TV Break: August 2024 - NBA's Landmark TV Deal, House of the Dragon's Epic Season, Peacock Olympic Month & Batman: Caped Crusader's Fresh Take

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 HBO’s House of the Dragon S2 &
Fantasmas S1, Max’s My Adventure with Superman S2, and Netflix’s
Blue Eye Samurai. 


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh breakdown all
the details in the ⁠NBA’s landmark TV rights
deal⁠ with Disney, NBCUniversal, and Amazon, as well as
where things stand with Warner Bros. Discovery.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a
streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows
airing/upcoming shows announced etc. This time, all three agree
Peacock won the month thanks to ⁠its extremely
successful, wall to wall over of the Paris Olympics⁠, as
well as the big role it will play in the future of the NBA after
the aforementioned TV deal and some other notable pieces of
content like WWE Summer Slam and Monkey Man hitting their
app. 


New Series Spotlight – This month, they reviewed
Amazon Prime Video’s ⁠Batman: Caped Crusader.⁠
The series was created by Bruce Timm, one of the creators of the
iconic 1990s series Batman: The Animated Series, along with JJ
Abrams, Matt Reeves, and comic legend Ed Brubaker as executive
producers. The series stars Hamish Linklater as the dark knight
himself, and takes place in a 1930s set Gotham, where Batman has
just recently hit the scene. All 10 episodes of the first season
are now available on Prime Video.