Ted Cox
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'Christmas on Mars' might just be the weirdest holiday TV special everDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - All right, all right. I've seen a sour-pussed drummer boy smile. I've seen the Abominable Snow Monster trim a tree. I've seen a guardian angel save a man from suicide. I...
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Best was worst ... and worst even worse in fall TV seasonDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Now that we're coming to the end of the calendar year, I think it's time once and for all to proclaim this the worst fall TV season ever - or at least in the 15 autumns ...
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A year of finales, big-name firings in TV, radioDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - It says something about the state of the mainstream electronic media that 2008 was a year marked by closure. Two of the top dramas in TV history ended their runs, and in...
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O'Dell says goodbye at Metropolis show with '300 of my closest friends'Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Spike O'Dell said goodbye to his millions of listeners bolstered and applauded by what he called "300-some of my closest friends" when he did his last show on WGN 720-AM...
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Quinn lauds O'Dell, attacks Blagojevich anewDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Although Spike O'Dell introduced him as "Governor, uh, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn," that joke laid bare a serious note to Quinn's appearance at O'Dell's last show Friday. The cr...
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O'Dell passes torch to 'future of the morning show'Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Wally Phillips turned WGN 720-AM into a morning powerhouse. Bob Collins sustained it. And Spike O'Dell would probably say he didn't mess it up. But he did much more than...
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O'Dell signs off with final show from MetropolisDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Let's just say this experiment proved to be an unqualified success. Twenty-one years ago, Spike O'Dell joined WGN 720-AM as host of "The Spike O'Dell Radio Experiment" f...
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Noted guests for Spike's last showDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Spike O'Dell will play host to an all-star team of special guests in his last WGN 720-AM show at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights today, headed...
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'CSI' establishes smooth order of successionDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has already branched out with two successful CBS spinoffs. Now the original series has to see if it can regrow itself after lopping off ...
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ESPN's 'Greatest Game' lives up to titleDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - I've covered some gratuitous anniversary celebrations in my time as a TV columnist. Heck, I wrote about one just last week on the 45th anniversary of instant reply. An...