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Welcome to TV Break, where 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:
The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including MAX’s My Adventures with Superman, Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, FX’s What We Do In The Shadows, HBO’s How To with John Wilson, Netflix’s One Piece & Derry Girls, & Disney Plus’s Ahsoka.
News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh break down the latest on the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes and the AMPTP’s couldn’t failure to read the room with the unions and the public. If you would like to support the Hollywood community who are enduring a financial hardship with no end in site, please donate to the Entertainment Community Fund.
Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill & Alex surprise each other by both picking Disney Plus after a month with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at the top of the streaming movies board, Ahsoka making its debut, Indiana Jones, The Little Mermaid, What If..? Season 2, and Doctor Who all receiving premiere dates, and the Loki Season 2 trailer dropping to huge numbers.
Meanwhile, Josh opted to embrace Netflix, thanks to the continued dominance of Suits, the success of the film You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, the reality series Love Is Blind & The Ultimatum, and the live action One Piece adaption.
New Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, & Josh review the new MGM+ series The Winter King, based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles book series. Adapted for TV by Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore. The Winter King stars Agents of SHIELD star Ian De Caestecker as the would be king Arthur, Nathaniel Martello-White as his druid ally Merlin, and Eddie Marsan as his father the king, who banishes Arthur following the death of Arthur’s half brother and the king’s only living heir. The series also features Valene Kane & Stuart Campbell.
