@Linkat,
breaking bad is , IMHO, the best show since the Sopranos. It too, is a "journal" os a vry twisted individual whose trying to make it for his family.
As the series progressed, Heisemberg revealed his nascent evil, yet it all started as a man who , as he saw his life being taken from him, wanted to make a sizeable "nest egg" for his widow, and his plan was to use his skills as a trained chemist, to manufacture a highly marketeable yet illegal substance, crystal meth.
Laughs ensue
Colbert report is a strained way to produce laughs by parading this douche bag fake conservative as a right wing talking head. He doesn't do it convincingly and everyone is in on the joke. It got tired after season 1