Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa on Embracing the 1950s with Season 7 of ‘Riverdale’

March 29, 2023March 30, 2023 Sophia Soto

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the creator of Riverdale, which is based on characters from the Archie Comics. New episodes of the seventh and final season will continue to air Wednesdays at 9 PM ET on The CW. This interview will include spoilers for the season premiere, episode 7×01, “Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don’t Worry Darling.”

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New ‘Star Wars’ Series for Preschoolers Focuses on ‘Young Jedi Adventures’

March 28, 2023March 29, 2023 Laura Sirikul

Star Wars parents rejoice!!! We finally have a Star Wars series for our little ones!

Disney+ and Disney Junior will finally have a series meant for your Jedi younglings who are of preschool age called Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. The new original animated series will premiere on Star Wars Day aka May the 4th.

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‘Quantum Leap’ Finale Plans to Answer Many Mysteries — Including Leaper X

March 28, 2023March 29, 2023 Laura Sirikul

With the shocking events of this past season of Quantum Leap, the series has a lot of explaining to do. After the reveal of Ziggy being the mole, the team is shocked on what this means for Ben (Raymond Lee) coming home and Addison’s (Caitlin Bassett) fate. Everyone is still reeling from the shocking reveal, especially Ian (Mason Alexander Park) whose whole life was about bringing Ziggy back to life from the original program. So, has Ziggy gone evil? Has A.I. become self-aware and now plotting for revenge? Executive producer Dean Georgaris assures us that isn’t the case.

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Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron, and Aaron Tveit Talk ‘Schmigadoon!’

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Sophia Soto

Schmigadoon! returns with a six-episode sophomore season that features all new original songs and guest stars. Before the premiere on Wednesday, April 5, I had the pleasure of interviewing Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron, and Aaron Tveit.

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Neil Patrick Harris to Appear as Barney Stinson in ‘How I Met Your Father’ Mid-Season Finale

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 Kelly Martinez

Legen… wait for it… dary! Barney Stinson is officially back in town. Neil Patrick Harris will reprise his How I Met Your Mother character in the upcoming mid-season finale of Hulu’s sitcom How I Met Your Father.

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30 Years Later, It’s Back to Action with the OG ‘Power Rangers’

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 William B West

This week, Netflix released the hotly anticipated trailer for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always anniversary special. Thirty years may have passed since their debut, but when it comes to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the more things change the more they stay the same.

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Navia Robinson on ‘Gotham Knights’ and Reimagining Our Heroes

March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 LaKase

The CW’s Gotham Knights takes place in a world we might all recognize, but for Navia Robinson it represents a turning point in how the audience can connect with — and visualize — our heroes. As Navia astutely noted in the course of our conversation, the world is changing, and our caped crusaders have a chance to change right along with it, leaving us all the better for it.

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Prime Video Reveals the Opening Minutes of ‘The Power’

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Mike Manalo

The Power is coming! The highly anticipated series from Prime Video is hitting streaming at the end of the month. The dynamic and gritty sci-fi drama stars Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli’i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, and an ensemble of really talented individuals. And today they’ve dropped a first look at the series!

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Indira Varma and Tahar Rahim on their Roles in the New Apple TV+ Series, ‘Extrapolations’

March 17, 2023March 24, 2023 Swara Salih

We interview Indira Varma and Tahar Rahim of the new Apple TV+ series, Extrapolations, which explores the global near future effects of climate change.

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RADIANCE Gala Celebrates API Women and Non-Binary Luminaries in Entertainment

March 17, 2023March 22, 2023 Laura Sirikul

CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the organization leading the charge for API in entertainment, has announced their inaugural event RADIANCE, celebrating the achievements of API Women and Non-Binary luminaries in entertainment. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 21 at The Ebell in Los Angeles.

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NOC Exclusive Clip: It’s Time for the ‘Wolf Pack’ Season Finale

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Sophia Soto

To celebrate the season one finale of Wolf Pack, which is streaming on Paramount+, The Nerds of Color is excited to share an exclusive clip featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tyler Lawrence Gray, Chloe Rose Robertson, and Rodrigo Santoro. The show is based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom and also stars Armani Jackson and Bella Shepard.

