THE FANDOM ZONE 149: "Colony Collapse" is Up!

"You are Tyrone freakin' Johnson!  Baller, lady killer, master of space…if not time.  You don’t need a cloak for all that."

-- Tandy "Dagger" Bowen to Tyrone "Cloak" Johnson, Cloak & Dagger: "Colony Collapse" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x06: "Les Enfants du Sang"

Cloak & Dagger 1x10: "Colony Collapse"  (Season Finale)

Luke Cage 2x07: "On and On"

Wynonna Earp 3x03: "Colder Weather"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Karen's Wonder Woman Pez dispenser, my copy of Hellblazer (vol.2) #24, why it's okay to be optimistic for the new Supergirl movie, Terry Jones' really fat guy in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, ranking the Monty Python films, Eccarius and the Children of Blood, Cassidy being freaked out by Eccarius' vampire powers, Jesse and Tulip's soul heist, gross saliva security devices, T.C.'s petting zoo distraction, Karen being surprised by Herr Starr's head looking like a penis, Herr Starr's awkward dinner with Allfather D'Aronique, Brigid O'Reilly becoming Mayhem, the history of the Divine Pairings, Cloak & Dagger's shoutout to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, finally getting a taste of Tyrone & Tandy as Cloak & Dagger, Chocolate Frosted Shredded Cloaks, getting a piranha tank for a guy nicknamed Piranha, Shades taking his best friend Comanche off the board, Luke and Misty both thinking the other is their sidekick, Phil Hartman's drawn-on mustache, Waverly being upset that Officer Haught wants to be eaten by vultures after she dies, what happens to us after we die, Dolls' mini-casket, new feedback from Justina, my special shoutout to Justina, my jumbo nasal polyps, Karen's WarCraft role-playing blog post, Patrick Stewart returning to Star Trek, our upcoming 150th episode, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for our big 150th episode, as Karen and I are joined by my Next Stop Everywhere and TitanTalk co-host Jesse Jackson!  We'll review new episodes of Syfy's Wynonna Earp, AMC's Preacher, and Netflix's Luke Cage, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 148: "The Basement" is Up!

"Where’s my money, honey?"

-- Luke Cage to Raymond "Piranha" Jones, Luke Cage: "The Basement" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x05: "The Coffin"

Cloak & Dagger 1x09: "Back Breaker"

Luke Cage 2x06: The Basement"

Wynonna Earp 3x02: "When You Call My Name"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Wynonna Earp getting renewed for Season 4, getting a bunch of Preacher comic references on the TV series, the long-awaited debuts of John Wayne allegory The Duke and the Allfather D'Aronique, the Riddler's riddle about a cigarette lighter, Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London", Gran'ma's Pulp Fiction moment and Gollum Hair, Cassidy's vampire dating app Bite Me, Humperdoo's tapdancing, more of Karen confusing Evita with Elvira, that awkward moment when Brigid O'Reilly gets the crap kicked out of her by Connors in a cop bar and her fellow cops just stand around and watch, that awkward moment when Tyrone discovers that Father Delgado hit and killed a kid while driving drunk, Tandy using her hope-stealing powers as another drug, that awkward moment when Evita realizes Tandy is the second half of the Diving Pairing, that awkward moment when Liam steals Tandy's secret money stash, Luke and Piranha hiding out in an old theater, Piranha getting a backstory, Luke being slightly naive in trusting Bushmaster to fight fair, Luke's invulnerability not preventing him from drowning, Misty turning in her police badge and gun, Misty not just looking like RoboCop, Shades and Comanche revealing their close prison relationship, that awkward moment when Wynonna wakes up on the side of cliff face and hallucinates her mom, Waverly explaining to Wynonna where booby traps are...using her boobs, wondering if we've actually seen the last of Dolls, some Twitter feedback from Patrick Lugo and Ken from Chicago, the animated version of the Aquaman movie trailer, why you should bring your Kleenex boxes to Star Wars: Episode IX, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the Season One finale of Freeform's Cloak and Dagger, along with new episodes of Syfy's Wynonna Earp, AMC's Preacher, and Netflix's Luke Cage, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 147: "Blood Red and Going Down" is Up!

