TV Break: January 2021 - Mr. Mayor; Marvel Legends; Doctor Who; and Quibi Moves to Roku

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 Marvel Legends; BBC America's The Watch &
Doctor Who; and Season 1 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars


News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the surprising news
that Roku has purchased the rights to 75 Quibi originals to air
on their ad-supported streaming platform, The Roku Channel, later
this year, check out Roku's statement for more.


Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Josh pick a streamer they think
“won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows
announced etc. Bill & Josh decide Netflix won the month with
their splashy debut of the Shonda Rhimes period soap Bridgerton
and their big announcement of all the movies that are headed to
their service this year. Meanwhile, Alex went a different
direction, handing the prize to HBO Max for the way they owned
the holiday season with the most talked about film (Wonder Woman
1984) and TV series (The Flight Attendant).


Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, and Josh watched Mr. Mayor, the
latest from 30 Rock's Tina Fey & Robert Carlock so you don't
have to. They found the cast to be tremendously talented, though
better served in past projects (check out Vella Lovell in this
excellent musical number from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend to see what we
mean), the writing to be pretty stale, and the premise to be tone
deaf at best.