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Dick Wolf adds two new series to unscripted slate

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2021 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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...