"Also, we're keeping your stripper bus." 

-- Wynonna Earp, Wynonna Earp: "Blood Red and Going Down" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x04: "The Tombs"

Cloak & Dagger 1x08: "Ghost Stories"

Luke Cage 2x05: All Souled Out"

Wynonna Earp 3x01: Blood Red and Going Down"  (Season Premiere)

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like our new show intro, Cassidy needing better quotes, Wynonna Earp using country songs as episode titles, Jesse pushing away the people he loves to keep them away from Gran'ma, Jesse and Cassidy having a type, Tulip wanting girlfriends, the Saint of Killers meeting the Devil, Satan wanting to keep his perfect record, Cassidy pulling a Hannibal Lecter move, finally getting to see Cloak wearing his cloak, women writers literally fridging a male character, the awkward dinner SNL sketch, Tandy making Tyrone's parents confront the anniversary of their other son's death, Tyrone pretending to be the ghost of his dead brother to get Connors to confess, Mariah obsessing over her new family center's opening, more love for MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This", Luke pointing out to Piranha that he bought a prison jumpsuit that wasn't his, Luke brushing off a selfie ninja, the Jonathan Harris Dr. Smith, Misty's new bionic arm, Wynonna acting like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the mystery of Wynonna's mom, Doc taking the loss of Alice even harder than Wynonna, Jeremy's Groucho Marx mustache, the mystery of the Contessa, Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman, some new feedback from Justina, running down the news from San Diego Comic-Con 2018, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review new episodes of Syfy's Wynonna Earp, AMC's Preacher, Netflix's Luke Cage, and Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 146: "Gonna Hurt" is Up!

"I’m a bloody vampire in Voodoo Disneyland.  I should be their main attraction." 

-- Proinsias Cassidy, Preacher: "Gonna Hurt" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x03: "Gonna Hurt"

Cloak & Dagger 1x07: "Lotus Eaters"

Luke Cage 2x04: "I Get Physical"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like my copy of Black Lightning (vol.1) #1, Karen missing the Atlanta Comic Con, God riding on a Harley in a Dalmatian costume with a biker chick, Tulip being willing to go toe-to-toe with the Almighty, Tulip trying to get Madame Boyd to help her break Gran'ma's voodoo spell over Jesse, Cassidy wanting use a Voodoo Rufie on Tulip, Cassidy's awkward vampire healing, Disney's Hercules, my hindsight being nearsighted, Jesse as ringmaster of The Tombs, why Groundhog Day stories are lazy, Tandy talking to her dead father on the phone, Tyrone's recording of his dead brother rapping, Olivia Holt being a good actress, D.W. selling videos of Luke getting sucker-punched by Bushmaster, Mariah spiraling into a really hard fall, Luke and Nightshade flirting with one another, Misty getting an invite for a bionic arm, Bobby Fish bailing on Luke to give his daughter a kidney, some new feedback from Justina, the Reddit thread about Thanos being right, my upcoming sinus surgery, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the Season 3 premiere of Syfy's Wynonna Earp, along with new episodes of AMC's Preacher, Netflix's Luke Cage and Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 145: "Funhouse Mirrors" is Up!

"You’re gonna do your hope thing on her?"
"Use what you got, right?  You can too."
"I can what?"
"Use people’s nightmares against them.  Maybe you can get some leverage on this kid with the gun?  Steal his job."
"I guess we’re both out for different lives."
"The further adventures of the scientist and the criminal."

-- Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen, Cloak & Dagger: "Funhouse Mirrors" 

You guessed it, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x02: "Sonsabitches"

Cloak & Dagger 1x06: "Funhouse Mirrors"

Luke Cage 2x03: "Wig Out"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like my favorite podcast partners, Batman and Catwoman's wedding in Batman (vol.3) #50, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner and the origin of the term "fridging", Misty Knight and Colleen Wing in a bar fight, Karen identifying with Misty Knight, teasing Misty's bionic arm, that awkward moment after you've punched several fist-sized holes in the wall being angry with your girlfriend, Luke and Claire trying to one-up one another about who's more racially oppressed, Luke getting no respect from old Jamaican guys in Brooklyn, Cassidy thinking melatonin is a form of skin cancer, why you're an idiot if you're skipping payments on a voodoo practicioner, why you shouldn't come between Tulip and her beer can targets, Cassidy being an expert at misdirection, that awkward moment when you screw up Jesse getting the rest of his soul back from Herr Starr, Herr Starr in India, more of Karen confusing Evita with Elvira, Tyrone and Tandy going against their standard personality types, wondering why eco-warrior Mina is working for Roxxon Oil, Tyrone going on a ridealong with drug dealers, that awkward moment when Detective O'Reilly kills the guy who was a witness to the murder of Tyrone's brother, Aunt Chantelle being played by a horrible actress, Tyrone and Tandy being the Divine Pairing, some new feedback from Justina, our new Fandom Zone Instagram account, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review new episodes of AMC's Preacher, Netflix's Luke Cage and Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 144: "Angelville" is Up!

"Bullshit.  She'll come back.  She has to come back."

-- Jesse Custer, Preacher: "Angelville" 

That's right, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 3x01: "Angelville"  (Season Premiere)  

Cloak & Dagger 1x05: "Princeton Offense"

Luke Cage 2x02: "Straighten It Out"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Felicia Day's Twitchstream, Betty Buckley as Gran'ma L'Angelle, Tulip being mostly dead as opposed to all dead, Cassidy viewing his one-night stand with Tulip as a relationship, Gran'ma cutting her daughter's stomach open just to retrieve a swallowed picture, Cassidy eating a scorpion pepper, wanting T.C. and Jody to be more skeevier like they are in the comics, Tulip reliving her childhood as a sitcom in purgatory, the awkward moment when Cassidy tells Jesse that he and Tulip had sex, Tulip's love of Boo-Berry cereal, Tyrone intentionally tanking his foul shot to win the state championship, Cloak & Dagger not beating you over the head with social messages like Supergirl, Tandy infiltrating an escort service in a schoolgirl uniform, Detective O'Reilly doing lines of cocaine to pretend to be a dirty cop, Luke Cage's exhibition for New York Jets' coach Todd Bowles and ESPN, the greatness of Bobby Fish, Mariah having zero respect for Comanche, Misty getting all kinds of crap from her coworkers, Claire needing to back the hell off of Luke, the awkward moment when Luke beats the hell out of an abused kid's father right in front of the abused kid, Karen glimpsing ahead in her life of cougaring, Justina ghosting us, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review new episodes of AMC's Preacher, Netflix's Luke Cage and Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 143: "Soul Brother #1" is Up!

"I'm Luke Cage.  You can't burn me, you can't blast me, and you definitely can't break me.  You wanna test me?  Step up!  I'm right here.  I ain't goin' nowhere.  You know where to find me.  I am Harlem...and Harlem is me."

-- Luke Cage, Luke Cage: "Soul Brother #1" 

That's right, Karen and I are back with a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Supergirl 3x23: "Battles Lost and Won"  (Season Finale)  

Cloak & Dagger 1x04: "Call/Response"

Luke Cage 2x01: "Soul Brother #1"  (Season Premiere)

