TV Break: July 2023 - Secret Invasion Stumbles; Black Mirror Returns; Tom Holland Tries His Best; & The Best of 2023 TV So Far

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,
Josh, and special guest Courtney Stevenson talk about a
show/episode/event they liked from the last month including
Netflix’s Black Mirror and The Way of the House Husband; AppleTV
Plus’s Platonic and The Crowded Room, and FreeVee’s Jury Duty.


News Break – Alex, Bill, Josh, and Courtney all
skip the news this month to discuss their top tv shows of the
first half of 2023, including in depth discussions of The Bear,
From, Shrinking, The Other Two, Ted Lasso, Demonslayer, and more.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Josh, and Courtney pick a
streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows
airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Josh and Courtney agreed
that Netflix had the best month after their major Tudum news
event, new TV series like Black Mirror S6, The Witcher S3 Part 1,
and Queen Charlotte, and new movies such as Extraction 2 and
Namona. Meanwhile, Alex makes the case for Hulu after The Bear’s
second season launches big, they secure the rights to SXSW
favorite Anna Kendrick/Andy Samberg comedy Self Reliance, and
they drop trailers for Justified: City of Primeval, What We Do In
The Shadows, and Reservation Dog. Ryan Murphy leaving Netflix for
Disney is also discussed.


New Series Spotlight – Alex, Josh, and Courtney
review Secret Invasion,Disney Plus’s first MCU series since last
fall’s SheHulk, starring Samuel L Jackson as Agent Nick
Fury. 


The series, created by Mr. Robot writer Kyle Bradstreet and
directed by Ali Selim, follows Fury as he returns to Earth to
deal with an emergent threat from the shapeshifting Skrulls. Ben
Mendelsohn’s Talos and Don Cheadle’s Rhodey both return, while
Academy Award winner Olivia Coleman, Emilia Clarke, and Kingsley
Ben-Adir make their MCU debuts to round out the cast.