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David Morse, Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban and Mallory Low are among the latest cast additions to “The Chair,” a Netflix dramedy series filming in Pittsburgh.
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Netflix’s latest series to film in Pittsburgh, “The Chair,” is rounding out its cast with the addition of several actors, including Philadelphia’s David Morse, who previously spent two seasons in Pittsburgh filming WGN America’s “Outsiders” and before that appeared in the filmed-in Pittsburgh Will Smith film “Concussion.” Most recently Morse had a role in Showtime’s critically-acclaimed “The Good Lord Bird” and prior to that appeared in the partially-filmed-in-Pittsburgh Showtime limited series “Escape at Dannemora.”
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WTAE-TV weekend evening anchor/reporter Brittany Hoke announced on her Facebook page she chose to walk away from her “dream job” at Channel 4 in favor of “freedom.”
In her lengthy post, Hoke wrote there are “a lot of” reasons for her departure she does not name them but offered this Cliff’s Notes summary: “When you are hired by someone, your transaction is, you do your best work for them and they pay you for it. We all have personal lives and families and we all go through hard times that may require stability or flexibility.”
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PBS Kids’ “Donkey Hodie,” a new live-action, puppet-driven spin-off of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” debuts on WQED-TV on May 3.
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The latest spin-off from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” puppet show “Donkey Hodie,” debuts on PBS stations, including WQED-TV, on May 3.
Produced by Spiffy Pictures and Pittsburgh-based Fred Rogers Productions, “Donkey Hodie” is the second series inspired by “Neighborhood” characters, following animated PBS Kids series “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” which premiered in 2012 and is still in production.
Like “Daniel,” “Donkey Hodie” is a next generation series that’s centered on Donkey Hodie, granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie (now known as Grampy Hodie) from 59 episodes of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” that debuted between 1968 and 1993.
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CMU School of Drama grad Brian Muller stars as Pags in the new Epix coming-of-age series “Bridge & Tunnel.”
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CMU School of Drama grad Brian Muller stars as Pags in the new Epix coming-of-age series Bridge & Tunnel.
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Netflix’s horror series “Archive 81” has been filming in and around Pittsburgh since November and will be joined in a couple of weeks by another Netflix program, “The Chair.” Showtime’s “Rust” expects to film in March.