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TV Q&A: Why no ‘chief’ title for KDKA-TV’s Ray Petelin?
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: Why does KDKA-TV not use the “chief” honorific for meteorologist Ray Petelin? He handles weather duties in the traditional chief meteorologist slot and of all...
Everyone’s on the hunt in this week’s ‘House of the Dragon’
Everyone is on the hunt in the third episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” a show that has already spawned a sexually-inspired acronym which is unprintable here. King Viserys is on the...
TV Talk: ‘Serpent Queen,’ ‘Tulsa King’ bookend fall cable/streaming optionsVideo
The two most-anticipated fall cable and/or streaming series have already premiered – HBO’s “Game of Thrones” series, “House of the Dragon,” and Amazon Prime Video’s prequel, “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” – but there are more programs on the way, including at least three vampire shows: “The...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking daytime TV changes, Amazon ‘LOTR’ series, ‘Only Murders,’ Steelers ratings
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including a raft of changes to local stations’ daytime TV schedules in the coming weeks. Benz and Owen talk ratings for the final Steelers preseason...
Spidey tops box office while Cinema Day draws millions
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung back on top of the box office during a holiday weekend where American theaters aimed to lure moviegoers with discounted $3 tickets. The first “National Cinema Day” nationwide promotion became the highest-attended day of the year, drawing an estimated 8.1 million...
Jane Fonda says she has cancer, is dealing well with chemo
LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda said on social media Friday that she has cancer. “So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” the 84-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post. “This is a very treatable...
Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell play cannibals in love in ‘Bones and All’Video
VENICE, Italy — Timothée Chalamet was feeling cut off from the world in the early days of the pandemic. Then Luca Guadagnino, whom Chalamet saw as a father figure while filming “Call Me By Your Name,” called with a new possible project. It would be another young romance set in...
TV Talk: Kelly Clarkson takes ‘Ellen’ slot on WTAE; ‘Karamo,’ ‘Jennifer Hudson,’ ‘Sherri’ join daytime
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers viewing tips for the coming weeks. Although 3 p.m. local newscasts have started popping up on local stations in some major markets, they’re not coming to Pittsburgh … yet. WTAE-TV will replace the concluded “Ellen” at 3 p.m. weekdays with “The Kelly...
TV Talk: Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series starts slow; Steelers’ Amazon game also on WPXI-TVVideo
The long-gestating “Lord of the Rings” prequel series “The Rings of Power” finally arrives on streaming service Amazon Prime Video at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 surrounded by question marks. Can this series become Prime Video’s “Game of Thrones?” Will “Rings of Power” live up to Peter Jackson’s 2001-03 “LOTR” movie...
‘Roseanne’ alum Michael Fishman is out of ‘Conners’ ahead of new season
“Roseanne” alum Michael Fishman “was told” he would not be along for the ride of the upcoming “The Conners” season, but is taking the exit in stride, the 40-year-old actor confirmed in a statement to People. “It has been my honor to play D.J. Conner,” said Fishman. “It’s every actors...
Olivia Wilde in the spotlight with ‘Don’t Worry Darling’Video
“Don’t Worry Darling” has been in the spotlight since the beginning. And this was long before Harry Styles got involved. It was a film everyone wanted to make — some 18 studios and streaming services were courting Olivia Wilde for the chance to partner with her on her sophomore feature...
‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32
NEW YORK — Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won this year’s top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32. Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness,...
TV Q&A: Will ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ ever film in Clarion County where its story began?Video
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: The series premiere of ABC’s “The Rookie” showed the lead character, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), walk into a bank robbery in progress in Foxburg, Pa.,...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Netflix sets date for filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Pale Blue Eye,’ Steve Carell in ‘The Patient,’ Steelers on Amazon
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including Netflix setting a release date for “The Pale Blue Eye,” filmed in late 2021 and early 2022 in Western Pennsylvania. The Scott Cooper-directed film,...
‘Did she lose her mind?’ Sharon Horgan explains her turn to the dark sideVideo
NEW YORK — When “Catastrophe” came to an end three years ago, Sharon Horgan was bereft. “I had real grief,” said the writer-actor-producer during a recent sit-down in Manhattan. “I know that sounds dramatic, but we were so close and so in it for five years.” The Amazon series, which...
Review: A good man makes a real bad decision on ‘House of the Dragon’
ALERT: Contains spoilers for the ‘Game of Thrones’ series up through episode two of ‘House of the Dragon’ Good, honest men usually have a tough go of it in the “Game of Thrones” universe. Just ask Ned Stark. King Viserys Targaryen isn’t a perfect man by any means. He doesn’t...
MTV VMAs ready to host, honor some of music’s biggest acts
NEW YORK — The MTV Video Music Awards are back Sunday with some of the biggest names in music vying for the network’s fabled Moon Person statue. Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow and Kendrick Lamar are tied for leading nominees with seven apiece. Harlow and Lil Nas X’s collaboration “Industry...
Coming to a theater near you: $3 movie tickets for one day
NEW YORK — For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched “National Cinema Day” to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office. The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit arm of the National Association of...
Why some of your favorite shows have disappeared from HBO Max
Viewers have come to see streaming as an endless bounty of programming choices that are available in perpetuity. But Warner Bros. Discovery, the new parent of streaming service HBO Max, is demonstrating that there are limits. The company that acquired WarnerMedia has removed 36 series and movies from the streaming...
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk! Three Stooges Festival coming to Pittsburgh in September
Moe, Larry, Shemp, and Curly are coming to Pittsburgh. On film at least. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced Friday that a Three Stooges Festival will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Harris Theater. The Three Stooges consisted of the Howard brothers, Moe, Shemp and Curly, and...
TV Talk: Steve Carell stars in Hulu’s intense, ‘Misery’-like psychological thriller ‘The Patient’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Whenever a great TV series ends, I always wonder what the creators will do next. For “The Americans” team of Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, the answer is Hulu’s “The Patient,” a tension-filled, character-driven psychological...
TV Talk: Fred Rogers Productions’ ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ turns 10Video
After ordering dinner at a restaurant last month, my 12-year-old son declared it was time to play “What’s Missing,” a game where everyone closes their eyes except the one person at the table who gets to take something from the table and hide it underneath. Then everyone else opens their...
TV Q&A: How did a CBS Sports correspondent become part of Steelers’ preseason game telecasts?Video
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: Why did Amanda Renner from CBS Sports show up working the local KDKA-TV telecast of the Steelers’ first preseason NFL game Aug. 13? Nothing —...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘House of the Dragon,’ ‘Sprung,’ ‘Better Call Saul,’ Big Ten’s big deal
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including filmed-in-Pittsburgh comedy “Sprung,” now streaming new episodes Fridays on Amazon Freevee. “Sprung” creator Greg Garcia thinks one of his characters, Barb, played by the...
‘House of the Dragon’ gets back to the backstabbing we loved in ‘Thrones’
Last time we spent our Sunday nights in Westeros, toward the end of the final season, there was one episode I truly enjoyed, just after the forces of good...
