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It’s January so you know what that means… TV SHOW PREMIERES! Just to get it out of the way, This post will only be about shows that had a new season premiere in January— yes Flash and Arrow came back on but middle of the season episodes are going to be structured differently than a season premiere. SHADOWHUNTERS Let’s get this one out of the way first! I had EXTREMELY low hopes for Shadowhunters mostly because it is on ABC Family (*clears throat* Oh sorry Freeform…) and that station isn’t really known for Fantasy. I was worried about the CGI and the fact that most TV studios don’t have the budget to pull something based in fantasy like The Mortal Instruments off and not make it look cheesy. The Flash looks insanely cheesy at times but it WORKS because the show KNOWS it’s cheesy and jokes about it. The show doesn’t go for a serious tone but sadly Shadowhunters does. Even then, the CGI is not my biggest problem with Shadowhunters (I can actually look past it pretty easi...

Hello!!! San Diego Comic Con has now happened full of amazing reveals and fun Q&As! I, sadly, was not there but that’s what YouTube is for, so I can watch all the panels, and that’s what I’ve been doing the past few days! Now that I’ve seen all of the panels I’m here to talk about everything that was revealed and my thoughts on them. This post will be divided by TV Show so if you only care about a specific show just scroll down to that section of this post. If not, then get ready because this is going to be a long one! Arrow This is the panel that I was the most excited to watch (closely matched by The Flash ) and it didn’t disappoint (beyond it being a little short, but there is nothing we can do about that). There were a lot of reveals and new things mentioned and I’m excited to share them with you! This first one I don’t have too much to say about it— Anarky and Mister Terrific will join the cast for season four as will Damien Darhk. This makes comic book fans excited, ...