Rob Owen

1 week ago | triblive.com | Rob Owen

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: In my opinion, the reason all TV stations put the complete weather forecast on so late in their broadcast is because they know people will turn them off immediately afterward. What do you think?

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Rob Owen

For 2023 “American Idol” winner Iam Tongi, who graduated a few weeks after his “Idol” win from Federal Way’s Decatur High School, the Hawaii-set 2002 animated Disney movie “Lilo & Stitch” was ever-present in his home growing up. “We had it on a VHS cassette,” he recalls. “You’re seeing a place you recognize on TV, seeing someone like myself on TV.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Rob Owen

Aside from a few imported scripted shows on PBS and The CW, summer is where broadcast networks roll out more reality competitions and game shows, low-cost filler during the warmest weather months when fewer viewers turn on the TV. For its fifth season, Fox’s “Lego Masters” (8 p.m. May 19, WPGH-TV; next day on Hulu) debuts its first-ever Pittsburgh team, Krista Kay of Ross and Marcella Spear of Penn Hills, who make up one of 11 two-person teams competing for the show’s $100,000 grand prize.

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Rob Owen

Survivalist Max Djenohan, of Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood, is at it again, returning to the “Naked and Afraid” franchise, and for the first time competing against 14 other veterans of the franchise. Filmed in the Australian Outback last fall, “Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing” (8 p.m. May 18, Discovery Channel) is Djenohan’s first “Naked” effort where winning is more than just survival. This time there’s also a $100,000 cash prize at stake.

3 weeks ago | centredaily.com | Rob Owen

May 15-It's not often three worthwhile streaming series premiere in the same week, but here we are. 'Overcompensating'Perhaps the funniest streaming comedy since "Hacks," Amazon Prime Video's "Overcompansating" presents as a wild, profanity-filled "Animal House"-style bacchanal. But at its heart, the eight-episode series is an endearing coming-of-age story centered on two good people trying to find themselves.