Pop Break’s Television Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and senior columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.
Here’s the format of the show:
The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event we liked from the last month including and they go very HBO heavy by reccomending — Watchmen, Perry Mason, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and I May Destroy You.
The News You Need to Know – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on Emmy Awards campaigning and how that may ultimately impacted who gets nominated later this month.
Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Josh picks a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. and whether it was Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon, or another streaming platform that came out on top. Obviously, Disney’s stream of Hamilton was the big winner.
Featured Review – Alex, Bill, and Josh go in the way back machine to review the pilot of Aaron Sorkin’s presidential drama The West Wing. The West Wing can be streamed on both Netflix and HBO MAX currently.
You can listen to TV Break on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor and Google Podcasts.
Previous Episodes Include:
June’s Episode: The sixth episode dives into the HBO reality ballroom competition Legendary, the cancelation of Live P.D. and Cops, the future of police procedurals, the first black contestant on The Bachelor and more.
May’s Episode: The fifth episode sees the trio discussing COVID-19 related storylines in modern television, who won the streaming wars, and Damien Chazelle’s jazz drama The Eddy.
April’s Episode: The fourth episode finds the gang once again discussing Hulu, but this time with Mrs. America – the all-star ensemble piece about the second wave of feminism. They also look at J.J. Abram’s massive deal with HBO MAX, and who won the streaming wars.
March’s Episode: On the third episode the gang discusses FX on Hulu’s mind-bending series Devs, the third season of Westworld, Alex’s heavy rotation of content he binged, plus how quarantine is impacting the television world and how we watch it.
February’s Episode: The second installment looks at the Hulu comedy/drama High Fidelity, the low Oscar ratings, why Disney Plus won the February streaming wars and the lads give you a number of shows to check out.
The Debut Episode: The premiere episode of TV Talk looks at HBO’s new thriller The Outsider, who won the streaming wars in the first month of the year, the gang’s reactions to the announcement of NBC’s streaming service Peacock, and what you should be watching from January. All this and a singalong!
