You can listen to TV Break on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor and Google Podcasts.
Pop Break’s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.
Here’s the format of the show of the January 2021 Episode (aka The One-Year Anniversary):
The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from January 2021 (and a little before) including Disney+’s Marvel Legends; BBC America’s The Watch & Doctor Who; and Season 1 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the surprising news that Roku has purchased the rights to 75 Quibi originals to air on their ad-supported streaming platform, The Roku Channel, later this year, check out Roku’s statement for more.
Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Justin pick a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill & Josh decide Netflix won the month with their splashy debut of the Shonda Rhimes period soap Bridgerton and their big announcement of all the movies that are headed to their service this year. Meanwhile, Alex went a different direction, handing the prize to HBO Max for the way they owned the holiday season with the most talked about film (Wonder Woman 1984) and TV series (The Flight Attendant).
Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, and Josh watched Mr. Mayor, one of the first new shows of 2021 and the latest from 30 Rock’s Tina Fey & Robert Carlock so you don’t have to. They found the cast to be tremendously talented, though better served in past projects (check out Vella Lovell in this excellent musical number from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend to see what we mean), the writing to be pretty stale, and the premise to be tone deaf at best.
