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Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 4:01 a.m.

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break\u2019s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.

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Here\u2019s the format of the show:

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The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month with special guest Matt Taylor including Disney Plus\u2019s She-Hulk; Paramount Plus\u2019s Evil; Prime Video\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power & Paper Girls, AppleTV Plus\u2019s Bad Sisters, and Hulu\u2019s Reservation Dogs.

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News Break \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh preview the 2022 Emmy Awards by speaking with Matt Taylor about all the exciting races to keep an eye out for this year.

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New Series Spotlight \u2013 Alex, Bill, Josh, and Matt watched HBO\u2019s much hyped Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, created by Ryan J. Condal and George RR Martin, directed by, among other people, Miguel Sapachnik, who was responsible for most of the notable battle heavy GoT episodes. The series is led by a cast of hundreds but most notably, at least for now, Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, and Milly Alcock, and  is expected to focus on the Targaryen Civil War, which took place nearly 200 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones.

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Program of the Year: Streaming Wars will be back next month, but today we are excited to bring you our third annual Program of The Year discussion. We do this every year because, while the Emmys love to spread their awards across a variety of different types of tv programs, they opt not to answer the simple question of what program was the very best of tv overall, so we\u2019ve decided to answer the call.

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This year, the largest best series categories have eight nominees, so we will each be constructing a list of eight of the best series across all ten \u201cbest series\u201d categories before picking a winner. Below are each of our hosts\u2019 categories, with the winner in bold.

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Josh -

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Abbot Elementary

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Barry

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Better Call Saul

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Hacks

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Severance

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Squid Game

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White Lotus

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Yellowjackets

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Bill -

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100 Foot Wave

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Abbot Elementary

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Better Call Saul

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Severance

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Squid Game

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Stranger Things

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Succession

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Ted Lasso

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Matt -

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Abbot Elementary

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The Dropout

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Euphoria

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Hacks

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Only Murders in the Building

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Severance

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Succession

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Yellowjackets

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Alex -

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Abbot Elementary

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Barry

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Better Call Saul

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The Dropout

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Hacks

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Severance

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Succession

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Yellowjackets