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SDCC 2018 – Interview with Emily Whitesell and Eric Wald from Siren

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 1 (July 19, 2018)

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Emily Whitesell and Eric Wald, the showrunners of the Freeform hit series, Siren. Eric and Emily spoke on a range of issues including doling out story in the larger season and continuing to tell non-traditional relationship stories without judgment.

“Disney books is going to be creating a novel that tells a lot of that backstory of Charles Pownall and the mermaid, so they’re really going to dig into that. The origin story of that.”

Emily Whitesell and Eric Wald at 2018 San Diego Comic Con

After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Eric and Emily, as well as video of the full interview!

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What To Watch – Thursday, August 16, 2018

What To Watch Tonight? Well, Thursdays are … not great. But, we still have brand new Queen of the South (Our Top Pick To Watch Tonight!), as well as Snowfall and (the just cancelled) Shooter.

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What To Watch – Wednesday, August 15, 2018

What To Watch this Wednesday Night? Well, there are several high quality choices to choose from, including an all new The Sinner and Suits. Earlier in the night, we have new MasterChef, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell & Back and a whole night of new ID shows.

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2018 San Diego Comic Con: Interview with Ally Maki of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 3 (July 21, 2018)

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Ally Maki who plays Mina Hess on the Freeform hit series, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Ally spoke on a range of issues including Mina’s relationship with her father, exploring Colony Collapse more in Season 2, and creating a new Asian-American character in the Marvel Universe.

“I think at the end of the day, she really just wants to create change.”

After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Ally, as well as video of the full interview!

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2018 San Diego Comic Con: Interview with Emma Lahana of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 3 (July 21, 2018)

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Emma Lahana who plays Detective Brigid O’Reilly on the Freeform hit series, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Emma spoke on a range of issues including her trials and tribulations as Season 1 comes to an end and how O’Reilly is dealing with her actions this season. She is NOT spilling secrets about Mayhem …

“She’s not your average TV female character. That’s what I really loved as well.”

After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Emma, as well as video of the full interview!

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2018 San Diego Comic Con: Interview with Joe Pokaski of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 3 (July 21, 2018)

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Joe Pokaski, creator and showrunner of the Freeform hit series, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Joe spoke on a range of issues including Mayhem and the benefit of having a diverse writer’s room.

“I’ve learned over my life to never try to decipher what Jeph Loeb says; if everyone can do the same, we can all sleep better.” – Joe Pokaski, on when C&D will return for Season 2

After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Joe, as well as video of the full interview!

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2018 San Diego Comic Con: Interview with Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 3 (July 21, 2018)

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph, stars of the Freeform hit series, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. The duo spoke on a range of issues including the responsibilities of telling difficult topics and things that are keeping Tyrone and Tandy apart.

“I live for the Cloak and Dagger montages; it’s like what I’m obsessed with in our show. So I think a lot of those montages showcase what it’s like to be them.” – Olivia Holt

Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt at 2018 San Diego Comic Con

After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Olivia and Aubrey, as well as video of the full interview!

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San Diego Comic Con 2018: Interview with Sergio Osuna

2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 1 (July 19, 2018)

Late in the day on Day 1 of this year’s San Diego Comic Con, The Magicians (and Colony) fan favorite, Sergio Osuna, was nice enough to sit down with me for a 25 minute, one on one conversation. The topics discussed, included the Colony finale, Season 4 of The Magicians, and a new short film Sergio is working on.

After the jump, read excerpts of our conversation. The entire conversation is posted at the end of the article.

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What To Watch – Tuesday, August 14, 2018

What To Watch Tonight features the season premiere of ID’s Murder By Numbers, as well as new Carter and Making It.

Most importantly, on Twitter, at 10p (EST), we’ll be live tweeting our next TWO installments of the LOST Series re-watch with Episodes 21 and 22: “The Greater Good” (a Sayid episode) and “Born To Run” (a Kate episode)! Follow me on Twitter (@Popcultureview) and tweet along with us! We have to go back!

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TV Recap: Better Call Saul – You.Are.Mine.

Better Call Saul
“Breathe” (Episode 402)
August 13, 2018

Last week on the season premiere of Better Call Saul, we learned that Chuck did indeed die in the season 3-ending house fire. Most of the season premiere revolved around Jimmy, Kim and Howard getting ready to bury the oldest McGill brother while Mike literally went to work at Madrigal.

Catch up on the entire episode with our deep dive recap & review here.

Time for Jimmy to start moving on and moving forward which brings us to tonight’s episode, “Breathe.” Our recap and review … after the jump (Spoilers Beware)!

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