TV Break: 2025 TV Preview Plus Netflix Reigns Supreme & Black Doves Takes Flight

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 Creature Commandos, Disney Plus’s Skeleton Crew
& What If, and Netflix’s No Good Deed. 


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a streamer they
think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows
announced etc. All three hosts had to hand it to Netflix for
thoroughly dominating the holidays with record breaking NFL
games, music performances by Beyonce, Sabrina Carpenter, &
Chapelle Roan, comedy specials from Jaimie Fox and Nate Bargatze,
hit TV shows like Squid Game and Black Doves, and hit movies like
Carry On, The Six Triple Eight, and Emilia Perez, which has also
become an awards season juggernaut.


New Series Spotlight – This month, we are reviewing Netflix’s
Black Doves. The series was created by British TV vet Joe Barton,
and follows Helen Webb, a politician's wife by day and covert spy
by night, who attempts to unwind the mysterious conspiracy
surrounding her lover's death without blowing her cover. The
series stars Academy Award nominee Kiera Knightly as Helen,
alongside her best friend and trigger man Sam, played by Ben
Whishaw, and her shadowy handler Mrs. Reade, played by UK TV
legend Sarah Lancashire.


Most Anticipated Series of 2025 – Alex, Bill, and Josh break down
their five most anticipated series of the year, along with some
runners-up as they kick off 2025.Josh 


Stranger Things S5


Severance S2


Daredevil: Born Again


Andor S2


Wednesday S2


Bill 


Daredevil: Born Again


Stranger Things S5


Andor S2


The Last of Us S2


Wednesday S2


Alex 


The Studio


White Lotus S3


Severance S2


Daredevil: Born Again


The Bear S4