TV Break: July 2026 - Reviews of The Bear, House of the Dragon, Widow's Bay, X-Men '97, Not Suitable For Work + Explaining Comcast's NBCUniversal Spinoff

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break’s Director of Podcasting 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 Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, HBO Max’s House of the Dragon and My Adventures with Superman, AppleTV’s Widow’s Bay and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, and Disney Plus’s The Bear, Not Suitable For Work, and X-Men ‘97. Newsbreak – This month, they are discussing the news that Comcast plans to spinoff NBCUniversal into a stand alone media corporation, potentially as a first step in a larger media merger.Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh each selected their top streamer of the month. Josh opted for Peacock on the strength of Love Island, as well as their being the exclusive streaming home of Super Mario Galaxy and Spanish Language World Cup coverage. Alex went all in on Tubi after it’s parent company Fox purchased the to digital TV distributor and a key Tubi rival in the FAST market, Roku. Meanwhile, Bill handed it to Disney Plus after the historically high NBA Finals ratings, new season drops from The Bear and X-Men ‘97, and becoming the exclusive home of Hoppers and Avatar: Fire & Ash!New Series Spotlight  – This month Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss HBO’s Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, a new series from Barack and Michelle Obama and Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David that attempts to answer the question, would the 90 historical kids cartoon Hysteria be better if it starred Larry David.