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CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

NEW YORK — Ted Turner, the brash and outspoken television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87. He died surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, the company that oversees...
TV Talk: CMU grad Judith Light stars in ‘The Terror’Video

Though she came to prominence in the 1980s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”, 1970 Carnegie Mellon drama school grad Judith Light began her career on a daytime soap (“One Life to Live”) and has been most often seen in dramatic roles, including “Transparent,” “American Crime Story” and filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Manhunt: Deadly Games.”...
TV Q&A: Why does KDKA-TV have a source praising John Shumway?

Q: Why is an employee of PennDOT praising John Shumway on a KDKA-TV promotional ad? I’ve never seen anything like this. — Darrin, via email Rob: Darrin is correct, it’s extremely odd and not exactly a paragon of journalism ethics to have someone who is often a source for a...
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ struts to 1st place with $77 million debutVideo

Twenty years after the original, the sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada” made a splash in its first weekend in theaters. Driven largely by women, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” earned $77 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $156.6 million internationally, according to studio estimates Sunday. It easily topped...
On this day in 1969, Fred Rogers reminded us why he’s the bestVideo

On this day 57 years ago, Fred Rogers testified before the U.S. Senate in support of funding for the Public Broadcasting System. Rogers appeared before a Senate subcommittee on May 1, 1969, when his children’s show was still in its infancy, to explain to federal officials the benefits it and...
Amazon mulling ‘Apprentice’ reboot with host Donald Trump Jr., report says

NEW YORK — Donald Trump Jr. could be poised to succeed his father. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Amazon is mulling a reboot of “The Apprentice” with Don Jr. as the potential star. The reality competition show, which previously ran on NBC from 2004 to 2017, was originally...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 1-3

Now that we’re all taking a post-Draft breath, it’s marathon time! But don’t worry, all of you non-runners out there. Pittsburgh still has plenty going on that won’t require you to lace up your sneakers this weekend. PSO plays ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Monday will bring Star Wars Day (“May...
TV Talk: WQED debuts ‘Conversations with Coach Cowher’ celeb interview showVideo

Following last year’s “Steel Links” program, produced by Connecticut’s Shore Road Productions, WQED engaged with the same company for the new seven-episode series “Conversations with Coach Cowher” (8 p.m. April 30, WQED-TV). Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher sits on a sofa in a comfy Connecticut home (not his) and conducts...
TV Talk: WTAE’s Sheldon Ingram exits TV news to pursue acting

Back in 2022 when Channel 4 reporter Sheldon Ingram guest starred as the deputy mayor of New York on NBC’s “Law Order: SVU,” we should have guessed this day would come. Ingram will put down his microphone and reporter’s notebook and retire from WTAE after his May 29 broadcast to...
TV Q&A: When will KDKA-TV’s Jessica Guay return?

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Saturday Tribune-Review. Q: Whatever happened to Jessica Guay? She went out on maternity leave some time ago and has not returned. Any news? — Dominic, via email Rob:...
TV Talk: FCC targets ABC after another Kimmel joke

Here we go again. Seven months after Disney-owned ABC pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air because of a joke about right-wing reactions to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Federal Communications Commission is now targeting ABC on the heels of another Kimmel joke. The FCC directed Disney...
It’s National Superhero Day — let’s not take them seriously at allVideo

It’s National Superhero Day, just in case you’re not yet tired of the constant avalanche of comic-book properties cascading down the mountain of American entertainment. Even as many superhero movies — looking at you, Marvel — have begun to get a bit formulaic in their approach, it’s important to remember...
TV Talk: Summer streaming/cable TV options aboundVideo

It’s not officially summer in TV land until the end of the 2025-26 TV season arrives later this month, but that won’t stop streaming services and cable outlets from beginning their rollout of new scripted shows for the warmest months of the year, including: “Lord of the Flies” (May 4,...
Trumps call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel — again — after morbid joke about first lady

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.” The remark about the president’s wife was part of a...
HBO drops teaser trailer for 3rd season of ‘House of the Dragon’Video

The trailer for the upcoming third season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” ends with a sound very similar to one in trailers for the most recent round of Hollywood “Godzilla” movies. This is only...
Summer movie preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and ‘Toy Story’ light up the cinemas

The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It’s a 3,000-year-old epic...

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