Television
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Closure culture: Where to watch opera and theater productions onlineMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - I was supposed to be in New York this week. I had a ticket for the rarely produced 1948 musical “Love Life” by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and plans...
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New Freeform drama 'Motherland' is bewitched by witchesMar 18, 2020 8:00 am - NEW YORK - Anyone tuning into the new TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes in the America depicted. For one thing, women are in charge of the milit...
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Networks adjusting to life without live sporting events
Mar 18, 2020 7:00 am - Burke Magnus has always had a challenging job as ESPN's head of programming, trying to juggle live events among ESPN's various channels. But Magnus, as well as other pro...
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Feder: 25 years later, NBC Sports Chicago looks back on Michael Jordan's returnMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Twenty-five years ago today Michael Jordan stunned the world with the two-word declaration: "I'm back." NBC Sports Chicago will mark the 25th anniversary of Jordan's Chi...
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New Freeform drama 'Motherland' is bewitched by witches
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What now? Facing life without the entertainment worldMar 17, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: "What are we gonna do now, read books?" That's exactly what Pamela Milam...
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Arlington Heights native advances on 'The Voice'Mar 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights singer-songwriter Kevin Farris secured a spot on "Team Nick" Monday night during the blind audition stage of the NBC singing competition "The Voice." F...
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HBO's 'Plot Against America' imagines an alternate historyMar 15, 2020 7:30 am - David Simon, the creative force behind stellar TV including "The Wire," "Show Me a Hero" and "Treme," found himself in unfamiliar territory with his latest series, HBO's...
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Networks get through first weekend with taped programming
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From 'The Outsider' to 'It,' the joys — and challenges — of adapting Stephen King
Mar 14, 2020 7:30 am - Most Stephen King fans know his work exists in two worlds. First, there's the page, where images of psychotic, otherworldly clowns, reanimated pet corpses, the ghosts of...