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TV Q&A: What’s happening to Benny on ‘Bull’?

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: When is CBS’s “Bull” starting a new season? And why is Benny really leaving? — Millie via email Rob: Many returning series will start rolling...
TV Talk: Pitt, CMU grad reboots ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ for Disney+Video

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Veteran TV writer and University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University grad Kourtney Kang knows the bad rap reboots get among critics and some viewers. She purposefully took a different, more personal approach to writing...
TV Talk: Martha Plimpton replaces Illeana Douglas on filming-in-Pittsburgh comedy ‘Sprung’

Only a week into filming streaming comedy “Sprung” in Pittsburgh and there’s been a change on the call sheet of the IMDb TV series: The role played in scenes shot last week by actress Illeana Douglas will be played going forward (and in re-shoots) by Emmy-winner Martha Plimpton. Recasting is...
TV Talk: Joe Manganiello visits ‘A.P. Bio;’ Billy Porter’s ‘Cinderella’ and Michael Keaton’s ‘Worth’ debutVideo

Streaming services offer a trifecta of Pittsburgh natives in new entertainment offerings this weekend. Porter in ‘Cinderella’ Does the world really need another Cinderella movie? Writer/director Kay Cannon, with an assist from Pittsburgh native Billy Porter as the Fab G, delivers a spirited, modern, musical “Cinderella” that proves it has...
TV Q&A: What happened to Marisa Tomei’s role in ‘Sweet Girl’?

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: Word is that Marisa Tomei was fired from the movie “Sweet Girl” as she was a difficult diva. Truth to that is the fact that...
TV Talk: Netflix’s ‘Rustin’ seeks 2,000 extras during filming in Pittsburgh

When the Netflix bio-pic “Rustin,” about the late civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, comes to film in Pittsburgh beginning Sept. 27, casting director Rose Locke has a big task on her hands: Hiring 370 extras for the film’s re-creation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1963 March on Washington, a...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh’s success featured in PBS’s ‘Future of Work’Video

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Pittsburgh’s revitalization is featured in the first episode of the three-part PBS series “Future of Work” (10-11 p.m. Wednesday, WQED-TV), which explores changes in the workplace and its potential for long-term impact on workers, employers,...
TV Talk: Michael Keaton talks Steelers with Seth Meyers on ‘Late Night’Video

Seth Meyers, host of NBC’s “Late Night,” didn’t grow up in Pittsburgh, but his father is from East Liberty and the late-night host has made no secret of his love for the Steelers, even going so far as working references into an episode of IFC’s “Documentary Now” that he wrote....
TV Talk: More on ‘The Chair,’ including that celeb cameo; 9/11 rememberedVideo

Now that the six-episode, easily bingeable, filmed-in-Pittsburgh “The Chair” has been out for a week on Netflix, it’s time to share more from my interviews with series co-creator Amanda Peet and star Sandra Oh, spoilers included (if you don’t want to be spoiled, skip to the next subhead). “The Chair”...
TV Q&A: What’s up with the ‘Jeopardy!’ host debacle and who could host now?

Q: If you had been choosing the next host of “Jeopardy” who would it be? What do you think of Mike Richards? — Barb via email Rob: This query arrived a week before briefly tenured Mike Richards exited the “Jeopardy!” host role. I started writing a response during the day...
TV Talk: ‘The Other Two’ remains one of TV’s best comedies as it relocates to HBO Max

Sometimes when a series has been MIA as long as “The Other Two” — its last new episode premiered in March 2019 — it can be difficult to remember exactly why you loved it. There’s also this concern: Will the show be as good as I vaguely remember it was?...
TV Talk: Are Netflix’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘Sweet Girl’ and ‘The Chair’ worth watching?Video

Here’s an inside-entertainment tip: When networks/studios/platforms put an embargo date (that is, when stories can be published) on reviews of a new movie or TV show that is well in advance of the release date that the project becomes available to the public, it’s because those in charge of publicity...
TV Talk: Sandra Oh praises local actors in Netflix’s ‘The Chair’Video

Perhaps it should be no surprise that, in a town full of colleges with acting programs, it wouldn’t be too hard for a big-budget series to swoop in and hire a passel of actors/acting professors to play college faculty members in “The Chair,” streaming Friday on Netflix after filming in...
TV Talk: Former Pittsburgher gets ‘Naked;’ ‘Destination Fear’ visits WaynesburgVideo

It’s a ridiculously busy week for Pittsburgh on TV and TV shows with local ties. Not only is Netflix releasing filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Sweet Girl” and “The Chair” on Friday, but two reality shows — “Destination Fear” and “Naked and Afraid of Love” — also have ties to Western Pennsylvania. ‘Destination Fear’...
TV Talk: Obama-produced ‘Rustin’ will film in Pittsburgh

The latest Netflix project to come to Pittsburgh marks a return to town for the film’s director and the first Pittsburgh production from the production company created by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. “Rustin,” directed by George C. Wolfe, who directed “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in Pittsburgh for...
TV Q&A: Will new episodes of ‘Doc Martin’ ever air on WQED-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: Will PBS run new episodes of “Doc Martin” soon? I assume the pandemic has held up production. — Kathy, Allegheny Township Rob: Technically, “Doc Martin”...

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