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Submit for Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ here

By Laura Day Mar 27, 2020 0 Comment

Single Chicagoans, here’s your chance to be cast on the second season of the popular Netflix Show Love is Blind. The first season of took viewers by storm with its absurd pre...

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FIRSTHAND: Coronavirus new WTTW digital docuseries

By Reel Chicago Mar 26, 2020 0 Comment

The coronavirus pandemic is a public health crisis unlike any that Chicago has faced in living memory. How are our citizens reacting to its challenges, and who is stepping forw...

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Cinespace Studios welcomes new pilots for Fox and NBC

By Reel Chicago Mar 3, 2020 0 Comment

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Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, the second largest film studio in the country, with 36 studios and more than 2 million square feet on the west and south sides of Chicago, is pl...

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Yes, Anderson Cooper swore at Blagojevich on live CNN

By Laura Day Feb 24, 2020 0 Comment

When many Americans find themselves at a loss navigating a constant stream of “fake news," we should be grateful when a reporter like CNN’s Anderson Cooper has well a...

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WTTW debuts “Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer”

By Reel Chicago Feb 20, 2020 0 Comment

Nothing says Chicago like the rumble of an 'L' train overhead. Featured in countless movies and television shows, the 'L' is recognized worldwide as an iconic part of the city's...

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Chicago-made ‘Flavor of Poland’ airs on WTTW

By Reel Chicago Feb 14, 2020 0 Comment

Flavor of Poland, a new culinary travel series about Poland, is currently airing on WTTW Channel 11. The first, full television series to focus exclusively on Poland in the hist...

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Celebrating the “Six Degrees of ‘One Chicago'”

By Daniel Patton Jan 17, 2020 0 Comment

In the fall of 2018, NBC began airing Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD back-to-back-to-back as a trifecta called One Chicago on Wednesday nights. The decision generate...

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Showtime releases trailer for ‘THE CHI’ season three

By Daniel Patton Jan 16, 2020 0 Comment

In less than two minutes, the new trailer for season three of THE CHI showcases Chicago as one of the most dazzling, diverse, and passionate cities on earth. Cut to the uplifti...

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Showtime to air final season of ‘Shameless’ this summer

Jan 13, 2020 0 Comment

Capping off an 11-season run, Showtime’s dramedy series Shameless will air its final episodes this summer. According to Deadline, President of Entertainment at Showtime Netwo...

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Showtime renews ‘Work in Progress’ for second season

By Daniel Patton Jan 13, 2020 0 Comment

Last month, Reel Chicago reported that Abby McEnany and Tim Mason’s new Showtime comedy series Work in Progress has inspired “an impending cultural sensation.” Now it appe...

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NBC cast and crew launch ‘One Chicago Inspire Youth’

By Sheila R. Brown Dec 30, 2019 0 Comment

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One day on the set of Chicago Fire, as star Eamonn Walker sat in a makeup chair and listened to the news before filming a scene at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, he learned tha...

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WTTW announces new 2019 holiday programming

by Reel Chicago Dec 10, 2019 0 Comment

WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, will present a variety of holiday specials and concerts as part of its 2019 holiday programming schedule throughout December. This year's lineup e...

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Lifetime’s original Holiday Movie on Amazon Prime

By Reel Chicago Nov 27, 2019 0 Comment

The feeding frenzy has begun as Christmas movie fans binge 24/7 on originally produced seasonal fare from Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel, including Lifetime's original Holida...

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WTTW explores impact of gun violence in ‘Firsthand’

By Reel Chicago Oct 28, 2019 0 Comment

Documentary series, reported Stories, expert talks, and community engagement launches Tuesday, November 12, at wttw.com/firsthand The number of victims of Chicago's...

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‘Check, Please!’ returns October 25 for Season 19

By Reel Chicago Oct 24, 2019 0 Comment

WTTW's restaurant review series will visit Chicago “hot spots and hangouts” with host Alpana Singh WTTW's Emmy-winning local restaurant review series Check, P...