Television
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See suburban artists at work when Wizard World returns to RosemontAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - Celebrity guests, clever costumes and T-shirt towers have become the signature trappings of entertainment conventions like Wizard World Chicago, which returns Thursday, ...
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Constable: Grifters, grafters, govs and Blago leave Lincoln cryingAug 17, 2019 1:00 am - Growing up in Wheaton, filmmaker John Davies says his years working with Illinois institutions from WTTW to Second City gave him an insight into covering corruption and ...
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How Sox broadcaster's Benetti's 'Awkward Moments' promotes understanding of disabilitiesAug 17, 2019 1:00 am - Life can be awkward for Jason Benetti. Not because he's the White Sox TV play-by-play guy who lives smack dab between Guaranteed Rate Field and Wrigley. Not because he ...
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Robin Thede looks to build legacy in HBO sketch comedy show
Aug 16, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robin Thede knew plenty of talented African-American female comedians, but only a few were getting hired on popular TV comedy shows such as "Saturday ...
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Brian Austin Green would've skipped straight '90210' reboot
Aug 14, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brian Austin Green says if Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth and the other creators of "BH90210," had approached him with a standard reboot of the 90s drama, h...
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'Diagnosis' column that uses crowdsourcing leaps to Netflix
Aug 14, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There are some physicians who forbid their patients from going online to type in their symptoms, fearing they'll get incorrect information or become more...
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Chicago area residents to appear on 'American Ninja Warrior' TV show Aug. 19Aug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Chicago area residents Brandon Mears (St. Charles) and Dan Polizzi (Oswego), also known as "The Towers of Power," are a firefighting duo competing on the hit TV show "Am...
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50 old TVs mysteriously appear on neighborhood's porches
Aug 13, 2019 7:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Police in Virginia say more than 50 television sets have been mysteriously placed on front porches in a neighborhood outside Richmond. Henrico Count...
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Nielsen's top programs for Aug. 5-11
Aug 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 9.66...
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'America's Got Talent,' the television juggernaut no one knows how to stopAug 13, 2019 6:00 am - This season of "America's Got Talent" has featured a rat that can navigate a New York cityscape, 76 Texas high-schoolers who kick as high as an oil derrick and a couple ...