TV Q&A: Why is a KDKA-TV reporter filing stories from home?

Q: KDKA-TVs Bryant Reed has been reporting from, what I gather is his home, for what seems like a few months now, longer than quarantining for covid-19 exposure. Hopefully, he is okay and this is his choice.

— John via email

Rob: This is not a covid quarantine. Reed broke his ankle and tore some tendons playing basketball at the end of August.

“I’ve been on crutches since then and only recently started trying to put weight on it,” Reed said. “Not sure how much longer I’ll be [working from home] but I’m hoping to be back in the field as soon as possible!”

Q: Why did Channel 22 take “The Goldbergs” off at 6 and 10 p.m. weekdays?

— Dave via email

Rob: Usually when a station moves a show out of a prime time slot to a lesser time period (“The Goldbergs” now airs at 4 a.m. weekdays on WPGH-TV and at 3 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday on WPNT-TV) it’s generally because the show is not pulling in the desired ratings and programmers think they can get more viewers to tune in by putting a different program in the time period.

Q: When will Comcast/Xfinity start broadcasting the ACC network? It’s totally ridiculous that they give our area the Pac-12 Network and not the ACC Network. What nit-wit is responsible for that decision?

— Tim, Greensburg

Rob: It will happen if/when Comcast (or parent company NBCUniversal) and ACCN (operated by ESPN, owned by The Walt Disney Company) come to terms on an agreement.

When it’s two major corporations sparring, it tends to be more challenging to make a deal than when it’s an indie network as Pac-12 is.

Making carriage deals in the cable TV business is all about money; what viewers want to see is irrelevant to media conglomerates.

Q: I thought the new season of “NCIS” started Oct. 22 but I watched a rerun on Oct. 27. Why throw a rerun on so early in the new season?

— Grace via email

Rob: Grace is mistaken. A new season of “NCIS” started in September and five original episodes aired over five consecutive weeks before the first rerun. Several CBS series had reruns in late October to allow production to catch up and keep the series in originals through November sweeps, which runs Oct. 28-Nov. 24.

Q: With “All Rise” getting a third season on OWN, will the first two seasons also make their way to OWN?

— Patrick via Facebook

Rob: OWN does plan to air seasons one and two in advance of the launch of season three.

HBO Max and Hulu have acquired subscription streaming rights to all episodes of “All Rise” and the first two seasons will stream on Hulu and HBO Max beginning Dec. 1. The third season of “All Rise” will be available on HBO Max and Hulu after it airs on OWN in 2022. A season three premiere date for “All Rise” has not been announced.

Q: Do you know if and when “Britannia” will return to Epix?

— Louis via email

Rob: The action-drama returns for its third season on Jan. 16.