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like wanting Supergirl to find a cure for M'yrnn, M'yrnn's YouTube tribute video, realizing that an anagram of Neo is One, Superman not spinning the Earth backward to go back in time in the first Superman movie, Brainiac 5 needing to permanently ditch his horrible makeup, the Mark Millar limited series Superman: Red Son, Alex getting her promotion to director of the DEO because she's the only one left, Karen's file name First World Problems, Tyrone trying to live a perfect life because he thinks his family blames him for his brother's death, Tyrone's stupid plan of faking a police report, that awkward moment when your dad reveals he has history with a local gang, Tyrone finding his foreshadowing cloak, that awkward moment when the lawyer you think is no good for your mom is actually a decent dude, Lucy Liu directing an episode of Luke Cage, Nick Fury's support for the United Negro College Fund, the creepiness of Mariah making out with Shades, that awkward moment when you shoot Luke Cage with a Judas bullet and it doesn't hurt him, Reg E. Cathey as Luke's dad, new feedback from Justina, Tom Ellis' naked butt being censored, Karen joining Jesse Jackson and I on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the Season 3 premiere of AMC's Preacher, along with new episodes of Netflix's Luke Cage and Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 117: "eXposed" is Up!

"We need to go after Lorna.  We get a team together, we --"
"And do what, hunh?  Get one of us killed?  Marcos, we barely got away from a dozen cops. Now you want to take on a hundred?  We can't take this risk right now."
"Then when?  The X-Men, the Brotherhood, we don't even know if they exist anymore.  We are alone.  And we're getting picked off one by one."

– Marcos "Eclipse" Diaz & John "Thunderbird" Proudstar, The Gifted: "eXposed"

Everybody's happy as Karen returns to join me for a big episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x01: "They're Back, Aren't They?"  (Season Premiere)

The Gifted 1x01: "eXposed"  (Series Premiere)

Gotham 4x03: "They Who Hide Behind Masks"

The Defenders 1x06: "Ashes, Ashes"

Inhumans 1x03: "Divide and Conquer"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like most men being babies, the two of us being in complete sync for 5 out of 5 shows, Lucifer pushing episodes from Season 2 to Season 3, the return of Tom Welling, Lucifer being cool if people think he has STDs, the shady Lieutenant Pierce, wondering if Lucifer and Amenadiel are swapping places, wondering what's stopping Lucifer from showing Chloe his angel wings, Max Headroom being twenty minutes into the future, Andy & Lauren going to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Karen's issue with Stan Lee's cameos, speculation about Baron Strucker and the Fenris twins, Gotham's nods to Stephen King, Ra's al Ghul's first resurrection, Alfred's comments about Bruce's acting, wondering if Stabby Babs' insanity was cured by the Lazarus Pit, being frustrated at how poorly Iron Fist is written, Elektra taking out Sigourney Weaver's Alexandra, Jessica Jones not being able to openly express that she cares, losing Scott Glenn as Stick, Karnak going Breaking Bad, Medusa being an unsympathetic character, more of Scott Buck being a horrible showrunner, the bad portrayal of Hawaiian police, Medusa's horrible timing of breaking into prison just as Black Bolt is breaking out of prison, Karen outrapunzeling Rapunzel, learning about bezoars from The Sandman, some new feedback from Justina, the upcoming Constantine animated web series on CW Seed, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as we review the season premieres of The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, along with new episodes of Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, and ABC's Inhumans, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 115: "Pax Penguina" is Up!

"Next time, you can get punched in the face."
"This beautiful mug?  No one would dare."

– Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock, Gotham: "Pax Penguina"

Beginning Season 4 of The Fandom Zone Podcast, Karen and I are back with another new episode!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Gotham 4x01: "Pax Penguina"  (Season Premiere)

The Defenders 1x03: "Worst Behavior"

The Defenders 1x04: "Royal Dragon"

