Television
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CW's 'Superman & Lois' has quietly evolved into an essential superhero seriesAug 05, 2021 11:00 am - While superhero fans have been consumed this year by “Zack Snyder's Justice League,” Marvel's Disney+ shows and the hype for this weekend's “The Suicide Squad,” The CW h...
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Pioneering WMAQ cameraman dies at 88
Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - When Billy Jennings was a young news photographer at WMAQ-TV, it hit him: He'd landed a big job in a big market with big on-air talent. He started to pace the newsroom f...
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TCM's 'Summer Under the Stars' pays tribute to film legends each day in AugustAug 01, 2021 7:30 am - Not only is Turner Classic Movies' annual “Summer Under the Stars” festival the usual celebration of one performer per day this year, it's also a birthday salute in cert...
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TV show 'Johnson' takes glimpse into Black male perspective
Jul 30, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Deji LaRay remembered when television shows like 'œSex in the City'ť and 'œInsecure'ť captured the essence of friendships among women, but then realiz...
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Naperville's Bob Odenkirk tweets that he had 'small heart attack' with no surgery neededJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES -- Actor and Naperville North graduate Bob Odenkirk said Friday he is “going to be okay” after suffering a small heart attack earlier this week. The “Better ...
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Movie reviews for 'Joe Six-Pack': New podcast serves as oral history of 'Siskel & Ebert'Jul 29, 2021 6:00 am - "Chicago is unbelievably proud of itself. Anyone from Chicago will tell you the best things come from Chicago." So says Erik Rydholm on this week's episode of "Gene & Ro...
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Ron Popeil was the sizzle of American ingenuity, personified
Jul 28, 2021 11:00 pm - Come, young ones: Gather around the glow of the smartphone's screen for a tale of a distant time when we watched TV on big boxy machines, and switched channels when we w...
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'Arthur' to end on PBS Kids after 25-season stint
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - 'œArthur'ť will soon come to an end. PBS Kids plans to end the long-running children's series after 25 seasons, said an original developer of the show...
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'Better Call Saul' star Odenkirk in stable condition after 'heart-related incident'Jul 28, 2021 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk had a "heart related incident" when he collapsed on the show's New Mexico set, and his condition is stable as he recov...
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Belarus labels Polish-funded TV channel extremist
Jul 27, 2021 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A court in Belarus on Tuesday declared a Polish-funded television channel that extensively covered last year's anti-government protests in the count...