Shacknews Presents: Pop! Goes the Culture! - Episode 74

It's Thursday, folks, and that means it's time for Pop! Goes the Culture! This week's show is once again filled with exciting TV and movie news discussions as we head into San Diego Comic-Con weekend. Things are also a bit different as I will be filling in for Greg and Donovan this week with resident Luminary, Asif Khan as your hosts for the show. Happy Birthday to Donovan who's out of office today!

Episode 74 of Pop! Goes the Culture! goes live on the Shacknews Twitch Channel today at 1:30 p.m. PT/ 4:30 p.m. ET. The stream is available to watch right here using the embed below. 

Here’s a rundown of some of the news topics featured on today’s Pop! Goes the Culture!:

• The 2022 ESPY Awards hosted by Steph Curry
• Halloween Ends gets first trailer
• Disney Plus adds Rated R films Deadpool, Logan tommorrow
• Streaming serves now 1/3 of TV viewership according to Nielsen
• They/Them looks to shake up the Slasher genre

The ESPYs was a great time last night with Steph Curry working the crowd like a pro on the stage. With Comic-Con starting this week, there's been whispers about big news dropping. Are Disney Plus' newest editions a sign of more to come? We finally get a look at what seems to be the end of the Halloween franchise with the movie's first teaser. Asif and I also take some time to talk business with Netflix reporting massive watch times and more following their quarterly earnings report. Also, streaming services see a 24% boom, serving up a bigger piece of the Television pie.

We've also got some reviews this week including Better Call Saul, South Park The Streaming Wars 2, and Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe.

Thank you to anyone and everyone that stops by and watches our show today. If you’re looking for a way to further support our livestreaming efforts here on Shacknews, you can use your free monthly Prime Gaming subscription, thanks to Amazon Prime.

Find your seats and silence your phones, It’s time for episode 74 of Pop! Goes the Culture!

Dennis White

Community Manager

Denny is the current Social Media & Community Lead for Shacknews. He loves to be part of the conversation with readers and the gaming community as a whole. Denny is very passionate about making the game industry and associated media spaces more inclusive. He's also a huge fan of fighting games, hosting live tournament events with some fun color commentary. When he’s not gaming, you can find him diving into the discount comics bin or enjoying a horror movie with the lights off. He’s also been a content creator on Twitch since 2015 and has spoken live at Twitchcon, C2E2, and several other events along with providing D&I consulting for up and coming brands in gaming.