New York Comic Con Day Two Begins

NY Comic Con is under way
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Day two of New York Comic Con is getting going at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. TV events include Prime Video Presents: Good Omens; Dan Harmon Presents: Krapopolis (already picked up by Fox for a second season), The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney Plus); a sneak peek and cast conversation for Chucky season two (USA Network, Syfy); Prime Video Presents: The Wheel of Time & The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Teen Wolf: The Movie & Wolf Pack (Paramount Plus); a screening of Showtime’s Let the Right One In, followed by a Q&A with the cast and creators; Svengoolie and Friends (MeTV); and a Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! film screening. 

New York Comic Con goes through Sunday, October 9. Opening day featured an interview with Julie Plec, who co-created Vampire Diaries, and is working on Vampire Academy for Peacock, and a screening of CBS comedy Ghosts, and panel with cast and producers. 

New York Comic Con offers Cosplay Central, a Gaming Zone, Community Lounge and Family HQ, among other attractions. 

Saturday will feature a reunion of the cast from The WB/CW show Smallville, a Star Trek Universe event, a look at Netflix’s horror comedy Wednesday, and a Jamie Lee Curtis panel with Drew Barrymore, along with dozens of other panels and sessions.

Sunday has a screening of The CW’s The Winchesters, HBO Max and DC’s Doom Patrol and Titans, and An Animation Journey with Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, among other happenings. ■

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.