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.
\nHere\u2019s the format of the show:
\nThe Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month \u2013 Alex, Bill, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including MAX\u2019s My Adventures with Superman, Hulu\u2019s Reservation Dogs, FX\u2019s What We Do In The Shadows, HBO\u2019s How To with John Wilson, Netflix\u2019s One Piece & Derry Girls, & Disney Plus\u2019s Ahsoka.
\nNews Break \u2013 Alex, Bill, and Josh break down the latest on the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes and the AMPTP\u2019s couldn\u2019t 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 \u2060Entertainment Community Fund\u2060.
\nStreaming Wars \u2013 Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a streamer they think \u201cwon the month\u201d 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 S2, and Doctor Who all receiving premiere dates, and the Loki S2 trailer dropping to huge numbers\u2060. 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.
\nNew Series Spotlight \u2013 Alex, Bill, & Josh review the new MGM+ series The Winter King, based on Bernard Cornwell\u2019s The Warlord Chronicles book series. Adapted for TV by Kate Brooke & Ed Whitmore. The series 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\u2019s half brother and the king\u2019s only living heir. The series also features Valene Kane & Stuart Campbell.