TV & Radio


Ross native Chris Jamison, a semifinalist on NBC's "The Voice," performs Wednesday night for a hometown crowd at Stage AE on the North Shore.

Reality check: Cranberry sisters give 'Dead Files' a hand

Butler County sisters help spirits ’cross cover’ on Travel Channel show

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Courtney Benedetti just had to take "Tonight" host Jimmy Fallon to Primanti's in the Strip shortly before the show's launch.

Upper St. Clair native styles celebrities' hair for stage, screen, red carpet

Courtney Benedetti is head of the hair department for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and lists many other famous clients.

1 day ago

Rebecca Romijn in TNT's "The Librarians."

Tuned In: TNT's 'Librarians' off to a slow start

Plus: WQED changes one of its subchannels; WTAE raises “Project Bundle-Up” funds.

1 day ago

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto goes undercover (pictured at right) for an episode of CBS's "Undercover Boss" airing Dec. 21.

Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto stars on CBS reality show 'Undercover Boss'

The mayor’s “Undercover Boss” episode was filmed this fall in a little less than a week.

1 day ago

Henry Winkler on "Watch What Happens Live."

Steel City Con: Henry Winkler divides his time between acting career and helping kids

The actor best known for his role as The Fonz has authored many books and has been an advocate for children with learning challenges.

2 days ago

Edison Elf and Murray himself in "How Murray Saved Christmas."

TV Review: 'How Murray Saved Christmas' is a rare, irreverent holiday special

From a writer of "The Simpsons" with music reminiscent of "Family Guy," an offbeat Christmas special debuts tonight on NBC at 8 p.m.

2 days ago

Cutting the cord and going Roku

Roku is a brave new world of streaming television and a lower cable bill.

3 days ago

CBS, Dish TV face Thursday deadline

Pittsburgh Dish subscribers might lose KDKA, The CW

3 days ago

Viewership slips on early morning newscasts

Early risers not wedded to TV news lately

3 days ago

Vince Isoldi, of Collier, starred in A&E's "Godfather of Pittsburgh."

A&E pulls plug on 'Godfather of Pittsburgh'

The remaining “Godfather” episodes will be burned off at 12 and 1 p.m. Sunday beginning this weekend.

3 days ago

"Toy Story That Time Forgot," is a new Christmas special featuring favorite characters from the "Toy Story" films.

TV review: 'Toy Story' short on ABC entertaining

A new “Toy Story” short on ABC serves as a welcome placeholder until the fourth film arrives in 2017.

4 days ago

Ross Township's Chris Jamison will be performing live in his hometown.

Chris Jamison moves on to 'The Voice' semifinals, performs today at Stage AE

The Ross native will be at Stage AE for a free concert tonight at 6.

3 days ago

Angie Harmon's character, Jane Rizzoli, has become pregnant in TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles."

TV Q&A: The TV character is pregnant, not the actress

Questions answered about “Longmire,” “Perception,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “NCIS” and movies on TCM.

6 days ago

NBC's "The Voice" has made Chris Jamison of Ross a literal rock star.

Reality Check: Chris Jamison of Ross makes it to 'The Voice' semifinals

Pittsburgh’s Chris Jamison is hitting high notes on NBC’s “The Voice.”

1 week ago

Grumpy Cat stars "Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever."

Tuned In: 'Grumpy Cat' movie feels like cheap rushed job

Lifetime takes a break from woman-in-jeopardy drama for a comedic holiday film starring Grumpy Cat; “It Takes a Choir” re-re-rescheduled.

1 week ago

"Disney's A Christmas Carol" features the voices of Jim Carrey as Scrooge and Gary Oldman as Tiny Tim. It airs Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. on ABC Family.

Holiday TV shows: A complete guide to this season's specials

There’s something for everyone on this list of shows, running through Jan. 1

1 week ago

The new Won't You Be My Neighbor website.

Cybertainment: Fred Rogers Company starts good neighborhood website

The Fred Rogers Company launches Won’t You Be My Neighbor site. YouTube will add Music Key music streaming service.

1 week ago

Laurie Metcalf stars as Marjorie in "The McCarthys" and also appears in HBO's "Getting On."

More actors working double duty this season

TV networks are now more willing to share actors than they've ever been, with several performers pulling double duty as series regulars

1 week ago

"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."

