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TribLIVE @triblive.bsky.social · 2h

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.

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...

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 2h

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...

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...

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 1d

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...

TV Talk: McCandless native creates horror competition series ‘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...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

“You 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.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 2d

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...

TV Talk: Sherlock Holmes lives in season 2 of ‘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...

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 3d

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.

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 3d

We're sending squad-sized elements to secure the Bass Pro Shop

Screencap of an AP article

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee’s second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area.

At least nine armed Guard members began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic Memphis landmark, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from historic Beale Street and FedEx Forum, where the NBA’s Grizzlies play

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 3d

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 3d

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...

TV Talk: KDKA-TV hires meteorologist; ‘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...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

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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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 4d

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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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

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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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 4d

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David Del Rio’s Wife Katherine Stands By ‘Matlock’ Actor & Calls Leah Lewis “Disturbing” Amid Sexual Assault Scandal

David del Rio's wife, actress Katherine del Rio, is standing by her husband after the actor was fired from Matlock over sexual assault allegations.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 4d

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

TV Talk: KDKA-TV hires meteorologist; ‘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...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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megapickz.bsky.social @megapickz.bsky.social · 5d

Russia launches missile and drone attack on Kyiv, targeting power grid

Ukraine reported a large-scale Russian assault on Kyiv early Friday, involving ballistic missiles and drone strikes that caused widespread power outages and injured at least nine people. The attack, which targeted critical…

Russia launches missile and drone attack on Kyiv, targeting power grid

Ukraine reported a large-scale Russian assault on Kyiv early Friday, involving ballistic missiles and drone strikes that caused widespread power outages and injured at least nine people. The attack, which targeted critical infrastructure, is part of what officials say is an intensified Russian campaign against Ukraine’s energy grid.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 5d

⚡️Ukraine is still under massive Russian missile and drone attack.

Nationwide air raid alerts followed the launch of a Russian MiG-31K, with explosions rocking Kyiv, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 5d

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‘Matlock’s Leah Lewis Breaks Silence Amid David Del Río’s Firing Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Leah Lewis is breaking her silence after her Matlock co-star David del Río was fired from the CBS legal drama for sexual assault.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 5d

The stupid, it burns

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Daniel Tiger is being called 'annoying' on TikTok. Here's why.

Here's why PBS Kids' Daniel Tiger is being talked about on TikTok.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 5d

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‘Matlock’ Actor David Del Rio Fired Over Alleged Sexual Assault

Matlock series regular David Del Rio has abruptly exited the hit CBS legal drama over an allegation of sexual assault, Deadline has learned.

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TribLIVE @triblive.bsky.social · 6d

Upper St. Clair native Jamie Brown and her husband, Jeff Tonidandel, are known as restaurateurs in the Charlotte, N.C., region. Their endeavors are chronicled in the 10-episode PBS docu-series “Fork & Hammer,” a behind-the-scenes look at a family restaurant business.

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TV Talk: Upper St. Clair grad’s restaurants profiled on PBS; ‘Matlock’ returns

Upper St. Clair native Jamie Brown gained notoriety in her hometown as a standout basketball player alongside her identical twin sister, Kerry, who both went on to play for Davidson College. Since set...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 6d

TV Talk: @USCSchools grad's NC restaurants featured in new @PBS series #ForkAndHammer + #Matlock is back + #ChairCompany offers cringe comedy + #TheAlabamaSolution goes inside prisons + #TheLastFrontier previewed, via @triblive.bsky.social -
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TV Talk: Upper St. Clair grad’s restaurants profiled on PBS; ‘Matlock’ returns

Upper St. Clair native Jamie Brown gained notoriety in her hometown as a standout basketball player alongside her identical twin sister, Kerry, who both went on to play for Davidson College. Since set...

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CNN @cnn.com · 6d

TV host and painter Bob Ross has 30 original paintings going up for auction. All profits will go to US public TV and radio stations.

This comes after Congress cut funding in support of public broadcasting.

Read more: https://cnn.it/4q2EfzS

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Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 6d

For sure.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

Rob Owen @robowentv.bsky.social · 6d

"Action" was "The Studio" of its era but way less successful.

Zach Wilson @televisionaryzw.bsky.social · 6d

Classic TV streaming alert: A trio of short lived but well remembered sitcoms are now streaming on Roku. Specifically The Naked Truth, Action and Sledge Hammer!

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