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TV Q&A: Why doesn’t a Christmas classic air on TV anymore?
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: Can you explain why “Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas” is not on TV? I’ve searched the Christmas listings for the past several years and it’s...
TV Talk: ‘Farscape’ star Claudia Black is the Lady MacBeth of new ‘Spartacus’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. You can have “Outlander,” “Power” and all their spinoffs: There’s never been a better Starz series than “Spartacus,” the graphic swords, sandals and sex drama that spilled gallons of CGI blood and prosthetic genitalia across...
‘Zootopia 2’ roars to record-setting global box office with $556M openingVideo
“Zootopia 2” had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office. The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday...
A welcome form of inflation: Balloons take shape for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK — Giant balloons got into shape Wednesday for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as crews inflated the giant characters on the streets of New York City. The parade kicks off Thursday morning, with dozens of huge balloons set to take to the skies. Floats, entertainers, marching bands and...
TV Talk: ‘Stranger Things’ begins its end run; ‘Rivalry’ heats up; KDKA-TV reunionVideo
The first thing viewers will notice about the new season of “Stranger Things” is that the show’s kid characters are no longer teens and try as they might, producers cannot hide this fact, especially when it comes to Will (Noah Schnapp), Lucas (Caleb MacLaughlin) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo). Because of...
TV Talk: How Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade evolved through the decades (and how it stayed the same)Video
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (8:30 a.m. Thursday, WPXI) has always been an inherent promotional opportunity for its namesake department store, an effort to jump-start the holiday shopping season. But as TV evolved over the decades, so has NBC’s parade telecast. A static camera trained on a parade may have been...
‘Stranger Things’ season 5 debuts tonight; here’s a recap of what has happenedVideo
It’s been more than three years since viewers had the opportunity to see a new episode of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” The last new episode streamed in July 2022. That all changes tonight at 5 p.m. when the first batch of episodes in the final season drops. Since it’s been a...
TV Q&A: Where did a KDKA-TV forecaster go?
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: I noticed KDKA hired a new weatherman, Rob Wilson, in place of the retired Kristin Emery. I saw him once and haven’t seen him since....
TV Talk: WTAE’s ‘Project Bundle-Up’ holiday tradition turns 40Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers local viewing tips for the coming holiday season. Since it began in 1986, Channel 4’s “Project Bundle-Up Telethon” (7-8 p.m. Dec. 5, WTAE) and the Salvation Army of Western Pa. have raised a cumulative $17.5 million over 40 years and served 310,000...
‘Wicked: For Good’ is even more popular than the first, soaring to a $226 million global debut
Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought opening weekend tickets to see the epic conclusion, “Wicked: For Good.” According to studio estimates on Sunday,...
Trump steps up attacks on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, says network should ‘get the bum off the air’
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against ABC and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, urging the network to “get the bum off the air” in a social media post sent shortly after the comic’s latest episode ended. The president this week had also expressed anger...
TV Talk: CMU grad Ted Danson talks ‘Man on the Inside’Video
From CBS’s “Becker” and “CSI” to NBC’s “The Good Place” to “A Man on the Inside,” which is now streaming its eight-episode second season on Netflix, 1972 Carnegie Mellon grad Ted Danson continues to be a reliable presence on American TV screens 32 years after his first hit, NBC’s “Cheers,”...
For conservative media, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani quickly becomes attack target
New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, hasn’t taken office yet. But he’s already the new avatar of evil for conservative media figures. He’s been called “downright sinister” and “incompatible with America.” His labels include commie, Marxist, jihadist sympathizer and “seething leftist.” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham warned her viewers not...
TV Q&A: How did ‘Watson’ get a Pittsburgh bridge fact wrong?
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: I am watching “Watson” on CBS, which is set at a leading research hospital in Pittsburgh. In the Nov. 10 episode, they talked about the...
TV Talk: ‘This Is Us’ star films Apple series locally, uses Pittsburgh dialect
Starring in the hit NBC drama “This Is Us,” actress Chrissy Metz got to know Pittsburgh vicariously through her character, Pittsburgh native Kate Pearson. But it doesn’t take long talking to Metz before you realize she picked up more than just her character’s backstory. “If the Stillers are playing, I’m...
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with activist known for his antisemitic views
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views, which has caused a schism within the Republican Party. Trump defended Carlson, saying the former Fox News host has “said good...
‘Stand By Me’ stars to appear at film’s 40th anniversary screening in PittsburghVideo
A generation-defining coming-of-age film is turning 40 in 2026, and its stars will be celebrating with a stop in Pittsburgh to reminisce. “Stand By Me” was released on Aug. 22, 1986, based on Stephen King’s novella “The Body” and directed by Rob Reiner. Actors Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton and Jerry...
Disney reaches new deal with YouTube TV, ending dayslong blackout for customers
Disney and YouTube TV reached a new deal to bring channels like ABC and ESPN back to the Google-owned live streaming platform Friday, ending a blackout for customers that dragged on for about two weeks. “As part of the new deal, Disney’s full suite of networks and stations — including...
Pat McAfee’s plan to stream ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ no long needed after YouTube TV, Disney reach deal
For the third straight Saturday, ESPN personality and Plum native Pat McAfee planned to livestream ESPN’s “College GameDay” on his personal X account, @PatMcAfeeShow. He’s been offering the alternative feed in previous weekends because of Disney’s dispute with YouTube TV. But Disney and YouTube TV reached a deal Friday evening...
TV Talk: Tommy’s still besieged on all sides in ‘Landman’ season 2Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Paramount+’s “Landman,” streaming its second season Sunday, Nov. 16, remains writer/creator Taylor Sheridan’s best, most entertaining series thanks in large part to the pitch-perfect casting of Billy Bob Thornton as oil company executive Tommy Norris....
TV Talk: Pittsburgh native helps relaunch MSNBC as MS NOW
Beginning Saturday, MSNBC will be no more. The cable news network’s new name will be MS NOW, a rebrand necessitated by NBCUniversal’s decision to spin off most of its cable networks into a separate company, Versant. Earlier this year, Pittsburgh native Meghan Rafferty, a 2003 Oakland Catholic High School grad,...
Apple TV series films in New Kensington
“Parallax,” an Apple TV+ series, filmed a scene Wednesday at Allegheny Terminal off Industrial Boulevard in New Kensington. Shelly Williams, Apple TV publicist, confirmed crews were “shooting in and around New Kensington” for “Parallax” on Wednesday but declined to disclose other information. Film equipment could also be seen Wednesday at...
TV Q&A: Why did CBS kill off a lead character on ‘Fire Country’?
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: Did the actor who played Vince on CBS’s “Fire Country,” Billy Burke, quit the show, get fired, go do different things, or did he die?...
Fetterman talks ending government shutdown, new memoir on ‘The View’
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, appeared on “The View” on Tuesday, where he discussed the recent deal that Senate Democrats made with Republicans to end an extended federal government shutdown. Fetterman, who was elected to the Senate in 2022, was one of eight Democrats who voted “yes” on a deal...
Paramount Skydance to invest over $1.5 billion in programming next year; shares jump
LOS ANGELES — Paramount Skydance said it will make incremental programming investments of more than $1.5 billion next year to grow its streaming video business and revitalize its film studio, as it delivered its first quarterly results since the completion of the $8.4 billion merger. The company projected total revenue...