Essay: Thanksgiving movies stuffed with dreary drama

Thanksgiving in film and television: traffic jams, family dysfunction and ruined turkeys.

1 week ago

A Lynn Hayes-Freeland feature on former anchor Patrice King Brown was a highlight during KDKA's most recent sweeps period newscasts.

TV employs fewer gimmicks during 'sweeps'

It’s easy to get swept up in sweeps stories, but local stations seem to be toning down their reports.

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Sean Michael Kyer is Agent Oscar and Millie Davis is Ms. O in "Odd Squad," premiering Wednesday on PBS Kids.

PBS goes into action with math-based 'Odd Squad'

The Fred Rogers Co. is involved in its first live-action series since “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” with PBS’s “Odd Squad.”

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"Odd Squad," a live-action series that will help kids ages 5-8 learn math, premieres Wednesday on PBS Kids with Sean Michael Kyer as Agent Oscar, left, Millie Davis as Ms. O, Dalila Bela as Agent Olive and Filip Gljo as Agent Otto. The Fred Rogers Company is a producer.

TV review: 'Odd Squad' assets add up to a good time

It’s hard not to wonder what Fred Rogers would think of the frantic “Odd Squad,” but taken on its own, this new kids show is a lot of fun.

1 week ago

TV Q&A: Actress wasn't series regular on 'Orange' at Emmy time

Questions answered about “Orange Is the New Black,” “The Young & The Restless,” “The Big Bang Theory” and ratings.

1 week ago

Pittsburgh bride Paloma DeNardis went with 'new' on TLC's "Something Borrowed."

Reality Check: Jamison excels with 'Jealous' on 'The Voice'

Ross native Chris Jamison advances on NBC’s “The Voice”; Fox Chapel native Paloma DeNardis shares emotional day on TLC.

2 weeks ago

Owen Benjamin, left, Steve Byrne and Dan Lauria in TBS's Pittsburgh-set sitcom "Sullivan & Son."

TBS cancels 'Sullivan & Son'

TBS cancels a Pittsburgh bar-set sitcom starring Hampton grad Steve Byrne after three seasons.

2 weeks ago

Allison Williams is Peter Pan and Christopher Walken portrays Captain Hook in NBC's "Peter Pan Live!"

Tuned In: TV lights up holiday season with new programming

December’s reruns have been replaced with a boatload of pricey premieres to satisfy advertiser demand this holiday season.

2 weeks ago

"Super Smash Bros." is now out on Wii U.

Game review: 'Super Smash Bros.' packed with frenzied fun

This super game for Wii U makes the latest “Smash Bros.” a worthy successor in the popular Nintendo series.

2 weeks ago

Sloane Morgan Siegel stars as the title character in Amazon's “Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street.”

TV Review: 'Gortimer Gibbon's Life' is a calm one for kids

Amazon Prime Instant Video debuts its first live-action kids show, the leisurely paced "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street."

2 weeks ago

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby loses two TV slots after new accusation

NBC has scrapped a Bill Cosby comedy that was under development, and TV Land will stop airing reruns of “The Cosby Show.”

2 weeks ago

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev receives a turkey in "Cold War Roadshow" on PBS's "American Experience," premiering tonight.

Soviet premier was America's most unlikely tourist

A media frenzy surrounds Nikita Khrushchev in a largely forgotten episode of mid-20th-century history in “Cold War Roadshow” on PBS.

2 weeks ago

Katherine Heigl as Charleston Tucker in "State of Affairs."

TV review: New Heigl series in a bad 'State'

NBC wants its own “Homeland” with Katherine Heigl’s “State of Affairs,” but the drama is unbelievable and too insular.

2 weeks ago

From left, Dana Chivvis, Emily Condon, Sarah Koenig, Ira Glass and Julie Snyder are the team behind the "Serial" podcast.

Podcast 'Serial' examines 15-year-old murder

The new “Serial” podcast brings online communities together in exploring the facts of a whodunit.

2 weeks ago

Public television tries to adapt to new realities

Public television stations around the country face funding pressures and challenges in jumping to digital platforms.

2 weeks ago

Terri and Brett Hardt of Allison Park watch themselves on television monitor during a WQED open house in 1964. Visitors lined up in the rain to tour the station headquarters at 4337 Fifth Ave., which was approaching its 10th anniversary and gearing up for its annual fund drive, with a goal of $250,000.

