Skip to Main Content
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

“Twin Peaks” title card.

Weekend Watchlist: Spooky shows

By The Pitt News Staff October 17, 2019
It’s spooky season! With Halloween less than two weeks away, here are our favorite spooky shows available to stream.
“Game of Thrones” production still.

Screen Time: Our best & worst TV finales

By The Pitt News Staff October 13, 2019
All good things must come to an end. This includes long-running television series, though sometimes they may not end the way we would like them to. In this week’s edition of Screen Time, TPN staffers share what they believe are some of the best and worst television finales.
(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar / Staff Illustrator)

Column: Watching sports forges connections, unites in history

By Abbot Zuk | For The Pitt News September 19, 2017

Whether it was my mother or father taking me to a ball game, or everyone in Catholic grade school sporting Steelers jerseys on Fridays before pivotal games — sports have been ingrained in me since the...

Pitt students watch Xfinity television in William Pitt Union. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Students receive access to stream portable cable television

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor September 6, 2017

Campus Television is now portable and pocket-sized at Pitt. Comcast Corp. partnered with the University to bring on-campus residents Xfinity on Campus, a service that allows students to watch and record...

Warm up to new and returning TV shows with their trailers

Warm up to new and returning TV shows with their trailers

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer January 7, 2015

The first weeks of January can be a dumping ground for dozens of pilots that won’t make it to February. But here’s a preview of some of the most-anticipated returning shows (and one new show) — based...

Netflix breathes new life into TV

Netflix breathes new life into TV

By Shawn Cooke / Staff Writer October 21, 2013

From its title, “Orange Is the New Black” sounds like a hot new TLC reality program that urges viewers to “say yes to the jumpsuit.” Lucky for the highbrow television viewer, its title is more...

Esquire TV’s lineup puts stylish spin on basic TV rundown

By Matt Singer / Senior Staff Writer September 30, 2013

Its initial programming launch now completed, it’s already clear that Esquire Network is continuing to do what its eponymous magazine has already succeeded in doing: showing that class, culture and cash...

TV’s next great anti-hero has arrived

By Andrew Fishman September 16, 2013

It’s Sunday night. Almost 3 million fans around the country are about to tune in to cult TV show “Breaking Bad” on AMC. I am not one of these 3 million people. To the shock of some and the horror...

Kaiser: Until gender equality is achieved, female comedians will carry the torch

Kaiser: Until gender equality is achieved, female comedians will carry the torch

By Kirk McKoy January 22, 2013

Fey (left) and Poehler (right) might be a bit more glamourous than most, but they still speak truth about women in society. / MCT Campus

Load More Stories