Kenny Herzog

Whether it’s Stone Cold Steve Austin’s successful segue into craft brewing and reality TV, Cody Rhodes and Frankie Kazarian’s boutique line of cigars or Brie and Nikki Bella’s femme-centric clothing line, there is money to be made buoying the branding efforts of sports entertainers.

Plus, yard-marker guys gain home-field advantage

From fan favorites to bit-parters, Better Call Saul is packed with cameos from Breaking Bad.

Kenny Herzog is a journalist for outlets including Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, and The Ringer. Follow him at @kennyherzog..

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The occult dolls, spiral signatures, and prosecutorial misconduct were seductive catnip, not clues to help crack the mystery.

Before ‘American Crime Story’ and ‘Serial,’ streaming platforms and social media, sensational news stories made their way onto television as network original movies. Budgets, production values, and even true-crime ethics have evolved since the ’90s—but is the formula all that different?