Rob Owen
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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
The Salt Lake Tribune is a 150+ year-old newspaper that went the nonprofit route several years ago. It now brings in $13MM in revenue vs $12MM in expenses. Enough to support a robust news operation. This is the way for metro news orgs. www.cjr.org/first_person...
I got angry about the muppey news. www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/w...
Why Can’t We Have Nice Muppet Things
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TV Talk Fall Preview (1 of 3): @WQED debuts #DeadAir Halloween programming, unearths doc on George A. Romero + @PBS introduces drama #Trespasses + @PBSNature teams with @sesamestreet to take Elmo and friends to Africa to meet an elephant, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: WQED-TV debuts ‘Dead Air;’ PBS introduces ‘Trespasses’
WQED-TV’s “Summer of Sebak” gives way to “Dead Air,” an October celebration of Pittsburgh’s connection to horror and Halloween. “Dead Air” includes an h...
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TV Talk: Former #Lost #TheWitcher writer @okbjgm.bsky.social leaves L.A., moves to #Pittsburgh to teach at @CarnegieMellon + #ThePitt early Emmy wins + 2 reporters join @WTAE this month + #SouthPark renamed, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: ‘Lost,’ ‘Witcher’ writer relocates to Pittsburgh to teach at CMU
The entertainment business has been in the throes of change since the advent of streaming wrecked media companies’ traditional paths to making a reliable profit. The covid-19 pandemic, dual writ...
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Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2y agoApple is aiming to release a foldable iPhone in 2026 📱 (via WSJ)
no time for disabled veterans, children's hospital advocates, or slain police officers, but plenty of time to kiss Trump's ass
Axios@axios.com · 3d agoEXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Fetterman is preparing to make a bombshell appearance tonight at the GOP convention in a video praising President Trump and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Dave McCormick
The iPhone is getting the biggest change in its nearly 20-year history: a screen that can bend in half. Apple has announced the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable smartphone, signaling a major revamp of the company’s most important product. https://cnn.it/4hjqV7O
My educated guess is neither side has really thought this through. MAGA is taking a cheap win, but former Fetterman staffers are planning to release more of his texts in less than a week. Having published some of his texts (and seen others), I can't imagine the next batch is going to be pretty
Axios@axios.com · 3d agoEXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Fetterman is preparing to make a bombshell appearance tonight at the GOP convention in a video praising President Trump and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Dave McCormick
TV Q&A: Will a local station stick with a solo anchor at 11 and how it could be worse + why no forecaster at Friday night football games + misunderstanding how TV works, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Q&A: Will WTAE go with a solo anchor at 11 p.m.?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Saturday Tribune-Review. Q: Will WTAE replace Kristen Powers on Channe...
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Streaming prices are rising 3x as fast as inflation. All 8 major streamers w/out ads will cost you $151/month now vs $90 in 2022. Cable companies made studios fight for every price increase. Remove the middle man, and you remove the guardrails. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... #TVSky
Streaming Is Raising Prices Faster Than Cable Ever Did
Congrats, you cut the cord. Now you have six more cords. Streaming prices are rising three times as fast as inflation, making escaping cable company greed now seem quaint.
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TV Talk: More humor, more romance in season 2 of #ThePaper streaming this week on @peacock -via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: ‘The Paper’ amps up humor, romance in season 2
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. There is a welcome throwback quality to “The Paper,” a reminder of what it was like to watch a prime-time TV c...
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Everyone remembers when Obama saluting with coffee cup was a multiple day scandal, right?
Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · 4d agoNEWS: Trump erupts at Marine One helicopter pilots, refuses to salute Marines. Canada's retaliatory tariffs begin hitting everything from cheese to electronics. Trump senior advisor faces possible major criminal penalties. Iceland summons US Ambassador as Trump suggests taking Iceland. Subscribe:
Potentially the most important sporting event taking place tonight. Congrats to Spud for putting it all on the line
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 6d agoSpud the bulldog is crowned the fastest dog in Minnesota at Canterbury Park, crossed the line face down in a photo finish (via Canterbury Park)
📺 Got a QUESTION about #Lioness, #Lanterns, #SILO, #BestMedicine, #Reacher, #StuartFails, #OneChicago, the #NCIS-verse, #SVU, #AbbottElementary or any other show? 📧 EMAIL mitovich+insideline@gmail.com , or drop a comment!
