Breaking Bad alumnus sells drama to ABC

Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul has sold a one-hour drama to US broadcast network ABC.

Paul’s Lucid Road will produce Blackmail in association with Universal Television, which produces his Hulu drama, The Path.

The series will follow a young married couple who threaten to reveal the infidelity of a man responsible for an accident that changes their lives, leading to a dark game of cat-and-mouse when things become more sinister.

Paul, who starred as a high school dropout-turned-drugs kingpin in AMC’s Breaking Bad, will produce Blackmail with Thomas and John Sonntag, who are also writing the show as their first television series.