TV Break: May 2026 - Reviews of Daredevil: Born Again, Widows Bay, This is a Gardening Show, Frieren + Netflix Debuts Vertical Clips!

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.This month Alex is continuing his work to get Suits: LA back on the air, so this month Josh & Bill are flying solo.Here’s the format of the show:The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month  – Bill, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including: Netflix’s Frieren Season 2 and This is a Gardening Show, Demons of the Shadow Realm on Crunchyroll, and  Disney Plus' Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and Maul: Shadow Lord.Newsbreak – This month, they are discussing the news of Netflix adding “clips” feed on vertical video on their mobile app. This feed will feature YouTube Shorts/TikTok-esque clips from current shows and movies as well as past favorites. Disney+ has done something similar called “Verts.” Bill and Josh discuss this and if it’ll work … and if they’re too old to be the target audience.Streaming Wars – Bill, & Josh each selected their top streamer of the month. Josh honorably mentions HBO MAX due to the buzz around Euphoria Season 3, The Pitt and its finale, but ultimately picks AppleTV. This is due to the new series Widows Bay which has received high reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. There’s also Shrinking Season 3, the return of F1 Racing, For All Mankind and Ted Lasso, the success of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and the new season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Meanwhile Bill gives it to Disney+/Hulu/ESPN due to May being a huge month for Star Wars, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and Zootopia 2 as well its sports presentation of the NFL Draft, the NBA Playoffs, Savanna Bananas, and their first broadcast Wrestlemania.New Series Spotlight  – This month Bill and Josh return to TV Break’s most watched streamer (that could be a lie) AppleTV for Widows Bay. The series was created, written and produced by Katie Dippold who wrote Ghostbusters (2016), The Heat, Spy, and Haunted Mansion … and is a fellow Rutgers University Journalism alumnus like Bill. The series stars Matthew Rhys (The Americans, Perry Mason) as the beleaguered mayor of a small New England island. He’s trying desperately to drum up summer tourism business via a NY Times article, but a mysterious fog and an apparent curse may derail his plans.