Clickbait Journalism, Transformers Reprints, and Google Icon Packs

Steve and Mike tackle a week of geek news, starting with CBS's series order for NCIS: New York starring LL Cool J and Scott Caan. They call out misleading headlines from Valnet-owned sites like Screen Rant, particularly around Skybound Entertainment's reprint of the Generation 1 Transformers film comic being falsely presented as a brand-new series. The hosts discuss how clickbait journalism damages trust, share updates on Lionsgate joining Movies Anywhere, debunk the Phineas and Ferb prom photo internet hoax, preview the new Scooby-Doo: Origins series coming to Netflix in 2027, and dive into Google's new custom icon pack designs—including the polarizing Disco and Sugar Cookie themes.

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