Josh Sarnecky

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Josh Sarnecky is one of Pop Break's staff writers and covers Voltron: Legendary Defender, Game of Thrones, and Stranger Things. His brother, Aaron, also writes for the website, but Josh is the family’s reigning Trivial Pursuit: Star Wars champion.

Couch Potato – Good Grief, Apple TV+

Josh Sarnecky - November 23, 2020

Editor’s Note: This column was written prior to the news that PBS has made a deal with Apple to broadcast the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving...

Couch Potato – Steven Universe Future and the Normalization of Trauma

Josh Sarnecky - September 23, 2020

Looking back at the cartoons I loved as a child and adolescent, I am surprised how many of those shows depicted trauma and explored...

Couch Potato – The Unsung Significance of The Legend of Korra

Josh Sarnecky - August 21, 2020

I almost always find myself disappointed when I read lists of the greatest animated television series of all time. The source of my disappointment...

Couch Potato – 7 Things Parks and Rec Taught Me About 2020 Politics

Josh Sarnecky - July 22, 2020

NBC’s Parks and Recreation may have wrapped up its final season more than five years ago, but latecomers and long-time fans should not be...

Couch Potato – Law Enforcement Dramas in the Age of Black Lives Matter

Josh Sarnecky - June 23, 2020

Police procedurals and law enforcement dramas have been mainstays on television since the 1950s. Some of television’s longest running and most watched shows have...

Couch Potato – Star Wars Fans Should Embrace Their Streaming Future

Josh Sarnecky - May 18, 2020

The Force will be with you always ... because Disney is still churning out Star Wars content. Now that the Skywalker Saga and Disney’s...

Couch Potato #4 – Reviewing Your Television Diet

Josh Sarnecky - April 30, 2020

With most of us spending an increased amount of time in our homes the past month, binge watching/streaming has become the primary source of...

Couch Potato: How Westworld and Jurassic Park Compare as Vacation Destinations

Josh Sarnecky - March 20, 2020

Theme parks are expensive. That means you often have to make the difficult choice of which parks to explore and which parks to skip....

Couch Potato #2: What the Makers of Sonic The Hedgehog Could Learn From The Witcher’s Smash TV Success

Josh Sarnecky - February 18, 2020

For those of us that enjoy playing video games, throwing yourself at the same boss battle or difficult mission over and over again to...

Couch Potato: Why We Love Baby Yoda

Josh Sarnecky - January 22, 2020

In the early 1990s, ABC aired a sitcom about an anthropomorphic family of dinosaurs aptly titled Dinosaurs. Within this nuclear family, the most memorable...