The Defenders 1x05: "Take Shelter"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like beginning Season 4 of TFZ, The Count from Sesame Street on HBO, Bruce Wayne fighting crime as Batteen, Victor Zsasz being far better as Penguin's Number One Guy than Butch Gilzean, Bruce starting his sudden disappearance moves on Gordon, Bruce learning how to balance his life as a crimefighter with his life as Bruce Wayne, Selina being the chaos to Bruce's order, the Scarecrow officially being in play, Eastern mysticism being so alien to Luke Cage, the Defenders finally starting to interact with one another, Alexandra not really being a fan of being dead, the return of Scott Glenn as Stick, Matt Murdock's "I wasn't supposed to be here today" attitude from Clerks, Iron Fist's chi needing a lot of energy, Sigourney Weaver's Alexandra being the wrong choice as the Hand's leader, more of each Defender having a color theme, Elektra breathing in the Daredevil-scented pillow, the upcoming DC Comics crossover on The CW, Russell Tovey being cast as The Ray, an update on Karen's reading goal, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the two-part series premiere of ABC's Inhumans, another new episode of Fox's Gotham and more episodes of Netflix's The Defenders, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 113: "The H Word" is Up!

"You know what your problem is?"
"Sentences that start like that."
"You're not comfortable with what you've become.  Jessica, you are now a full-blown superhe--"
"Do not say the H-word."

– Patsy "Trish" Walker and Jessica Jones, The Defenders: "The H Word"

Wake the kids and phone the neighbors, Karen and I are finally back with a BIG episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Preacher 2x08: "Holes"

Preacher 2x09: "Puzzle Piece"

Wynonna Earp 2x09: "Forever Mine Nevermind"

Wynonna Earp 2x10: "I See a Darkness"

The Defenders 1x01: "The H Word"  (Series Premiere)

The Defenders 1x02: "Mean Right Hook"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like how Karen gots to get paid yo, my new Flash from Justice League Funko figure, the Widows wanting Doc's ring, Rosita inviting Waverly to a spa instead of Doc, Wynonna's worst lunch ever, Doc being afraid of losing his immortality, Waverly making a really bad deal to save Officer Haught, Tulip's PTSD from having her control taken away by the Saint of Killers, Tulip becoming gal pals with Featherstone, Arseface being thrown in The Hole, the origin of Cassidy's son Denis, Denis as a baby vampire, Jesse's effective use of mind-controlled cops, Herr Starr not wanting Featherstone for his rape fantasy, Herr Starr's awkward encounter with The Professionals, Daredevil being Matt Murdock's addiction, Madame Gao being reduced to a subordinate role, wondering how White Privilege Alexandra got in charge of an Asian ninja cult, Claire as the Phil Coulson of the Marvel Netflix shows, Jessica Jones vs. Elektra, two new Wynonna Earp feedbacks from Justina, and more!

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Be sure to come back in three weeks as Karen and I review Episodes 3 & 4 of The Defenders, two new episodes of Preacher, and a new episode of Wynonna Earp, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

WESTWORLD Leads 2017 Emmy Nominations with 22

These violent delights have viable noms.

With Game of Thrones missing in action, HBO's science fiction western thriller Westworld filled the void nicely with a leading total of 22 nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards, including acting nominations for Sir Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, and Thandie Newton.

Netflix's fan-favorite series Stranger Things was close behind with an impressive 19 for its first season, with acting nominations for David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, and Shannon Purser.  Justice for Barb, indeed.

FX's American Horror Story: Roanoke earned 4 nominations, as did USA's Mr. Robot, Showtime's Penny Dreadful, and BBC's Sherlock, all down from last year.

Other recognized geek-favorite shows include Fox's Gotham and The Simpsons, Starz's American Gods, FX's Archer, Comedy Central's South Park, AMC's The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Netflix's Luke Cage and Sense8. 

Some notable oversights include FX's Legion and Fox's Lucifer, both of which failed to earn a single nomination.

You can read the full list of nominations HERE, but this is the breakdown for the shows listed above...