Usually reporters get leaks FROM the White House -- but at Fox News, a reporter appears to have leaked TO the White House. That's according to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's explanation of the sudden Maria Bartiromo erasure by the Murdochs
Here’s what @status.news says. Trumps China/2020 prime time was so whacked Fox sent out internal orders to ignore it. Maria B. squealed. www.status.news/p/maria-bart...
TV Talk: @PGH_SportsTV + relocated @FamilyFeud highlight daytime/local/syndicated fall programming, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: Daily sports show on WPGH, ‘Family Feud’ on WTAE highlight fall daytime TV
It’s a pretty sleepy fall TV season when it comes to nationally syndicated and/or local daytime programming, with few big series launches and relatively stable schedules on local commercial broa...
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From Wednesday: TV Talk: @officialdwts reveals new season's cast + Pittsburgher @Wostoons competes on #TheFloor + new #HarryPotter & #SWATExiles trailers, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: ‘Dancing’ reveals new season’s cast; Pittsburgher on ‘The Floor’
Ratings for ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” rebounded in recent seasons due to the show’s embrace of reality TV and social media “stars” over traditional celebrities...
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TV Talk: @officialdwts reveals new season's cast + Pittsburgher competes on #TheFloor + new #HarryPotter & #SWATExiles trailers, via @triblive.bsky.social - triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: ‘Dancing’ reveals new season’s cast; Pittsburgher on ‘The Floor’
Ratings for ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” rebounded in recent seasons due to the show’s embrace of reality TV and social media “stars” over traditional celebrities...
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TV Q&A: Will new episodes of @TheView ever air? Do local TV news reporters from rival stations get along and help each other? Via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Q&A: Will new episodes of ‘The View’ ever air?
Q: What’s going on with “The View?” They’re having nothing but repeats for several weeks. Has our current Trump administration gotten to them like it’s gotten to many oth...
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TV Talk: @SNPittsburgh hires new reporter + "Mean" Joe Greene 1973 action movie streams + when #ToyStory5 will be on @DisneyPlus - via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: SportsNet Pittsburgh’s new hire, ‘Mean’ Joe Greene movie streams
On Monday, SportsNet Pittsburgh announced Hailey Hunter’s replacement will be Johnstown native Katie Florio, who will take over as TV rinkside reporter during 2026-27 season Penguins games on SN...
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After creating "Babylon 5," J. Michael Straczynski made a forgotten post-apocalyptic Showtime series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Luke Perry And Malcolm-Jamal Warner Starred In A Forgotten Sci-Fi Show From Babylon 5's Creator - TVLine
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More than two decades before Inside Out premiere in theaters, an underrated Fox comedy brought America inside the crowded psyche of its own titular character.
This Forgotten Fox Sitcom Feels Like Pixar's Inside Out For Adults - TVLine
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TV Talk: 25 years ago today, the last original episode of #MisterRogersNeighborhood first aired; David Newell (AKA Speedy Deliveryman Mr. McFeely) recalls filming that last episode, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: It’s been 25 years since the last original episode of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ 1st aired
It’s a milestone day in the neighborhood: Monday marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the final original episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” filmed at WQED&rsquo...
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This passage is the most revealing about the current state of the under 35 GOP staff echelon. When you do your stock denial it's basically. "Hey that was satire. I'm no racist. I'm no Nazi. Obviously, I think the white race is superior. But I'm just not like that."
TV Talk: Ligonier native @GageGoulding advances from local news to @CNN + @wtae reporter exits + first look at #TheGildedAge 4th season, via @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/aande/movies...
TV Talk: Ligonier Valley High, RMU grad lands reporting job at CNN
From shadowing KDKA-TV anchor/reporter Brenda Waters to chasing tornadoes for a Houston station to his new role reporting for CNN in Seoul, South Korea, Ligonier native Gage Goulding swiftly advanced ...
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