Pop culture fans will have their eyes set on the events happening at the San Diego Convention Center for the 2016 San Diego Comic Con next week.
The 47<sup>th annual entertainment trade show, which will run from July 21 to July 24, will showcase some of the most popular movies, TV shows and comics series. An estimated 130,000 attendees will flock from all over the world to learn more about their favorite pop culture icons and catch the biggest celebrities who will present their upcoming projects.
On July 21, CBS TV Studios will conduct a block event that will feature a panel for three of its shows, including "American Gothic," "Scorpion" and "MacGyver." It will be attended by some of the network's fan-favorite stars such as Daniela Ruah, Wilmer Valderrama, Eric Christian Olsen, Daniel Henney, Kirsten Vangsness and James Wolk. The block panel will be conducted at the Ballroom 20 starting 12 noon up to 3 p.m.
Executive producer Jeff Davis will also bring the cast of MTV's "Teen Wolf" to present the first trailer for the show's sixth season at the panel that will be held at Ballroom 20 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A panel will also be moderated by Chris Hardwick for USA Network's "Mr. Robot," which will be attended by the show's lead stars Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Grace Gummer and Portia Doubleday
Other events that will happen on the opening day of the 2016 SDCC include:
- Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network) - 10:15-11:15 a.m., Room 6DE
- Happy Happy! Joy Joy! (Nickelodeon) - 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Room 6A
- Justin League Action (Cartoon Network) - 12-1 p.m., Room 25 ABC
- Falling Water (USA Network) - 1:45-2:45 p.m., Room 6A
- Thunderbirds Are Go (Amazon) - Thursday, July 21, 2–3 p.m., Room 7AB
- The Good Place (NBC) - 3-4 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- The Last Ship (TNT) - 3-4 p.m., Room 6A
- The Strain (FX) - 3:15-4:15 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Silicon Valley (HBO) - 4 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- The Man in the High Castle (Amazon) - 4:15-5:15 p.m., Room 6A
- Van Helsing (Syfy) - 5-6 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Marvel's Luke Cage (Netflix) - 5:45-6:45 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Drunk History and Legends of Chamberlain Heights (Comedy Central) - 6-7:30 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Dark Matter (Syfy) - 7-8 p.m., Room 6DE
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fox) - 8:15-10:45 p.m., Room 6DHE
The scheduled Friday events include a panel featuring Fox's "Bones" stars such as Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, TJ Thune, and Michaela Conlin, among others. AMC will also conduct separate panels with the "Fear the Walking Dead" and "The Walking Dead" casts, while HBO's "Game of Thrones" has big plans for their event at the Hall H that will be attended by some of their biggest stars, including John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Conleth Hill, Faye Marsay, Kristian Nairn, Iwan Rheon and Sophie Turner as well as showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.
The other panel line-ups for July 22 are:
- Inside The Big Bang Theory Writers' Room (CBS) - 10-11 a.m., Ballroom 20
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (Discovery Family) - 10:30-11:30 a.m., Room 6A
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–Return to New York (Nickelodeon) - 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Room 6A
- Robot Chicken (Adult Swim) - 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Brad Neely's Harg Nalllin' Sclopio Peepio (Adult Swim) - 1:15 p.m.-2 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- The 100 (The CW) - 12:30-1:30 p.m., Ballroom 20
- People of Earth (TBS) - 2-2:30 p.m., Room 6BCF
- Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) - 2:15-3 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Dead of Summer (Freeform) - 2:15-3:15 p.m., Room 6A
- Powerless (NBC) - 2:30-3 p.m., Room 6BCF
- Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (ABC) - 3-4 p.m., Ballroom 20
- American Gods (Starz) - 3:15-4:15 p.m., Room 6BCF
- Samurai Jack (Adult Swim) - 3:15-4 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Bates Motel (A+E) - 3:30-4:30 p.m., Room 6A
- Bob's Burgers (Fox) - 4-5 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Orphan Black (BBC America) - 4:30 p.m., Room 6BCF
- Salem (WGN America) - 4:45-5:45 p.m., Room 6A
- Archer (FX) - 5-6 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- South Park (Comedy Central) - 5 p.m., Hall H
- iZombie (The CW) - 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Vikings (History) - 5:45-6:45 p.m., Room 6BCF
- The Exorcist (Fox) - 6-7 p.m., Room 6A
- Preacher (AMC) - 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hall H
- Scream Queens (Fox) - 6:45-7:45 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (Syfy) - 7:15-8:15 p.m., Room 6A
Meanwhile, the events on Saturday, July 23, include the panel featuring "Once Upon a Time" cast members like Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, Emilie de Ravin, Josh Dallas, Rebecca Mader, Colin O'Donoghue and Jared Gilmore. Several shows from The CW will also conduct their own presentation at this year's SDCC, including "The Vampire Diaries," "The Originals," "Supergirl," "The Flash," "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," "Arrow" and two of its newest shows, "Frequency" and "Riverdale."
The other events on Saturday are:
- Back to the '90s: All That Reunion and Legends of the Hidden Temple (Nickelodeon) - 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Room 6A
- Blindspot (NBC) - 12-12:45 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- The Simpsons (Fox) - 12-12:45 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Star Trek: The Roddenberry Vault - 12:30-1:30 p.m., Room 5AB
- Family Guy (Fox) - 1-1:35 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Lucifer (Fox) - 1:30-2:05 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- American Dad! (TBS) - 1:45-2:15 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Star Trek (CBS) - 2-3 p.m., Hall H
- Gotham (Fox) - 2:10-3 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Vice Principals (HBO) - 2:30 p.m., Horton Grand Theater
- Grimm (NBC) - 2:30-3:15 p.m., Ballroom 20
- Pickle and Peanut/Future Worm (Disney XD) - 2:30-3:30 p.m., Ballroom 5AB
- Wynonna Earp (Syfy) - 2:30-3:30 p.m., Room 24ABC
- The Expanse (Syfy) - 3-4 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (BBC America) - 4 p.m., Room 6BCF
- The Magicians (Syfy) - 4-5 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Timeless (NBC) - 4:15-5:15 p.m., Room 6A
- Son of Zorn (Fox) - 5-6 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Outcast (Cinemax) - 5:15 p.m., Room 6BCF
- The Last Man on Earth (Fox) - 6-7 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Ash vs. Evil Dead (Starz) - Ash vs. Evil Dead (Starz) - 6:45-7:45 p.m., Room 6A
- Incorporated (Syfy) - 7-8 p.m., Indigo Ballroom
- Frequency (The CW) - 7:25-8:15 p.m., Room 6BCF
- Time After Time (ABC) - 7:25-8:15 p.m., Room 6BCF
For the last day of the annual trade show and convention, fans will finally hear more information about FOX's upcoming "Prison Break" and "24: Legacy." Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell and the other original stars of the returning "Prison Break" series will be present during the event, as well as the new "24" cast members including Corey Hawkins and Miranda Otto.
The rest of the presentation for Sunday are:
- Sherlock (BBC America) - 10-11 a.m., Hall H
- Supernatural (The CW) - 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Hall H
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon) - Noon-1 p.m., Room 24ABC
- Animaniacs Live! (Fox Kids, The WB) - 3-4:15 p.m
- Buffy the Musical: Once More With Feeling — An Interactive Whedon Musical - 3:15-4:45 p.m., Room 6BCF
Some of the highly anticipated movie panels for this year's San Diego Comic Con include the "Snowden" biopic starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Warner Bros.' "Justice League" and "Suicide Squad," "Star Trek Beyond" and Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2."
