TV Break: December 2023 - The Best Series, Biggest Stories, & Most Important Streamers of 2023

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:


New Series Spotlight Rewind – Alex, Bill, and Josh check back in
on all the series they covered in their New Series Spotlight
segment this year to see which shows they actually kept up with
and which fell by the wayside.


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the single story that
they each believe was the biggest for the world of TV this past
year. Bill & Josh both opted with the October news that
the WGA strike was finally over, while Alex
handed it over to June’s news that the WGA strike had
begun. Either way you slice it, Hollywood’s strike
season was center stage.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Josh check in on the standings
for the past year of who won the most months in streaming before
giving their own picks for who won the year, where they all
agreed that Netflix, like a phoenix from the streaming wars’
ashes, rose again to dominate all comers in 2023.


The Beast Series of 2023 – Bill, Josh, and Alex each give their
favorite series of the year, and two honorable mentions, which
you can check out below!




Bill’s Series of the Year - Ahsoka (One Piece, The Last of
Us)




Josh’s Series of the Year - Attack on Titan (Ahsoka,
Shrinking)




Alex’s Series of the Year - Succession (Reservation Dogs, The
Bear)




Finally, the hosts close out 2023 by circling back to their Most
Anticipated Series of 2023 from this past January to see how
their collective optimism and enthusiasm paid off.