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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, June 12, 2020 20 By Rachel Jones TV Media Geeks speak: Who would make a better president, Tony Stark or The Doctor? Imagine a group of your favorite pop cul- ture-loving celebrities sitting down to discuss questions like this for half an hour. Awesome, right? Well, you can catch the real thing when "The Great Debate" premieres Thursday, June 18, on Syfy. The show is hosted by Baron Vaughn ("Grace and Frankie"), but he's not alone up there. He has a snarky ro- bot sidekick named DB-8 to keep things interesting. Vaughn is surrounded by dif- ferent celebrities throughout the season, and so far we've been promised names such as Mayim Bialik ("The Big Bang Theory"), Orlando Jones ("Sleepy Hollow"), Adam Savage ("Myth- busters") and Aisha Tyler ("Criminal Minds"). "The Great Debate" has been developed by executive producers T.J. Chambers ("Co- splay Melee"), Rhett Bachner ("Thanks A Million") and Brien Meagher ("Shark Tank") and is based on the live panel discus- sions that Syfy Wire has been putting on at Comic Cons ev- erywhere for years. The ex- tremely popular events have helped to shape the celebrity panels that Vaughn runs in the show, each one a half-hour long. Kissing in the Keys: When the tide brings in a wave of truth, nothing will ever be the same again — a new season of "Siesta Key" premieres Tues- day, June 16, on MTV. The sexy reality drama follows a group of friends as they party on the gorgeous beaches of Siesta Key. Season 3 was originally set to air earlier this year, but the show's schedule was interrupt- ed (like everything else) by the global pandemic. Now, the show is hitting MTV just in time for summer, and the only thing hotter than the weather is the budding romance. "Siesta Key," which original- ly premiered in July 2017, was inspired by the success of "La- guna Beach: The Real Orange County." realtalk Baron Vaughn hosts "The Great Debate" A/SFCU 6x10 B/Wells Fargo Advisors 6x2.5 B/ The Pine Shop 6x7.5

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