TV Break: May 2024 - Shogun's Finale Shines, Dead Boy Detectives Prompt Debate, and X-Men '97 Maintains Excellence PLUS Amazon & Disney Land NBA Deal?!?

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 FX’s Shogun, Disney Plus’s X-Men ‘97 and
Bluey, Max’s The Girls on the Bus, and Prime Video’s
Fallout. 


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh react to the
news that⁠ Amazon and Disney may have just boxed out
Warner Bros. Discovery in the fight over NBA broadcast
rights.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a
streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows
airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill & Alex both gave
the month to Disney Plus on the back of its buzzy series like
Shogun, X-Men ‘97, Bluey, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and its
successful Hulu integration.


Meanwhile, Josh gave it to Netflix, thanks to, among other
things, the triumphant return of Is This Cake?.


New Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, & Josh
review Dead Boy Detectives⁠, Netflix’s
adaptation of the comic book characters created by Neil Gaimon
& Matt Wagner. The series was created by Supernatural &
The Flight Attendant writer Steve Yockey, and stars George
Rexstrew & Jayden Revri as the titular Dead Boy Detectives
and Kassius Nelson as their new psychic friend Crystal
Palace.