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. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:39:37 -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/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 00:00:00 -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 10:30:00 -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 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208111-66.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Three decades after his Coke commercial won advertising's version of the Oscar, Joe Greene and his No. 75 Steelers jersey make a comeback in another Super Bowl spot on television. The new commercial relies heavily on the old one, only the Coke bottle has been replaced by a container of Downy Unstopables laundry product. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208084-67-0.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml If Snooki and JWoww need a place to live, Jersey Shore will welcome them with open arms. Jersey Shore, Pa., that is. The Central Pennsylvania Film Office wants the stars of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show to come to the tiny borough in northcentral Pennsylvania or to nearby Williamsport to shoot a planned spinoff of their gym-tan-laundry lifestyle. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208085-67-0.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml Sharon Needles' debut on "RuPaul's Drag Race" was dead-on. The season 4 premiere Monday was the highest in Logo history for a series, a 50 percent increase over last season's opener. It scored a 0.6 rating in the premiere adult 18-49 demo, with 481,000 total viewers across various broadcast and social media platforms. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500