‘Neighborhood’ archive update
This month marks nine years since Illinois high school guidance counselor Tim Lybarger started a blog that turned into the website neighborhoodarchive.com, a comprehensive guide to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
Mr. Lybarger finished writing recaps of all the episodes in the series — almost 900 in all — last week.
Mr. Lybarger said he got started on the project — his wife calls it his “hobby that got out of hand” — when he searched for information on a “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
Come Jan. 1 at 5 a.m., WTAE’s second channel, 4.2, will no longer carry ThisTV and will switch to CoziTV.
CoziTV was previously carried on now-defunct local low-power station WEPA (Channel 59). Cozi features reruns of “Murder, She Wrote,” “Frasier,” “Columbo” and “The Nanny.” Channel 4.2 will continue to carry WTAE news at 7 p.m. weekdays along with ACC college football and basketball.
HBO will bring back “Big Little Lies” for a second season; Netflix renewed “The Punisher” for a second season.
Twoseries that will return for their third seasons: “Berlin Station” (Epix) and “Victoria” (PBS’s “Masterpiece”). And USA’s “Mr. Robot” will returnfor season four.
TV One canceled its daily, African-American focused newscast, “NewsOne Now,” effective following the Dec. 21 installment.
CBS All Access will reboot “The Twilight Zone” with Jordan Peele (”Get Out”) among the show’s executive producers.
ABC canceled the “Great American Baking Show” after one episode following multiple sexual harassment allegations against one of the show’s judges,JohnnyIuzzini.
PBS suspended distribution of Tavis Smiley’s latenight talk show following sexual misconduct allegations against its host.
Channel surfing
PBS’s live-action educational series “Odd Squad,” produced in Toronto by the
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