For a smaller WQED, competing visions of its future

After spending the year celebrating public television’s past, WQED and its funders have different views on its future.

2 weeks ago

Kelly Brennan of WTAE-TV.

TV Q&A: Comcast On Demand moves shows in and out of free zone

Questions answered about Comcast On Demand, KDKA-TV and “Law & Order: UK.”

2 weeks ago

Appearing on "The Voice" earlier this week were, from left, Matt McAndrew, Adam Levine, Damien Lawson and Chris Jamison.

Reality check: Reality show appearance tied bride up in knots

Pittsburgh bride Paloma DeNardis will be featured on TLC’s “Something Borrowed, Something New” next Friday.

3 weeks ago

Bailee Madison in "Northpole."

Tuned In: On TV, Christmas comes early

Christmas comes earlier and earlier each year on TV because viewers tune in and don’t shy away from holiday programming.

3 weeks ago

Cybertainment: Web series filmed in Lawrenceville

Web series “Main” seeks to spark audience conversation and thought. Ellen DeGeneres launches video site. NPR revamps its music site.

3 weeks ago

Mark Ballas is among the performers on the "Dancing With the Stars Live!" tour of North America stopping in Pittsburgh Jan. 8, 2015.

'Dancing With the Stars Live!' tour will stop in Pittsburgh

The Benedum Center show on Jan. 8, 2015, will include Mark Ballas and Witney Carson from the ABC television series.

3 weeks ago

Micheal "Sonia May Bottom" Mayberry, left, of Carrick, chats with co-host Michael "Miley Rahegan Michaels" Devitt, right, of Brookline as David Stanton gets the drag queens ready before filming an episode of "Drag Talk," at the Gay Life Television studio in Lawrenceville.

Gay Life Television, just for LGBT folks, streaming from Pittsburgh studio

Based in Lawrenceville, Gay Life Television cuts the cable TV cord to reach new audiences on the Web and on Roku.

3 weeks ago

Vince Isoldi stars in A&E's "Godfather of Pittsburgh."

Preview: Pittsburgh's 'Godfather' says he's no mafia kingpin

“Godfather of Pittsburgh” star Vince Isoldi says he’s just the star of a reality TV show and a businessman, not a mafia kingpin.

3 weeks ago

Vince Isoldi, center, surrounded by his family (from left): sons Adolfo and Enzo, wife Carla and son Romeo.

TV Review: Reality show presents Pittsburgh's 'Godfather'

Another ginned-up reality show set in Pittsburgh, “Godfather of Pittsburgh” introduces the “Sopranos”-like Isoldi family to the nation.

3 weeks ago

Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen star in "Vicious." PBS will air the six-episode second season next summer.

TV Q&A: 'Crossbones' sinks; 'Vicious' returns to PBS next year

Questions answered about “Crossbones,” “Vicious” and 4K television sets.

3 weeks ago

Shane Dawson, director of "Not Cool," the winning entry in the filmmaking competition series "The Chair" on Starz. "Not Cool" was shot in the Pittsburgh area.

Tuned in: 'Not Cool' wins 'Chair' film competition

YouTube star Shane Dawson’s fans mobilized to vote for his critically savaged directorial debut, making him the winner of “The Chair.”

3 weeks ago

Pittsburgh's Chris Jamison scores in "The Voice's" Knockout Round.

Reality Check: Ross singer still has a shot

Pittsburgh’s Chris Jamison moves on to live rounds on “The Voice.”

4 weeks ago

Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer return to "The Newsroom," as the HBO series kicks off its final season Sunday at 9 p.m.

Tuned In: 'Newsroom' prepares to sign off

“The Newsroom” and “Getting On” return to HBO; Pittsburgh-shot “The Chair” ends its run on Starz.

4 weeks ago

Screen shot from “Halo: The Master Chief Collection," a remastered take on the popular series.

Game review: 'Master Chief' edition celebrates 'Halo'

Getting four games for the price of one is just part of the value-added perks in the new “Halo” collection.

4 weeks ago

Robert Michael Morris and Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback."

On the Tube: Comeback' returns covering the same ground

HBO's "The Comeback" makes a comeback, but is it worth revisiting? Plus, how producers decided to move the story forward.

1 month ago

ScareHouse scares actor

Elijah Wood touts Pittsburgh’s extra frightening ScareHouse on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

4 weeks ago

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