Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘Ted Lasso’ finale, ‘Stars on Mars,’ HBO’s ‘The Idol’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including a local fitness instructor/mortgage broker who will attempt to find love on ABC’s “The Bachelorette.”
Benz and Owen break down the “Ted Lasso” finale and ponder the potential for a spin-off. And they discuss how the DGA reached a new deal with the AMPTP averting a directors’ strike and what that might mean for the ongoing writers’ strike.
Owen reviews Fox’s “Stars on Mars,” a dumb but innocuous reality competition that strands a dozen households names on a fake Martian colony, and HBO’s “The Idol,” a risqué but boring drama about a Britney Spears-like pop star attempting to stage a comeback after a mental breakdown.
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