As part of its lineup of Women’s History Month programming, WQED-TV will broadcast the half-hour “mini doc” “Broadcast Pioneers” at 8 p.m. March 21.
The program is a packaged compilation of previously released short feature stories on four women who made significant contributions to broadcasting in Western Pennsylvania, including kids show hosts Ricki Wertz (recorded in 2004) and Josie Carey (from 2005) and pioneering broadcaster Eleanor Schano (recorded in 2009) and former KDKA-TV reporter/anchor Lynne Hayes-Freeland (from 2020).
“Broadcast Pioneers” will also post to WQED’s YouTube Channel.
A full listing of the station’s Women’s History Month programs can be found at wqed.org/womenshistory.
Kept/canceled/ordered
FX quietly renewed Hulu’s “The Bear” for a fourth season that will film right after the third season that premieres this summer.
PBS’s “Masterpiece” series “Unforgotten” will return for a sixth season.
Starz series “Power Book II: Ghost” will end with its upcoming fourth season, premiering the first half of the season at 8 p.m. June 7 and the second half at 8 p.m. Sept. 6.
Amazon’s Prime Video ordered “Beast Games,” a reality competition series from YouTube star MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), with a $5 million grand prize.
Channel surfing
All 13 episodes of the second season of “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” debut on Apple TV+ Friday. … A new season of “Doctor Who” comes to Disney+ on May 10. … Disney+ debuts new series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” a mystery-thriller about a padawan and her Jedi master investigating crimes during the final days of the High Republic era, on June 4. … AMC acquired all four season of former TNT series “Snowpiercer” and will stream the first three seasons on AMC+ later this year before the yet-to-premiere fourth season airs on AMC and streams on AMC+ in 2025. … Ramy Youssef hosts NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” March 30 with musical guest Travis Scott; Kristen Wiig hosts April 6 with Raye; Ryan Gosling hosts April 13 with Chris Stapleton. … “The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor,” which previously moved from PBS to CNN will relocate again to Netflix for its 25th ceremony that will honor Kevin Hart. … Repeats of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” will run on CNN at 8 p.m. Saturday, a day after their original telecast on HBO, beginning March 23. … DirecTV will allow subscribers to opt out of local stations and save $12 per month or $144 per year.
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