TV Talk: Pittsburgh native joins CBS's 'Big Brother'

Pittsburgh native Leah Peters, a 26-year-old “VIP cocktail server” living in Miami, is among the competitors on this year’s 26th season of “Big Brother” (9 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday beginning this week, KDKA-TV).

Peters is one of 16 initial houseguests who will, for the first time, have the power to vote in a 17th houseguest.

CBS did not make Peters available for an interview due to her being sequestered in the “Big Brother” house. The network could not provide details about what part of Pittsburgh she grew up in or what high school she graduated from.

Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers and Pluto TV viewers can watch live feeds from the “Big Brother” house.

Channel surfing

2012-13 musical drama series “Smash,” starring Pittsburgh natives Christian Borle and Andy Mientus, is now streaming both seasons on Peacock. … A recording of the Sara Bareilles-starring “Waitress: The Musical,” which played in theaters last year, will air on PBS’s “Great Performances” at 9 p.m. Nov. 15. … New episodes of “Judy Justice,” starring Judge Judy Sheindlin, will stream on Amazon’s Prime Video and Freevee every weekday Aug. 5-Oct. 25. … PBS Kids will debut “Carl the Collector” Nov. 14. It’s PBS’s first animated series centered on a main character with autism.