Airing only once in 1984 on NBC, A Christmas Dream paired up 80s icons Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis for a magical Christmas across New York City

Before stuff like Stranger Things or Gravity Falls, Marshall Teller (Omri Katz) and his friend Simon Holmes (Justin Shenkarow) were investigating the bizarre occurrences in Eerie, Indiana, the cult 90s show that aired on NBC, The Disney Channel, and Fox Kids.

The Old Man and Magnum PI are returning for new seasons while Tom Swift was canceled, Cameron Diaz is coming out of retirement to co-star with Jamie Foxx for a new Netflix movie, James Bond won’t be back for a few years, Amazon adds cast members to their Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Fallout TV show and more in the News Shotgun.

NBC terminates their deal to send shows to Hulu starting this fall, Disney+ will offer a cheaper, ad-supported plan, a new Alien movie is being directed by Fede Alvarez, Will Smith is joining Michael B. Jordan for I Am Legend 2, the Marvel Netflix shows will be on Disney+, Metropolis is becoming an Apple TV+ series and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris pay tribute to Bob Saget and Sidney Poitier before discussing a new Quantum Leap, a new Final Destination, The Matrix Resurrections, The Green Knight, Cobra Kai Season 4, The Spine of Night, a Real Steel TV show, a potential new Arrowverse show and more.

Transformers is bringing Beast Wars to the big screen in the next movie in the franchise, Space Jam: A New Legacy is getting a video game tie-in, Dolph Lundgren and Frank Grillo are teaming up for a new World War II action movie, Disney is developing a new Tower of Terror movie, AMC is making an Interview With The Vampire series and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

Following the Super Mario Bros Super Show and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World was the last animated series (so far) for the beloved Nintendo franchise and found Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach helping a group of friendly cavemen in Dinosaur World while dealing with the various schemes of King Koopa.

Cobra Kai wasn’t The Karate Kid franchise’s first foray into TV as back in 1989 there was a crazy Saturday morning cartoon version of the franchise that sent Daniel and Mr. Miyagi on a globe-trotting adventure to recover a magical Okinawan artifact.