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Pittsburgh @TribTotalMedia TV critic. I watch TV so you don't have to. Tweets/retweets are my own, not endorsements. @syracuseu alum

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Billy Gardell out of North Hills hospital after bout with pneumonia Actor and comedian Billy Gardell is recovering after being stricken with pneumonia that resulted in atrial fibrillation during a trip to Pittsburgh. Gardell, a Swissvale native, joined 102.5 WDVE&rsqu...

Very glad to hear @BillyGardell is on the mend, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/celebr...

30.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham brings Pittsburghese to CBS’s β€˜Watson’ Already this season on CBS’s “Watson” (10 p.m. Monday, KDKA-TV), Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) returned, after being presumed dead, to investigate “The Pittsburgh Mystery,&r...

TV Talk with @robowentv.bsky.social: Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham brings Pittsburghese to CBS’s β€˜Watson’

30.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham brings Pittsburghese to CBS’s β€˜Watson’ Already this season on CBS’s “Watson” (10 p.m. Monday, KDKA-TV), Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) returned, after being presumed dead, to investigate “The Pittsburgh Mystery,&r...

TV Talk: Pittsburgh native actress @MargotBingham brings Pittsburghese, uses of "yinz" to #Watson + could Taylor Sheridan's move to Peacock impact the future of #MayorOfKingstown ? @FredRogersPro introduces "Ways to Show You Care" shorts, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...

30.10.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: Paramount job cuts impact roles at KDKA-TV, WPKD With the new ownership of Paramount by Skydance comes another round of job cuts, including a dozen positions cut at Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV and WPKD. Most of the roles eliminated were behind the sc...

From yesterday:
TV Talk: Paramount job cuts impact roles at @KDKA including on-air talent + @WQED increases distribution via a second over-the-air channel + #ITWelcomeToDerry episode drops early on @hbomax for Halloween, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...

30.10.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Google advertising during the World Series that its AI is great at producing answers to questions almost no humans would ever ask or care about.

29.10.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: Paramount job cuts impact roles at KDKA-TV, WPKD With the new ownership of Paramount by Skydance comes another round of job cuts, including a dozen positions cut at Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV and WPKD. Most of the roles eliminated were behind the sc...

TV Talk: Paramount job cuts impact roles at @KDKA including on-air talent + @WQED increases distribution via a second over-the-air channel + #ITWelcomeToDerry episode drops early on @hbomax for Halloween, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...

29.10.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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TV Q&A: Why is the background music so loud on TV? 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 love “Chicago Med,” but the ba...

Time for more TV Q&A with TribLive's @robowentv.bsky.social.

First up this time: Rob addresses his most-asked question from readers: Why is the background music on shows so darned loud?

29.10.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Q&A: Why is the background music so loud on TV? 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 love “Chicago Med,” but the ba...

TV Q&A: Why is the background music so loud on TV? Aren’t there rules around commercials being louder than shows? When will @BattleBots return to TV? Via @TribLive triblive.com/aande/movies...

29.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We Deeply Regret These Errors’: DOJ Walks Back Key Evidence In Defense of Trump’s Portland Deployment Read more here.

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www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

28.10.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: β€˜It’ returns, β€˜Talamasca’ debuts If a Western Pa. “Scariest House” wasn’t enough Halloween-spirited TV for local viewers, on Sunday two supernatural-themed shows debut, both spin-offs, though one is significantly be...

Time for some more TV Talk with TribLive writer @robowentv.bsky.social.

If a Western Pa. β€œScariest House” wasn’t enough Halloween-spirited TV for Western Pa. viewers, Sunday offers two supernatural-themed show debuts β€” both spin-offs, although one is significantly better than the other.

23.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: β€˜It’ returns, β€˜Talamasca’ debuts If a Western Pa. “Scariest House” wasn’t enough Halloween-spirited TV for local viewers, on Sunday two supernatural-themed shows debut, both spin-offs, though one is significantly be...

TV Talk: New #ITWelcomeToDerry prequel series with on @hbomax debuts + #Talamasca expands Anne Rice Universe on @amc via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

23.10.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Q&A: Will Brit actor use American accent on β€˜CIA’ show? 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: Do you know if Tom Ellis will be using his n...

