Entertainment News #20: Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Special, Gossip Girl, M3GAN, K.C. Undercover, Bel-Air

- The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always 30th Anniversary Special will premiere Wednesday, April 19th on Netflix. According to reports, the special will have the Rangers reuniting to deal with a familiar threat from the past. In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs.

Starring in the special are David Yost (Billy Cranston/Blue Power Ranger), Walter E. Jones (Zack Taylor/Black Ranger), Catherine Sutherland (Katherine "Kat" Hillard/Pink Power Ranger), Steve Cardenas (Rocco "Rocky" DeSantos/Red Power Ranger), Karan Ashley (Aisha Campbell/Yellow Power Ranger) and Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam Park/Black Power Ranger).

The special will also feature Barbara Goodson (who was the voice of Rita Repulsa), Richard Horvitz (who was the voice of Alpha 5) and a surprising new character Minh (played by Charlie Kersh) who is the daughter of original Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan.

Happy Christmas Eve! (+ 2018 Geeky Christmas TV/Movie List)

Christmas Eve is the perfect time to curl up on the sofa watching Christmas movies and TV shows while you wrap presents. I will admit that I haven't started wrapped my presents yet but I have been enjoying some hot chocolate and eating a few snacks while I watch TV.

Last year, I didn't put up a Geeky Christmas List but I made sure to create one this time. From K.C. Undercover to Wonder Woman, here are five shows that will add to your holiday cheer.

Also, let me know if there is a show or movie I should include for next year's list.


K.C. Undercover

Season 1 episode 26: T'was the Fight Before Christmas
Season 2 episode 24: Holly Holly Not So Jolly

K.C. Undercover: A Fun Show That's Underrated

With so many teen shows that are grim and dark, I find it refreshing that Disney's K.C. Undercover is a fun show to watch. What I like is that the show is smart and funny without it being goofy or dumb down. Approaching it's third season, the show which is set in Washington, D.C., is an action-adventure comedy series. It follows the Coopers, a family of spies working for the Organization which is the U.S. Federal Civilian and Government Intelligence Agency that focus on providing federal espionage services.

Although the show centers around K.C. Cooper (Zendeya) an over-achieving, butt kicking high school student, the other members of the family also get a good amount of screen time. From her parents Craig (Kadeem Hardison) and Kira (Tammy Townsend) to her younger brother Ernie (Kamil McFadden) and their robot Judy (Trinitee Stokes) who masquerades as the family's youngest daughter. Even K.C.'s best friend Marissa (Veronica Dunne) sometimes find herself in the middle of the action, however that's mainly by accident.

K.C. is fiercely bright, driven, confident and a fun character who despite the spy elements of the show feels like a normal teen. She might be an overachiever but she's not perfect, K.C. makes plenty of mistakes. She worries about trying to handle everything going on in her life while still being there for her family and friends. She finds romance and sometimes it with an annoying teen spy, Brett (Ross Butler) in the first season or with a popular athlete Darrien (Chris Tavarez) who she had no intention of falling for in the second season.

When it comes to doing her job some of her missions are with her family but the test of her skills are when she goes on solo missions. There have been a lot of really good story arcs in this series such as in the first season with the Coopers being targeted by Zane, Craig's former spy partner who still held a grudge and planed to enact his revenge. While the second season brought a family secret into play with the return of Kira's older sister Erica King (Jasmine Guy) who is an ex-member of the evil organization, the Other Side.

K.C. Undercover is a funny and exciting show that I feel is very underrated and wished it received as much attention as the other teen shows. The show is both comical and suspenseful with K.C. trying to tackle being a spy and being a typical teen. I think there is room in TV for a lighthearted teen show among the dramatic and grim ones.

Anyone who might be interested in watching K.C. Undercover, the Disney channel re-airs the first two seasons (not necessarily in order) weekly but the series can also be found on hulu.

TV Round Up: K.C. Undercover and Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

There are a lot of shows that I enjoy watching but for some reason I have yet to even mention on my blog. I'm going to start with two of my favorite Teen shows: K.C. Undercover and Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.


K.C. Undercover    Sundays 8:00 PM EST  Disney Channel

Although, the first season of K.C. Undercover premiered January 2015, I never wrote anything about it. With this season winding down, I figured I would finally post a little something now.

What is this show about?

It's about the Coopers, a family of spies taking down criminals. It's set in Washington, D.C. and mainly focuses on high school student and overachiever K.C. Cooper (played by Zendaya). On the first episode, K.C. was not only recruited by a secret organization to be a spy but she also found out that her parents Craig and Kira (played by Kadeem Hardison and Tammy Townsend) had been leading a double life as spies in the same organization. Sometime later on in the series, K.C.'s younger brother Ernie (played by Kamil McFadden) eventually became a spy. The family also has a advanced android that masquerades as K.C.'s younger sister Judy (played by Trinitee Stokes).

K.C.'s always trying to balance her life as a spy and high school student but she doesn't get a lot of help from her best friend Marissa (played Veronica Dunne) who seem to cause more trouble for K.C. than any of the criminals.

I like this show because it's not only well-written but it's fun. K.C. and her family are always involved in some kind wild adventure from undercover missions to family vacations that have them trying to find a missing hotel guest. I also think the action scenes are pretty good too.



Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir   Sundays  12:00 PM EST   Nickelodeon

I stumbled onto this show last week and instantly loved it. And thanks to a mini marathon on Teen Nick last Saturday, I was able to get caught up on all the current episodes.

What is this show about?

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir which is set in Paris, France follows two College Francoise Dupont high school students Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste who are the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir.

At school Marinette has a huge crush on Adrien and always gets nervous around him whenever she tries to get to know him. Her best friend Alya is always there trying to cheer her own and boost her spirit. However, both Marinette and Alya have to constantly deal with Chloe Bourgeois who takes every opportunity to either be mean to them or to upstage Marinette since she also likes Adrien. Meanwhile Adrien is the most popular student at school and a model. Although he lives a life of luxury he lives with a very strict and distant father. But his best friend Nino is always trying to look out for him and make his life a little more fun.

As Superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, they have been tasked to stop the one who is turning people evil. Something that I found interesting is that when they are superheroes neither Marinette and Adrien know that the other is Ladybug and Cat Noir. And while Marinette has a huge crush on Adrien but as Cat Noir, Adrien has a huge crush on Ladybug.

This is a cute and adorable superhero show but it also has great action packed scenes. I like the characters and the fact that there's this big bad that Ladybug and Cat Noir have to stop.