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.