TV Break: September 2023 - Ahsoka S1 Dazzles; Reservation Dogs S3 Dominates; MGM+’s The Winter King Debuts; & AMPTP Dooms WGA Negotiations

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 My Adventures with Superman,
Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, FX’s What We Do In The Shadows, HBO’s
How To with John Wilson, Netflix’s One Piece & Derry Girls,
& Disney Plus’s Ahsoka.


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh break down the
latest on the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes and the AMPTP’s
couldn’t failure to read the room with the unions and the public.
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enduring a financial hardship with no end in site, please donate
to the ⁠Entertainment Community Fund⁠.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a
streamer they think “won the month” 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. 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.


New Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, & Josh
review the new MGM+ series The Winter King,
based on Bernard Cornwell’s 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’s half brother and the king’s only
living heir. The series also features Valene Kane & Stuart
Campbell.