TV Break: May 2021 - Star Wars: The Bad Batch; The Falcon & The Winter Soldier Finale; Mare of Easttown; & Rutherford Falls

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, and Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from
the last month including Disney+'s The Falcon & The Winter
Soldier & Star Wars: The Bad Batch; The CW’s Batwoman; &
HBO’s Mare of Easttown.


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the
shrinking of the cable industry as media companies begin
shuttering some of their channels and shift more programming,
including live sports, to their streamers.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Josh pick a
streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows
airing/upcoming shows announced etc. This month, everyone had a
different horse in the race. Bill chose Amazon thanks to their
recent NFL deal and their hit R-rated superhero animated series
Invincible. Meanwhile, Josh advocated for Netflix after its
recent awards season haul and the premiere of their new series
Shadow & Bone and films The Mitchels vs. The Machines and
Army of the Dead, and Alex stuck up for IMDbTV after a slew of
new originals were announced including shows from Dick Wolfe and
Michael Shurr


Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, and Josh watched
Peacock’s Ed Helms starring sitcom Rutherford Falls.