TV Q&A: ‘The Pitt’ gets a lot of attention but how is ‘Watson’ doing?

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

Q: With Pittsburgh-set “The Pitt” getting a lot of local attention, how is Pittsburgh-set CBS medical drama “Watson” doing? Do they film here?

— Mariko, via Facebook

Rob: Like “The Pitt,” which came to Pittsburgh to film for just a week in September 2024 (“The Pitt” mostly films on soundstages at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, Calif.), “Watson” filmed in Pittsburgh for a few days in June 2024, which I covered at the time. The bulk of “Watson” films in Vancouver, British Columbia, where I visited the set last November and watched the actors and crew film a pivotal scene in the lab that viewers will see near the end of the May 4 episode.

“Watson” certainly doesn’t have the buzz — and won’t have the Emmy nominations — “The Pitt” gets. But “Watson” is doing well enough — and benefits from being owned by CBS Studios — that it already got renewed for a second season.

Although I’m still not always wild about the medical mystery stories, the serialized story of Moriarty (Randall Park) and his efforts to take down Watson (Morris Chestnut) — and the impact of that on the characters around Watson — continues to hold my attention. “Watson” wraps its first season with a two-part finale airing at 9 p.m. May 4 and 11 on KDKA-TV.

Q: Is “Bosch: Legacy” coming back for season four?

— Linda, via email

Rob: No, the 10th episode of season three that streamed on Prime Video April 17 was the series finale.

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Q: Any news on the reboot of “What Not to Wear”? Where to watch it and when?

— Denise, Conway

Rob: I’m not aware of an official “What Not to Wear” reboot. But last month, the hosts of “WNTW,” Stacy London and Clinton Kelly, debuted a new series, “Wear Whatever the F You Want,” on Amazon’s Prime Video. All eight episodes are now streaming.

Q: I have Verizon Fios TV as my cable provider and on April 18, I tried tuning in to FX Movie Channel (Channel 172) but was met with a message stating that the channel was no longer available to me even though I watched it the day before. I checked my new cable box sent to me from Verizon but nothing appeared to be wrong with it. In addition, while searching Verizon’s website, I found nothing telling subscribers what channels have been changed to an upper tier without their knowledge. I pay a lot for my cable and it’s hard for me to believe that there are channels only available to people who pay more for their service than I do.

Is there a way for you to find out how often Verizon does this without notifying its subscribers ahead of time? I haven’t checked, but now I wonder how many channels I have also lost without knowing.

— Joe, via email

Rob: As part of a carriage renegotiation with Disney, Verizon dropped Disney Jr, Disney XD, FX Movie Channel and National Geographic Wild from most Verizon Fios TV tiers, effective in mid-April.

“Verizon is focused on providing Fios TV customers access to their favorite programming at reasonable rates,” said a Verizon spokeswoman in an emailed statement. “To do this, we negotiate with content providers on behalf of our customers and periodically make changes to the networks available in our Fios TV packages.

“With this commitment in mind, on April 16 Disney Jr, Disney XD, FX Movie Channel, and National Geographic Wild channels have been removed from select Fios TV packages, which, with few exceptions, are legacy packages no longer offered to new customers.”

Verizon would not tell me which packages the deleted channels are still available in, instead directing viewers to visit verizon.com/home/fios-tv “where they can view channel packages based on ZIP code availability.”

As for notifying customers, I did find a notification posted by the government of Montgomery County, Md., about the change. I do not know if there were any local governmental posts (I couldn’t find them). Often cable companies announce such changes in small print in subscribers’ bills.

“Subscribers were notified on their bills starting April 1 as well as in their Fios notifications center,” the Verizon spokeswoman said.