed.
Sesame Street (TV Series 1969– )
Baby Elmo and Big Bird seenWelcome Back, Kotter (TV Series 1975–1979)
Pinkman said to White "You're not welcome back, Kotter"Apocalypse Now (1979)
When knocking down the Meth lab, Hank says "Watch this, makes them shit" and imitiates Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"Miami Vice (TV Series 1984–1989)
When White said to Pinkman that they will not take the drugs that are making, Pinkman said "You've seen too much Miami Vice"Iron Chef (TV Series 1993–2002)
mentioned in dialogue
"The Boondocks" Breaking Grandad (TV Episode 2014)
The beginning and ending of this episode mirrors the events of the first Breaking Bad episode.