Rob Owen stories, Page 41
TV Talk: Future WTAE reporter hit by a car live on the airVideo
Local TV news reporter Tori Yorgey will begin her new job at Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV in February, but her last week on the job at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, W.Va., has been eventful: She was struck by a car during a live broadcast and continued reporting, becoming a viral sensation on Twitter...
TV Q&A: What happened to WTAE-TV reporter Katelyn Sykes?
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. WARNING: The last question in this column includes spoilers for the finale of “Dexter: New Blood,” which aired on Jan. 9. Q: Could you please tell...
TV Talk: Steelers fan shares ‘True Story’ of sneaking into the 1979 Super BowlVideo
Retired Pittsburgh boxer and boxing referee Rick Steigerwald has previously shared his story of how, at age 24, he snuck into the 1979 Super Bowl, where the Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys. But until now, he’s never had the tale re-enacted by a cast of professional comic actors, including Adam...
Pittsburgh Pop: Peacock profiles Western Pa. native Joe Montana, remembering Bob Saget, previewing ‘Peacemaker’Video
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 Peacock’s six-episode docu-series about Joe Montana, who grew up in Monongahela, which is featured prominently in the first episode. Benz and Owen discuss the...
TV Talk: ‘How I Met Your Father’ delivers more complicated take on ‘How I Met Your Mother’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. More a spiritual spin-off than a true sequel series, Hulu’s “How I Met Your Father” does a gender swap on the 2005-14 CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother.” Streaming Tuesday, “How I Met Your...
TV Talk: Mt. Lebanon native David Hollander concludes ‘Ray Donovan’ with Showtime movie
When Showtime canceled “Ray Donovan” in February 2020, it came as a surprise to viewers and the show’s creative team alike. At the time of the cancellation, Mt. Lebanon native David Hollander, who has been a writer on the series since its first season and became the showrunner/head writer in...
TV Q&A: How tall is KDKA-TV’s Bob Pompeani?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: Help settle a debate between my mother and I: Various websites list Bob Pompeani as 5’6” tall, but I say those sites are poppycock and...
TV Talk: Is Netflix’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Archive 81’ worth watching? ‘Peacemaker,’ ‘Wolf Like Me’ also debut this weekVideo
Filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Archive 81,” streaming on Netflix Friday, is more supernatural thriller than horror series, with minimal gore but plenty of moody atmosphere, intriguing mystery and a few jump scares. Adapted from a podcast of the same name by writer Rebecca Sonnenshine (“The Boys,” “The Vampire Diaries”), “Archive 81” starts strong...
Pittsburgh Pop: ‘This is Us’ returns, ‘Boba Fett’ makes more sense and why are Penguins games on a streaming service now?
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 why some Penguins games are no longer on cable and have moved to Hulu and/or ESPN+. There’s also conversation about what might happen if...
TV Q&A: Who covers the cost of digging on ‘Curse of Oak Island?’
Q: Where does all of the money come from to pay for the investigation, digging, testing, machinery, manpower, archaeologists, etc., for “The Curse of Oak Island?” I know Marty Lagina is a millionaire, but there are a lot of people, resources and services on the payroll to investigate what might...
TV Talk: Reality stars with Pittsburgh ties in ‘Cheer,’ ‘I Am Shauna Rae’ kick off 2022 TVVideo
The new year’s TV offerings bring two reality series with Western Pennsylvania ties with the debut of TLC’s “I Am Shauna Rae” (10 p.m. Tuesday) and the return of Netflix’s “Cheer” for its nine-episode second season Wednesday. ‘Cheer’ James Thomas, a 2017 graduate of Union Area High School in New...
TV Talk: ‘Archive 81,’ filmed in Pittsburgh, offers supernatural thrillsVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. To prepare for her role as a mid-1990s documentary filmmaker in filmed-in-Pittsburgh Netflix supernatural thriller “Archive 81,” actress Dina Shihabi (“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”) got her hands on the kind of camera her character, Melody...
