“It’s the boss — you’d better show up” . . .
Discovery has corralled some of its biggest personali ties — from Mike Rowe (“Dirty Jobs”) to Buddy Va lastro (“Cake Boss”) to Jona than and Andy Hillstrand (“Deadliest Catch”) — to help honor Discov ery Communi cations founder/ chairman John S. Hen dricks tomor row night at Cipriani (42nd St.). The event, commemorat ing Discovery’s 25-year anni versary, is sponsored by The Paley Center; ubiquitous “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams is expected. On April 19, Williams emcees The 2010 Matrix Awards, presented by New York Women in Communications and, this year, honoring Tina Fey and Gayle King (among others).
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On last night’s episode of “Breaking Bad,” Skyler (Anna Gunn) got even with a stunned Walt (Bryan Cran ston). Walt’s brother-in- law, DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), meanwhile showed some big cracks in his steely façade related to his disastrous re-assignment (last season) to El Paso, where he survived an ambush by a Mexican drug cartel.
“This season is such an in teresting character study of what people do, and the choices they make when they’re put in positions that are impossible, really,” Gunn told me recently. “Everybody [in the show] experiences that . . . and this season Hank’s character really starts to go through that. But this isn’t just the story of Hank’s ‘breaking bad’ — it’s how ev eryone else ‘breaks bad’ in their own ways.”
Last, but not least:
* Oscar nominee Julianne Moore, who starred on “ATWT” from 1985-88, re turns today in her role of Frannie Hughes (2 p.m./ Ch. 2) . . . Carmen Electra poolside at the Sagamore Hotel (Miami Beach) . . . Cor
rection: The late David Mills (“Treme”) wrote for “NYPD Blue,” but did not create the character of Andy Sipowicz.