WESTWORLD (22 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series -- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Robert Ford
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series -- Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series -- Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series -- Thandie Newton as Maeve
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series -- Jonathan Nolan -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series -- Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music -- Ramin Djawadi
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) -- "The Original"
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "The Original"
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series -- "Contrapasso"
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) -- "The Original"
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or a Special -- "The Original"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "The Bicameral Mind"
Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series, or Movie -- "The Original"
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program -- "DiscoverWestworld.com"

STRANGER THINGS (19 Nominations)

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series -- David Harbour as Jim Hopper
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series -- Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series -- Shannon Purser as Barb Holland
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series -- The Duffer Brothers -- "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series -- The Duffer Brothers -- "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series -- "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down"
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music -- Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) -- "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down"
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series -- "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street"
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) -- "Chapter Six: The Monster"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series -- "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series -- "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub"
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down"
Outstanding Music Supervision -- "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street"
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program -- "Stranger Things VR Experience"

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special -- "Chapter 1"
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special

MR. ROBOT (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series -- BD Wong as Whiterose
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc + eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc"
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) -- "eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx"
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program -- "The Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience"

PENNY DREADFUL (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) -- "Perpetual Night, The Blessed Dark"
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series -- "Ebb Tide"
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) -- "Perpetual Night"
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special -- "No Beast So Fierce"

SHERLOCK (4 Nominations)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie - Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes -- "The Lying Detective"
Outstanding Television Movie -- "The Lying Detective"
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special -- "The Lying Detective"
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie -- "The Lying Detective"

GOTHAM (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series -- "Destiny Calling"
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role -- "Heavydirtysoul"
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie

THE SIMPSONS (3 Nominations)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "The Town"
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance -- Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson -- "Looking for Mr. Goodbart"
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program -- "The Simpsons -- Planet of the Couches"

AMERICAN GODS (2 Nominations)

Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Special Visual Effects -- "The Bone Orchard"

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (2 Nominations)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series -- "Passage"
Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series -- Kelsey Scott -- "Passage"

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series -- "Slingshot"

ARCHER (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "Archer Dreamland: No Good Deed"

LUKE CAGE (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie

SENSE8 (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) -- "Obligate Mutualisms"

SOUTH PARK (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Animated Program -- "Member Berries"

THE WALKING DEAD (1 Nomination)

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or a Special -- "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be"


The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards is scheduled to air Sunday, September 17th on CBS.

LUKE CAGE Casts Bushmaster & Nightshade

Sweet Christmas!  Harlem has two new supervillains!

Marvel has announced that the Netflix series Luke Cage, based on the superhero, will feature two new characters in the show's second season of 13 episodes.  According to the press release, Mustafa Shakir and Gabrielle Dennis will play John McIver and Tilda Johnson, better known as the Marvel Comics supervillains Bushmaster and Nightshade.

Shakir and Dennis will join returning cast members Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard, and Theo Rossi as Shades.

Shakir is probably best known as Victor on the HBO series The Night Of, and has appeared in episodes of Timeless, The Deuce, Quarry, Girfriends, House, and Shameless.

Dennis is probably best known as Pippy Rosewood on Fox series Rosewood and has appeared in episodes of The Game, Bones, Justified, Southland, and My Name is Earl.

"Mustafa’s incredible presence and power ignited us from our first meeting, and Gabrielle brings the charm and smarts to a very complicated role," remarked executive producer, Jeph Loeb.  "Both will be wonderful additions to our already magnificent cast."

"I can’t wait for audiences to see the compelling paces we put both Mustafa and Gabrielle through," said executive producer and showrunner, Cheo Hodari Coker.  "From the moment you see each of them on screen, I feel they will be powerful additions to the world of Marvel and Harlem’s Luke Cage."

Created in 1997 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Bushmaster first appeared in Iron Fist (vol.1) #15 as John McIver, a powerful crime boss, criminal financier and organizer, and the brother of Quincy McIver.  As a teenager, John and Quincy grew up on an unidentified island in the Caribbean Sea.  Unlike Quincy, John was quick and savvy enough to stay out of trouble despite stealing from the local merchants.  Years later, John was in the employ of Herve Argosy, where he worked as his muscle man in his gun-extorting business.  John got Quincy in with Herve Argosy, but Quincy lost all four limbs on the first mission, which were chopped off by a motorboat propeller.  John visited Quincy in the hospital to mock his misfortune. John McIver then took on the name John Bushmaster and headed off to Europe to run some of Argosy's trade there.

