Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Former WQED-TV vice president of content Darryl Ford Williams executive produced the revealing new one-hour PBS documentary, “The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special” (10 p.m. Jan. 8, WQED), which explores the complex issue
The success of 2021’s scripted South Korean drama series “Squid Game” naturally made Netflix pursue a reality show version, “Squid Game: The Challenge,” now streaming. The production values are huge and magnificent – the show, featuring 456 contestants at its outset, boasts a $4.56 million prize – and when “The
Disney+ has Marvel and “Star Wars” brands. AMC has “The Walking Dead” and Anne Rice series (“Interview with the Vampire,” “The Mayfair Witches). HBO has “Game of Thrones” shows as its primary intellectual property. Lifetime’s entry in the IP sweepstakes is more down market and tawdry by comparison: Movies based
A year after he spearheaded the WQED-TV special “Tamburitzans: Prism,” producer/editor Frank Caloiero delivers another special featuring the music and dance group with “Tamburitzans: Symbols” (7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, WQED-TV). Caloiero, a former “Tammie” dancer/singer and Tambura player (1988-92), said this new special taped at the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point