In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment including Carnegie Mellon University’s showing at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, an excellent awards show telecast in spite of (or because of?) a lack of writers and blah banter, where 1967 CMU grad Jamie deRoy won as a producer of best play “Leopoldstadt” and musical revival “Parade.”
Benz previews the impact of the Taylor Swift concerts in Pittsburgh this week and the movie “It’ Ain’t Over,” about baseball great Yogi Berra, that’s showing at the Harris Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh June 16-29.
The pair talk “Based on a True Story,” the latest series starring Kaley Cuoco.
Benz brings up Netflix’s “Longest Third Date” and Owen reports on “Inside the NFL” moving from Paramount+ to prime time on The CW and the premiere date for the latest Disney+ “Star Wars” series, “Ahsoka,” coming Aug. 23.
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