Television
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Elgin woman puts knowledge to test on “Jeopardy!”Apr 01, 2012 8:00 am - Elisabeth Carrel, an Elgin resident who's a regular at a local trivia night, recently put her knowledge to the ultimate test — on “Jeopardy!” Carrel is scheduled to appe...
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Slime pours nonstop at Kids Choice AwardsMar 31, 2012 9:49 pm - At the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards, the slime runneth over. Host Will Smith opened the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards promising a record amount of the show’s tradem...
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Another finalist booted from ‘Idol’Mar 30, 2012 8:38 am - LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t a laughing matter for Heejun Han on “American Idol.” The 22-year-old nonprofit organizer from New York who found his way back into the judges’ go...
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‘Katie Couric’ to sub on ‘Good Morning America’Mar 30, 2012 8:37 am - NEW YORK — Katie Couric helped start and perpetuate morning television’s most epic winning streak. Now she’ll try to break it. ABC announced Thursday that the former “To...
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CBS expanding ‘Face the Nation’Mar 29, 2012 1:22 pm - NEW YORK — Five years ago, just off a bout from cancer, Bob Schieffer was set to retire from CBS’s “Face the Nation.” That never stuck, and now he’s doubling his workloa...
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Pauly D finds there's life away from 'Shore'Mar 29, 2012 11:00 am - NEW YORK — Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio admits he felt a little odd when he got a deal for his own show, “The Pauly D Project,” on MTV. “I felt a little strange,” he sa...
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Ball doesn’t bounce for Martina Navratilova on ‘Dancing’Mar 28, 2012 8:09 am - LOS ANGELES — Martina Navratilova has done her last dance on “Dancing With the Stars.” The tennis champ was eliminated from the TV dance competition Tuesday and became t...
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Casting adds tragic touch to 'Great Expectations'Mar 28, 2012 6:00 am - She is more than a character; she is a symbol. To say the name Miss Havisham not only conjures up Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" but the living specter of grief i...
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Joan Rivers' St. Charles shows to be on ShowtimeMar 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Remember, years ago, when Joan Rivers used to say, "Can we tawk?" She's still talking. It's hard to avoid her famously raspy New York-accented voice, which is everywh...
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Emmy Awards tap Jimmy Kimmel as hostMar 26, 2012 9:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel just got a prime-time gig: Host of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards. The star and executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” wil...