http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/ Radio and TV, TV Q&A, Reality TV, TV Editor Rob Owen's Tuned In Journal en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:39:53 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208690-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml This devil will be given his due, thanks to "Antiques Roadshow." When the venerable PBS appraisal show airs the three hours shot in Pittsburgh beginning Monday, one of the locals who made the cut was Robert, a retired schoolteacher from the Mon Valley. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208534-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml ABC's "The River" turns out to be a more interesting show than its pilot suggests. That's not to say the premiere, airing tonight at 9 on WTAE, is disappointing -- it's a scary enough introduction -- but future episodes expand the show's universe, better develop the characters and reveal that while the show is called "The River," not every story has to take place on a boat. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208103-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml WTAE will broadcast the funeral Mass in Philadelphia for Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh from 1983 to 1987, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on thisTV Pittsburgh, the station's over-the-air digital subchannel, Channel 4.2. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208439-67-0.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml According to one poll released last week, 55 percent of U.S. adults said they planned to tune in to Sunday's Super Bowl as much or more for the commercials than for the game. If that's true, and if those viewers also spend any time on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter, odds are this was a pretty disappointing year for them. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1205681-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml It is often the case that networks in the most dire straits take the wildest swings. ABC unleashed "Twin Peaks" during a ratings downturn and NBC's early 1980s desperation allowed for the creative rebirth of the network with "Hill Street Blues," "Cheers" and "The Cosby Show." Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1207923-67-0.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml On a beautiful fall day in New York, Christian Borle was thinking of Pittsburgh. He had expected to return to his hometown, but filming episodes of the new NBC series "Smash" was demanding his time. "Where in Pittsburgh are you so I can imagine it?" he asked. When I told him I was near the Point, he said, "Ah. I really, really wanted to come back for Thanksgiving." Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500