TV Q&A: Will a Brit actor speak with an American accent as a CIA agent? Why was a #Matlock actor fired? Why no tweets read on #NightlySportsCall ? Via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

22.10.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: β€˜Mayor of Kingstown’ introduces new characters for 4th season Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. A few months ago, “Mayor of Kingstown” star Jeremy Renner suggested the show’s fifth season will be its ...

TV Talk: #MayorOfKingstown star previews season 4 and why he's happy to film the @paramountplus series in #Pittsburgh -via @triblive.bsky.social
triblive.com/aande/movies...

21.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2-tank trip takes Western Pennsylvanians to hobbit resort built by Penn State grad PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — It’s an eight-hour, 500-mile drive from Pittsburgh, but for fans of “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter,” a visit to a Middle Earth-inspired...

TV break for travel: two-tank trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., to stay at a hobbit resort, Mountain Shire, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/lifestyles/t...

20.10.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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Imagine if Democrats talked about the other side this way. This quote by the White House Press Secretary won't even cause a ripple.

16.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Q&A: Did a local broadcaster borrow a catchphrase? 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: Since Megan Shinn started at KDKA as the mor...

πŸ“Ί TV Q&A: Did a local broadcaster borrow a catchphrase? πŸ‘€
https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-qa-did-a-local-broadcaster-borrow-a-catchphrase/

16.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: β€˜Blue Bloods’ spin-off debuts; β€˜Diplomat’ returns Plenty of viewers were miffed at CBS for canceling “Blue Bloods,” but the network’s new spin-off series, “Boston Blue” (10 p.m. Oct. 17, KDKA-TV) offers some solace. &ldq...

TV Talk: #BlueBloods spin-off #BostonBlue debuts + best @netflix series #TheDiplomat returns, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

16.10.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Q&A: Did a local broadcaster borrow a catchphrase? 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: Since Megan Shinn started at KDKA as the mor...

Time for another Q&A session with TribLive TV writer @robowentv.bsky.social. First out of the mailbag this week, a reader finds themselves wondering whether a Pittsburgh anchor is recycling a familiar catchphrase to sign off broadcasts.

15.10.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Q&A: Did a local broadcaster borrow a catchphrase? 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: Since Megan Shinn started at KDKA as the mor...

TV Q&A: Did local broadcaster borrow a catchphrase? Will there be new episodes of #antiquesroadshow & #ancientaliens ? Could laid off @KDKA anchors resurface on other stations? Via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

15.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk: McCandless native creates horror competition series β€˜Guts & Glory’ McCandless native Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) hosts “Guts & Glory,” a six-episode horror-themed competition series now streaming its first two episodes on Shudder and AM...

TV Talk: McCandless native, #TheWalkingDead alum creates horror competition series + #Middlehood on @Tubi + #911Nashville already off the rails, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

14.10.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou might die but it’s not the fault of the party that runs the FAA and TSA,” isn’t really what you want to hear before boarding.

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TV Talk: Sherlock Holmes lives in season 2 of β€˜Watson’ Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. For its 20-episode second season, CBS’s “Watson” (10 p.m. Oct. 13, KDKA-TV) won’t bring the cast t...

TV Talk: Sherlock lives in season two of @CBS Pittsburgh-set doc-tective drama #Watson premiering tonight #WatsonCBS via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...

13.10.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Morbidly funny because it's cut off from the rest of the city by the interstate. You're calling in the national guard to defend the world's biggest highway rest stop.

12.10.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 201    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

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TV Talk: KDKA-TV hires meteorologist; β€˜Kingstown’ trailer debuts Following the August retirement of forecaster Kristin Emery, this week, KDKA-TV announced a new weekend morning meteorologist hire, Rob Wilson. The Fox Chapel resident most recently worked as a financ...

From yesterday:
TV Talk: @KDKA hires meteorologist + Mister Rogers faked in AI videos + new #MayorofKingstown trailer + #TheLastFrontier reviewed + @Pitt_WBB on @TheCW - via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...

11.10.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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