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Atsuko Okatsuka’s Grandmother Comes Clean in ‘Made From Scratch’ Clip

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Keith Chow

Fuse’s standout original series Made From Scratch invites viewers into the kitchens of their favorite celebrities, like comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, as they cook their favorite dishes while sharing their most cherished memories with loved ones.

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‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Cast and Crew on the Power of Representation

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Michael Lee

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, currently airing on Disney Channel and streaming on Disney+, follows Lunella Lafayette is a 13-year-old genius living with her parents and grandparents in the Lower East Side of New York. One day, she activates a portal and a red, horned Tyrannosaurus steps out of it. Together, the two fight crime, while also addressing the importance of representation and the need to talk about social issues like gentrification.

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Showrunners Bob Berens and Christina Kim on the ‘Kung Fu’ Season Finale and Future

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Laura Sirikul

Kung Fu’s season finale aired last week with a happy ending for our Shooby gang as they embraced their future. With season 4 still up in the air, the showrunners Robert “Bob” Berens and Christina Kim wanted to give the series a fitting goodbye to at least this chapter of Nicky Shen’s (Olivia Liang) story.

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Tati Gabrielle Discusses Season 4 of ‘You’ and Marienne’s Fate

March 13, 2023 Sophia Soto

Tati Gabrielle stars Marienne Bellamy in You. Part 1 and Part 2 of season four are currently streaming on Netflix.

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‘American Born Chinese’ Premieres May 24 on Disney+

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 Laura Sirikul

The anticipated Disney+ original series American Born Chinese has a premiere date — May 24! In honor of Everything Everywhere All At Once‘s Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu, all who all appear in American Born Chinese, Disney+ released a 30-second TV spot that will air during tonight’s Oscars telecast commercial breaks.

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Nick Kroll Explains Why Making ‘History of the World, Part II’ was a Career Highlight

March 10, 2023March 12, 2023 Sophia Soto

Nick Kroll wrote, executive produced, and stars in History of the World, Part II. The series serves as a sequel to the classic Mel Brooks film, History of the World, Part I, and features a variety of sketches that take viewers through different periods of human history. All episodes are now streaming on Hulu.

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Jay Ellis, Josh Gad, and Zazie Beetz Talk ‘History of the World, Part II’

March 10, 2023 Sophia Soto

Jay Ellis, Josh Gad, and Zazie Beetz are taking viewers through different periods of human history in History of the World, Part II. The series serves as a sequel to the Mel Brooks film, History of the World, Part I. All episodes are currently streaming on Hulu.

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Jayden Ham, Jaba Keh, and Viva Lee on Bringing K-Culture in Nickelodeon’s ‘Bossy Bear’

March 10, 2023March 9, 2023 Laura Sirikul

Based on the popular children’s books by David Horvath, Bossy Bear is now a television series on Nickelodeon. It is produced by Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, the creative team behind the popular plush toys UglyDolls, and gives a deeper backstory for extrovert Bossy Bear (Jayden Ham) and his best friend and introvert Turtle (Jaba Keh) as they go through some fun adventures, including some Korean American-inspired situations like show-and-tell Korean food and making kimchi.

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Javicia Leslie on Playing ‘Red Death’ in the Final Season of ‘The Flash’

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Swara Salih

We speak with the one and only Javicia Leslie, AKA Red Death on The Flash, about the experience of taking the role of a villain!

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Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes on ‘History of the World, Part II’

March 7, 2023 Sophia Soto

Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes write, executive produce, and star in History of the World, Part II. The series serves as a sequel to the Mel Brooks film, History of the World, Part I, and features a variety of sketches that take viewers through different periods of human history. Two new episodes drop daily on Hulu, with the finale on Thursday, March 9.

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Check Out the New Trailer for Hulu’s ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Sophia Soto

Hulu has just released the trailer and key art for its new limited series, Tiny Beautiful Things, based on Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling book. The cast includes Kathryn Hahn, Sarah Pidgeon, Quentin Plair, and Tanzyn Crawford.

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Cracking the Case with the Cast and Producers of HBO Max’s ‘Perry Mason’

March 6, 2023 Mike Manalo

In 2020, Executive Producers (and geniuses) Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey unveiled a gritty HBO Max reboot of the iconic legal hero, Perry Mason, to the world. Audiences who were unsure of how the change in tone would work for the 1930s character were quickly wowed by the grounded, and relevant take on the character Team Downey, the cast, and the showrunners took with the material.