AMC Sets Breaking Bad Return Date

Breaking Bad's fifth and final season will premiere Sunday, July 15 at 10/9c, AMC announced Monday.

As previously announced, the network will split the 16-episode season into two parts. The first eight episodes will air this summer, with the final eight to air in the summer of 2013.

Friday Night Lights' Jesse Plemons joins Breaking Bad

New reality series Small Town Security will follow Breaking Bad's premiere at 11/10c. The series focuses on a small, family-owned private security company located in rural Georgia .Meanwhile, Season 2 of Hell on Wheels will premiere Sunday, Aug. 12 at 9/8c.