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Rare 9/11 footage of Carol Marin at collapse of the towers

By Reel Chicago Sep 10, 2021

Media Burn, Chicago's independent video archive, has rare footage of the harrowing experience of Chicago news correspondent, Carol Marin who was at the scene as the second towe...

Erica Duffy, Julio Desir, Adam Rudder team up on TV Pilot “The Donut Boyz”

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2021

The Donut Boyz, originally a hip-hop group, have been fusing comedy, rap, and snack foods into their musical stylings since 2006. Now Erica Duffy, Julio Desir, and Adam Rud...

WBBM-Channel 2 Station Manager fired for misconduct

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

Derek Dalton, president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2 was ousted Thursday from his position, as part of the pruning of top management at CBS-owned stations in Chicago, ...

Chicago athletes to compete on American Ninja Warrior

By Reel Chicago Jul 9, 2021

A total of 13 athletes who manage, coach or train at Chicago-based Ultimate Ninjas gyms will compete on Season 13 of the NBC wildly popular American Ninja Warrior (ANW) show. ...

The Bear: Production begins around Chicago

By Reel Chicago Jul 2, 2021

The new FX pilot, The Bear, has started filming around the Chicago area. The new Disney-owned series stars former Shameless star, Jeremy Allen White, as a young chef who return...

Dick Wolf adds two new series to unscripted slate

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2021

Wolf Entertainment has two new series in the works, LA Fire & Rescue and Final Moments. Dick Wolf enters the unscripted space with the docuseries LA Fire and Rescue, fo...

Study reveals the best and worst fictional towns on TV

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2021

Television has provided much-needed escapism for many of us during the pandemic, allowing us to get lost in the fictional worlds of American dramas, homegrown soaps and nostalg...

Our Top 10 list of the best TV shows set in Chicago

By Joia DaVida May 28, 2021

As we say goodbye to our favorite heroes from One Chicago for the summer, it’s fun to look back on all the amazing TV shows set in the Windy City over the years. Chicago ...

Ida B. Wells ‘Chicago Stories’ premiere tonight on WTTW

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021

On Friday, May 21 at 8:00 pm on all WTTW platforms, Ida B Wells, a one-hour Chicago Stories special and companion website, paints a deeply humanizing portrait of a woman w...

Fox previews The Big Leap during Network Upfronts

By Reel Chicago May 17, 2021

Fox has debuted its trailers for the Fall's new comedies and dramas for the 2021-22 TV season, including the Scott Foley-led, Chicago-based series, The Big Leap. Charlie Col...

Chicago actress “mixes” it up on hit ABC sitcom

By Megan Penn Apr 9, 2021

Deb Snyder’s creative path of acting has been a nomadic, long, and winding road of self-discovery beginning from her early days in Chicago and leading all the way to Los Ange...

Byron Allen’s ‘This TV’ expands its distribution footprint

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2021

Byron Allen's Allen Media Group announced its recently-purchased over-the-air 24/7 broadcast television network This TV will expand its distribution to eight major market A...

WTTW launches The Great Chicago Quiz Show

By Reel Chicago Mar 9, 2021

Calling all Chicago trivia nerds! In The Great Chicago Quiz Show, a new, fast-paced weekly series premiering on Friday, March 26 at 8:00 pm on all WTTW platforms, Geoffrey ...

Pappas and ABC 7 host ‘Black and Latino Houses Matter’

By Reel Chicago Mar 8, 2021

Treasurer Maria Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago will host Black and Latino Houses Matter on March 11, 2021, a phone bank to help Cook County homeowners find refunds, apply for prop...

NBC Chicago launches docuseries “Vaccinated State”

By Reel Chicago Feb 26, 2021

Amid continued questions about the Coronavirus vaccine in Illinois, NBC Chicago explores the issues and response to one of the most sought-after medicines of our lifetime in a ...

Lozano joins Telemundo as co-anchor, sports reporter

By Reel 360 Feb 15, 2021

Héctor Lozano, who has worked as a sports anchor and reporter for Spanish-language sports media in Chicago for more than 25 years, has joined Telemundo Chicago (WSNS) as a ...

Harry Lennix confirms he’s Martian Manhunter

By Reel Chicago Jan 13, 2021

Acclaimed actor Harry Lennix (The Matrix, Man of Steel) may have been born in Chicago, but soon the 56-year-old star, star of television's hit series Blacklist will be from Mar...

Two Chicago Bachelorettes vie for Matt James’ rose

By Reel Chicago Jan 8, 2021

Thirty-two incredible women went in for love with Matt James when the exciting, landmark 25th edition of The Bachelor premiered on MONDAY, JAN. 4 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on A...

WTTW explores intergenerational poverty in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Jan 6, 2021

In Chicago, your birthplace often determines your destiny. Children born in one West Side census tract between 1978 and 1983 grew up to have a median annual household income of...

One Chicago named Top TV Programs of 2020 by Nielsen

By Reel Chicago Dec 31, 2020

We’re rounding out an otherwise abnormal year with some good news! Nielsen released its year-end ratings report, among which is a list of the top television programs of 2020....

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