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Rick Dayton named permanent KDKA Radio afternoon host
Whether it’s television or radio, Rick Dayton loves telling a good story. Now he’ll have another chance to do it on a daily basis. Entercom Pittsburgh, parent company of KDKA Radio, has announced that Dayton will take over the news and talk station’s coveted afternoon drive slot. “KDKA Radio Afternoon...
Petri Hawkins Byrd deliberates on life after ‘Judge Judy’
Judith Sheindlin has been the sole judge, jury and verbal executioner for the last quarter century on her behemoth TV court show, “Judge Judy.” Her trusted bailiff, Petri Hawkins Byrd, has stood by her side during approximately 12,500 cases, and remembers an instance when he thought she got it wrong....
TV Q&A: Where has WTAE’s Janelle Hall been?
Q: We have noticed Janelle Hall missing from the evening news for a few weeks. Is she OK? — Diane via email Rob: She is now. Hall posted to her Facebook page on Monday that she and her husband were diagnosed with covid-19 four weeks ago. She described the first...
TV Talk: AT&T SportsNet returns to Verizon’s FiOS TV
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and Verizon have reached a deal to return the regional sports network to the FiOS TV lineup, effective immediately. AT&T SportsNet, home to Penguins and Pirates games, went dark on Verizon systems on Sept. 30 following a retransmission spat over a new contract. A joint release issued...
TV Talk: McCandless native takes off in ‘The Flight Attendant’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. McCandless native Griffin Matthews didn’t know a career in the arts was a possibility until one day during 11th grade at North Allegheny Senior High School. “I was sitting next to a guy in jazz...
Dave Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, dies at 85
LONDON — Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died. He was 85. Prowse died Saturday after a short illness, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday. Born in Bristol, southwest England, in 1935,...
Champion Ken Jennings will be first interim ‘Jeopardy!’ host
NEW YORK — “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Producers announced Monday that Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and claimed the show’s “Greatest of All Time” title in a...
Where to watch your holiday favorites
Original local holiday TV specials have been in short supply in recent years but with so many traditions canceled this year due to covid, there’s a welcome new gift under the Christmas TV programming tree: Pittsburgh CLO’s “A Musical Christmas Carol” starring Richard Thomas will air on WQED-TV at 7:30...
Alex Trebek recorded powerful Thanksgiving message for ‘Jeopardy!’ ahead of his death
Beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek offered an uplifting vision for the future of the world in a video he taped shortly before his death to be aired as part of the game show’s Thanksgiving episode. “You know, in spite of what America and the rest of the world is experiencing...
TV Talk: Filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Happiest Season’ debuts; Kaley Cuoco impresses in ‘The Flight Attendant’Video
Many movie theaters are still closed but several filmed-in-Pittsburgh, intended-for-theaters films make their way to smaller screens over the next month, beginning with this week’s debut of Christmas romantic comedy “Happiest Season,” now streaming on Hulu. “Happiest Season” pushes its Pittsburgh setting from its first frames — a pastel painting...
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever
NEW YORK — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But...
TV Q&A: How can Verizon customers watch Penguins games this winter?
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: How are Verizon customers supposed to watch Penguins games when their season starts? — Sandy via email Rob: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh has been unavailable to...
Ken Jennings will be first interim ‘Jeopardy!’ host
NEW YORK — “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Producers announced Monday that Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and claimed the show’s “Greatest of All Time” title in a...
Bruce, the last ‘Jaws’ shark, docks at the Academy MuseumVideo
Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the “Jaws” mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new...
You can now make $2,500 just by watching Christmas movies
For Christmas movie fans everywhere, getting paid for doing what you love is now being taken to a whole new level. Reviews.org recently announced a seasonal job opportunity in which yuletide merrymakers will get the chance to earn $2,500 on a quest to find the best Christmas movie of all...
TV Talk: Peggy Finnegan announces retirement from WPXI-TV
Veteran WPXI-TV news anchor Peggy Finnegan announced she’ll retire from the station next month. Her last day on the air will be Dec. 18 with news anchor Lisa Sylvester taking Finnegan’s place on the 5 p.m. newscast. Finnegan’s retirement comes after 30 years with Channel 11, where she and anchor...
‘Letterkenny’ season 9 release date announcedVideo
Christmas will bring a new season of a great Canadian show this year. Season nine of “Letterkenny” will be released Dec. 26 via Hulu in the U.S. and Dec. 25 via Crave in Canada. The show features creators Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, as well as Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett,...
Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal
NEW YORK — The “Great Pumpkin” never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will return to the air. Last month, Apple TV+ became the new home to the beloved Peanuts holiday specials. That sparked an outcry from...
NBC’s ‘Today’ talks with Lucy Pollock, 98, Latrobe baking sensationVideo
From her Latrobe kitchen to Facebook and now to NBC’s “Today,” Lucy Pollock’s baking skills keep reaching wider audiences. The 98-year-old started gaining recognition in the early days of the pandemic when her daughter and housemate, Mary Ellen Raneri, started sharing Pollock’s baking skills on live Facebook sessions. Mary Ellen’s...
Police: Man accused of punching Rick Moranis attacked others
NEW YORK — Prosecutors say the man accused of punching actor Rick Moranis is a suspect in multiple other unprovoked attacks on people in New York City. At a Manhattan Criminal Court hearing on Sunday, prosecutors said Marquis Ventura, 35, is charged in five assaults on strangers that took place...
One half of the ‘Property Brothers’ praises solar in documentary
NEW YORK — As half of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” Jonathan Scott is all about transforming interior spaces. Now he’s revealing a massive space he’d like to transform — the Earth. “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip” is his new documentary about solar power and why this clean, renewable source of energy is...
‘Iron Man’ Robert Downey Jr. cheers Cam Heyward, SteelersVideo
Looks like Iron Man is a Steelers fan. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward posted a video from Robert Downey Jr. - aka Iron Man from the Marvel movies - to his Instagram this weekend. In the video Downey thanks Heyward for a game jersey and asks for win No....
‘All Screwed Up’ aims to untangle the legacy of DJ Screw
NEW YORK — When DJ Screw started trending in August, it wasn’t because of newly discovered music or a coordinated effort by his devoted fans. The chatter surrounded a TikTok video that quickly went viral for all the wrong reasons: a teen attempting to explain a “new” music trend called...
‘The Mandalorian’ finds new allies, and some surprising backstory
**WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD THROUGH SEASON 2, EPISODE 3 OF ‘THE MANDALORIAN’** This week, we learned that there are least two ideologically-opposed sects of Mandalorians, that Silas Adams has upped his villain game and gotten promoted from Gem Saloon muscle to Imperial commander, and that Admiral Ackbar’s brethren are apparently the...
Documentary ‘Crutch’ about Pittsburgh native Bill Shannon has success in first weekVideo
“Crutch,” the documentary about Pittsburgh’s Bill Shannon, made the Top 10 list in the Arts & Culture category at DOC NYC, a documentary film festival. “We are so excited,” said Sachi Cunningham, the film’s co-director. “Tickets are selling fast.” Twenty years in the making, the 98-minute film premiered Wednesday. It...
