Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Coming Attractions (or should that be, distractions?): A Legends of Tomorrow spin-off holiday special is coming.

 DC's Legends of Tomorrow has built its fan base upon its retro-campy charm, and now that has produced the series' 1st spin-off.


Image courtesy Berlanti Productions/CW/WB

Beebo, meant to be a parody, if you will, of Sesame Street's Elmo, became a cult favorite character in the series a few years back. As part of their roll-out of their 2021-2 slate today, the CW announced that Beebo will star in his own Christmas special. And, thankfully, it will be animated.

Ben Diskin (ex-Codename: Kids Next Door, among other credits) voices the title character. Legends alumnus Victor Garber will narrate, since Beebo was, in the context of the series, a child's toy that belonged to Martin Stein (Garber) as a child. Voice cast also includes Chris Kattan (Bunnicula, ex-Saturday Night Live) and Yvette Nicole Brown. The plan, of course, is for Beebo to air around December.

You've been warned.

Meanwhile, Scooby-Doo returns to the CW for a stand-alone special, as the Mystery Inc. team returns to the WB studios, only to solve a mystery at the studio. Current regulars Frank Welker, Kate Micucci, Matthew Lillard, and Grey Griffin, we must assume, will comprise the core cast. Scooby & the gang were last seen on CW in an episode of Supernatural a couple of years back. Expect this to be repurposed on HBO Max, if not also Chumptoon Network.

And, in a case of bizarre irony, CW Chairman/CEO/Head Moron Mark Pedowicz is sending Powerpuff back to the shop for a more realistic pilot, claiming the pilot that was already done was "too campy".

HELLO, MCFLY!! THE ORIGINAL SERIES WAS CAMPY IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU IDIOT!!

As a result, Powerpuff is not on the fall schedule, but could still turn up sometime in 2022 or 2023.

Finally, CW's adult-centric reboot of Nickelodeon's Legends of The Hidden Temple has made the fall lineup, and will air on Sundays, as the schedule shuffling sends Legends & Batwoman to Wednesdays this fall. Yeah, it's not for kids this time, except maybe the grown-up 90's kids that appeared on or watched the original. It'll get killed by Sunday Night Football. Just watch.



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