Several years later, John Bushmaster managed to take over the European branch of the Maggia.  Bushmaster agreed to put a hit out on Iron Fist for a man named Shrieve, then sent his agents to capture Claire Temple and Noah Burstein. Bushmaster summoned Power Man to his mansion at Lake Michigan where he showed them the videos of the hostages and threatened to kill them if they didn't bring Misty Knight to him.  In exchange, Bushmaster offered to give them videotapes provided by Gadget that would prove his innocence for the crimes that Luke Cage was initially framed for.  At Seagate Prison, Bushmaster coerced Noah Burnstein into utilizing the "Power Man" process on him to an even greater extent that was used on Luke Cage.  Power Man, Iron Fist, Misty Knight, and Colleen Wing fought Bushmaster at Seagate, where Bushmaster proved to be more powerful than Luke Cage.  In the course of the battle, Power Man and Bushmaster pierced a chemical vat and were doused in chemicals which were then electrified by a torn power line.  Bushmaster was believed killed in the resulting explosion.

Bushmaster survived and his body continued to mutate, transforming into unliving metal. While he still could move, Bushmaster had his agents capture Noah Burnstein's wife Emma to force Noah to reverse the process.  His agents also captured Power Man and brought him to Seagate to be used as a guinea pig.  Virtually immobile, Bushmaster watched as Noah Burnstein began the process.  When Iron Fist arrived and shattered the tank to rescue Power Man, Bushmaster reached for a signal switch to order his men to kill Emma Burnstein, but as he did, his transformation accelerated and left him in an immobile inert steel form less than an inch from the switch.  His body then began to crumble leaving only a metal skeleton.

Created in 1973 by Steve Englehart and Alan Lee Weiss, Nightshade first appeared in Captain America (vol.1) #164 as Tilda Johnson, who was born into poverty in New York City.  At an early age, she discovered that she had a natural aptitude for science.  As a teenager, she used her extensive knowledge to begin a career as a criminal scientist.  The Yellow Claw helped her develop a method for turning normal humans into obedient werewolf-like creatures, and attempted to transform convicts into a werewolf army, but the pair were defeated by Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D.  She later took control of a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, and used pheromones to force Captain America to battle the Falcon, but was defeated.  She later turned Captain America into a werewolf known as "Cap Wolf" for a brief period of time.

Nightshade used robots to take over the Harlem protection rackets, but was defeated by Power Man and Iron Fist.  She later worked with the criminals Stiletto, Discus, Man Mountain Marko, and the Eel in an attempt to rob a debutante's ball, but they were defeated and captured by Power Man and Iron Fist.  She later sought to make the Hulk her pawn, but wound up fighting Power Man, Iron Fist, and Machine Man, and was imprisoned again.

Nightshade joined MODOK's 11, with the main objective of stealing the powerful Hypernova. It was revealed after her last battle against the Black Panther, she tried to start her life over without crime.  However, being self-taught and having no official degrees, the only medical job she could get was as a receptionist at a hospital.  After she pointed out a mistake by one of the doctors, she was fired immediately and contemplated suicide, until MODOK contacted her and hired her for the heist. She had "used up all my second chances" and could not afford to turn MODOK down.  She developed a friendship with her teammates Armadillo and Puma, and showed this by backing up Puma in saving the Living Laser's life (and secretly giving him his Puma powers back through her "werewolf serum").  The three of them were the only villains to remain loyal to MODOK and get their cash (with a bonus).

Tilda Johnson will also appear in the upcoming Black Panther movie, played by Nabiyah Be.

Luke Cage will return to Netflix for Season 2 sometime in 2018.