TV Talk: ‘Rustin’ actress Adrienne Warren stars in ABC’s ‘Women of the Movement’Video
When actress Adrienne Warren showed up on the set of Netflix’s bio-pic “Rustin,” which is filming in Pittsburgh through mid-January, the period wardrobe looked familiar from her work playing Mamie Till-Mobley on ABC’s “Women of the Movement” (8 p.m. Thursday, WTAE-TV). Both projects take place during the 1950s/60s civil rights...
TV Talk: Mandy Moore previews final season of ‘This Is Us’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Pre-pandemic, “This Is Us” co-creator/executive producer Dan Fogelman, who lived in Bethel Park as a child, suggested the possibility of shooting scenes for the partially Pittsburgh-set family drama at a Steelers game in the show’s...
Pittsburgh Pop: Remembering the legendary Betty White; reactions to ‘Boba Fett’
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 the passing of Betty White and her connection to Pittsburgh native Bill Cullen through the TV game show “Password.” They also set their sights...
TV Talk: Steve Harvey as a judge, a new culinary competition and a Jules Verne classic highlight midseason broadcast TVVideo
This year broadcast networks tried a different premiere pattern with both NBC (“American Auto” and “Grand Crew”) and ABC (the excellent comedy “Abbott Elementary”) debuting some series in December but then not rolling them out weekly until the new year. Here are the other midseason series you can expect to...
TV Q&A: How are ratings for ‘Nightly Sports Call?’
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’m back to see if the now-accurately named “Nightly Sports Call” — because most nights they only take one call — has increased ratings by...
Pittsburgh Pop: Ghosts of 2021 pop culture past, present and future
In this week’s episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including the year that was in TV and local TV news anchor changes. They tick off some of the highlights of the year in...
TV Talk: Fayette County hunter launches season two of ‘MTN TOP Outdoors’Video
Jeremiah “Jay” Voithofer of Farmington, Fayette County, remembers going to a Holiday Inn in Uniontown at age 8 to meet Terry Drury, a host of TV shows about hunting. “I made a turkey sound call and he gave me – and signed – his box call,” Voithofer said. “It’s just...
TV Q&A: Will Mark Harmon return to ‘NCIS’ as Gibbs?
Q: Mark Harmon’s name and likeness are the first things that appear in the opening credits of “NCIS.” However, he is no longer on the show. Any idea why he’s still in the opening credits? — Jeff, Baldwin Q: Is Mark Harmon really done on “NCIS”? The new guy (Gary...
TV Talk: Mt. Lebanon native charts course for ‘Book of Boba Fett,’ ‘Mandalorian’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Mt. Lebanon native Dave Filoni has been living his childhood dream of playing “Star Wars” for two decades, trading his childhood action figures for writing scripts and directing costumed actors and massive “Star Wars” props...
Pittsburgh Pop: Upcoming movies, midseason TV and ‘Being the Ricardos’
In this week’s episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including midseason cable/streaming series with local ties. Owen rates recent premieres “1883” and “With Love” and the pair preview what’s coming in midseason TV,...
TV Talk: ‘Yellowstone’ prequel, ‘Downton Abbey’ follow-up highlight midseason cable/streaming seriesVideo
Mid-season cable and streaming scripted series start in earnest in January, but with so much competition, some outlets chose to debut new shows this weekend. “With Love” (Friday, Amazon’s Prime Video): A five-episode, Christmas-set rom-com – it’s more rom than com – about a Latino family and their romantic entanglements....
TV Q&A: Who puts together Jeff Verszyla’s wardrobe?
Q. Weatherman Jeff Verszyla on Channel 4 is the best-dressed man on that station. I would love to know what brand of suits he wears or the identity of his tailor. — Bob, Mt. Washington Rob: “Over the course of many years, I have built up a solid wardrobe,” Verszyla...
Pittsburgh Pop: Reacting to that ‘Sex and the City’ shocker, Rick Sebak’s throwback interview of August Wilson
In this week’s episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including Rick Sebak’s latest WQED-TV special, “Brain Space Energy: My Interview with August Wilson.” Last week’s premiere of “Sex and the City” sequel series...
