Entertainment Columns
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Widescreen: Hobbits, vampire hunters and Eddie's big hits make their 4K debutsDec 04, 2020 5:00 am - This week is a big one for the movie fans - and audio- and videophiles - on your holiday shopping list. Some towering titles made their Ultra HD debut this week for owne...
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Feder: Dish Network blackout of Nexstar stations exploits viewersDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - While Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group continue to play hardball on a retransmission agreement, viewers of "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9 and WGN America cable n...
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious irony frames Philadelphia's backdoor cover on 'MNF'Dec 02, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN ALANIS MORISSETTE released her charmingly manic "Ironic" all those NFL decisions ago, it's a shame she couldn't have had the foresight to include a verse about the ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio hosts 25th annual 'Good Neighbor Radiothon'Dec 02, 2020 12:00 am - It's been nearly four decades since the late, great Eddie "Chicago Ed" Schwartz, king of late-night radio in Chicago, launched his annual Good Neighbor Food Drive on WGN...
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Feder: Newsman John Dempsey announces retirement from WLS RadioDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - You won't find a more solid and reliable newsman in all of Chicago radio than John Dempsey. Now he's voluntarily stepping down as news director and afternoon news anchor...
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Feder: WTTW pats itself on the back with 'Making Sense of 2020'Nov 30, 2020 12:00 am - There's still a full month to go before 2020 is over, but that's not stopping WTTW-Channel 11 from wrapping it up already. Like everyone else, it seems Chicago's public ...
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Hunker down with Fonzie, Mr. Phelps and more old friends for free this weekendNov 27, 2020 5:00 am - Pluto TV, a free video service from ViacomCBS, has launched six new streaming channels dedicated to classic TV shows. The ad-supported app and website (pluto.tv) looks l...
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Jim O'Donnell: Injury to Brees draws attention to NFL's TV futureNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN SAN FRANCISCO'S Kentavius Street slammed Drew Brees to the turf two Sundays ago, he did more than break some ribs and puncture a lung of the Saints veteran QB. The ...
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Feder: Ryan Chiaverini to fill in on WLS Radio morning showNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - Ryan Chiaverini, the amiable co-host of "Windy City Live," will give talk radio a whirl all next week on WLS 890-AM, Robert Feder writes. Starting Monday, he'll be the ...
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Feder: Another clean sweep for V103 in Chicago radio ratingsNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia R&B powerhouse, widened its first-place lead overall and held onto the top spots in mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings in the late...