vince gilligan worked on vince gilligan worked on x-files. i love it for that reason.t is a great show. i love "mad men." there's so much great television right now. there has been for the last -- over a decade, starting with the sopranos. so much good material has been on cable and is now streaming. >> do have a preference between the set-top boxes out there? >> no, just as long as anyone can get what i do. however together, if there's more opportunity, that is great for me. >> chris carter, writer and director of the amazon original, "after." arianna huffington runs most -- one of the most successful websites in the world. why would she encourage people to disconnect from their technology? the answers coming next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> you're watching "the best of >> you're watching "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. arianna huffington came out with a new book called "thrive," calling for a new metric for success outside of money and power. one of the things she suggest we do to thrive is disconnect from technology, from our devices, from time to time

vince gilligan worked on the show for many years. i love "madmen."here is just so much gray television right now. there has been for over a decade starting with "the sopranos. " so much great stuff on cable and streaming. >> do you have a preference between the set top boxes out there? anyonejust as long as can get what i do, however they get it. if there is more opportunity, that is great for me. writer andrter, director of the amazon original "the after." we cannot wait to see it after that evocative tease. and for joining us on the special edition of "bloomberg west." amazon is taking on netflix and apple with a new tv device. we will talk about the battle being waged in your living room. you can also watch us streaming on your tablet, phone, and on bloomberg.com. ♪ >> it is 26 minutes past the hour which means bloomberg tv is on the markets. stocks are losing some steam here to the downside. the nasdaq looking over into negative territory not long ago. the s&p giving of its gains for the day. the dow relatively flat. a couple unusual stocks that

. >> i knew when i read that pilot script by vince gilligan at there was something very special. >> thatood of a script? >> it was terrific. i related to this man. i knew men like cam who missed -- like him who missed opportunities and or lives -- in their lives and became functioning, still functioning, still loving to their families, still paying their bills but there was something that died in the interior. they are putting one step in front of the other. they are in a deep depression and in doing some of the research, i found in broad strokes, when people are in deep depression, there are two basic ways it manifests -- either externally or internally. that boss, he, screwed me and otherwise my life would be completely different. ready to blame my ex-wife. >> somebody else's fault. >> or it is me and i missed it. i go into a shell. that was walter white. he went into a shell. he didn't care about his looks, his weight, his clothes. he was invisible to himself and the world. this ironic diagnosis of his get outcer was of jail for free card. it exploded his emotion. >> it gave him purpo