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TV Q&A: 'NCIS,' holiday programming and ME TV (added: 'Those Who Kill' teaser)

Friday, 06 December 2013 05:23 PM Written by

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TV Q&A with Rob Owen

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This week's TV Q&A (after the "Read more" jump below) responds to questions about “NCIS,” holiday programming and “Craft Wars”. As always, thanks for reading and keep the questions coming.

- Rob Owen, Post-Gazette TV writer

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TV preview: 'Bonnie & Clyde'

Thursday, 05 December 2013 09:16 AM Written by

You can read more about the new "Bonnie & Clyde" miniseries Sunday in the Post-Gazette's TV Week, but for now here's a trailer for the four-hour program that airs Sunday and Monday simultaneously on A&E, History and Lifetime:

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How dark can 'Mob City' be on TNT?

Wednesday, 04 December 2013 11:06 AM Written by

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HOLLYWOOD -- I wrote in Sunday's TV Week review about how enjoyable TNT's new drama "Mob City" (9 and 10 tonight) turns out to be if you're a fan of the noir crime genre or the work of writer/director Frank Darabont ("The Walking Dead").

But when a show like this turns up on TNT instead of HBO or Showtime, there are invariably questions about how dark a show can go on basic cable. A TNT executive seemed to think it could get pretty dark.

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'Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood' gets DVD release

Tuesday, 03 December 2013 01:13 PM Written by

PBS's "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood," produced by Pittsburgh's Fred Rogers Company, will get its first DVD release in February.

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Neal McDonough puts on a white hat again for 'Mob City'

Tuesday, 03 December 2013 08:49 AM Written by

neal mcdonoughHOLLYWOOD -- Actor Neal McDonough (at right) has played good guys before but it's been a while.

He's most recently been cast as crazy killers, most notably on FX's "Justified." So it's nice to see him back in a Boy Scout role as Los Angeles police chief William Parker in TNT's "Mob City" (9 p.m. Wednesday).

McDonough is pleased with this change of pace, too.

"Gene Roddenberry ... based Spock on William Parker, so he's a real straight shooter," McDonough said. "At the end of the series, at least the first season, his only crack was that he had a bad drinking problem."

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