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WTTW announces new 2019 holiday programming

by Reel Chicago Dec 10, 2019

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...

Lifetime’s original Holiday Movie on Amazon Prime

By Reel Chicago Nov 27, 2019

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...

WTTW explores impact of gun violence in ‘Firsthand’

By Reel Chicago Oct 28, 2019

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

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

By Reel Chicago Oct 24, 2019

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...

WTTW celebrates Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’

From WTTW Sep 9, 2019

Channel 11 will deliver the eight-part series about the uniquely American art form on TV and online WTTW Ch. 11 will begin airing Ken Burns’ new 16-hour doc...

Chicago’s ‘PRGirl’ comes to Amazon Prime

By Colin Costello Sep 4, 2019

Ever wonder what the life of a public relations woman in Chicago is like? Now's your opportunity to soak up all the spilt tea. Entering its second season, PRGirl is an ori...

‘South Side’ renewed for 10-episode season two

By Daniel Patton Aug 28, 2019

Comedy Central orders another round of the show about “joy, ambition, and silliness" in the Englewood community According to a story published today in Hol...

Towers and Weather Channel bring back ‘Storm Stories’

From Towers Productions Aug 15, 2019

New, hour-long episodes will feature accounts of extreme weather disasters that inevitably bring out the very best in people The Weather Channel television networ...

PBS, WTTW announce ‘Prehistoric Road Trip’

By Reel Chicago Jul 29, 2019

New three-part natural history series brings life to extinct worlds in the Western U.S. beginning summer 2020 Today at the Television Critics Association press to...

Locals show us Englewood’s funny side in ‘South Side’

By Colin Costello Jul 26, 2019

Chicago brothers, Bashir and Sultan Salahuddin, find humor in everyday struggles of working class, aspirational locals. Wow, that was funny. Like really funn...

Molly of Denali premieres July 15 on WTTW

By Daniel Patton Jun 21, 2019

Groundbreaking new series offers an adventurous mix of Alaska Native Values, and exciting education On Monday, July 15, a groundbreaking new animated series called M...

WTTW helps Girl Scouts create new patch

By Reel Chicago Jun 13, 2019

The Nature Cat Explorer Patch inspires girls to pursue the same activities as the characters from the TV series WTTW Kids and Nature Cat production partner Spiffy ...

‘The Chi’s’ Jason Mitchell fired

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2019

Star of Showtime series fired by network agent, management team and Netflix for misconduct on set Variety is reporting that The Chi star, Jason Mitchell, will not be r...

Season 6 to be ‘Empire’s’ last

By Reel Chicago May 13, 2019

It happened to Rome. Now, it's happened to the Lyons. Today before the Fall 2019 Upfronts began in New York, Fox announced that Empire, which is filmed locally at Cinespace S...

‘Knock Down the House’ documents a new tradition

By Daniel Patton May 1, 2019

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive cohorts are part of a movement that will not be ignored Knock Down the House, which debuts today o...

‘Empire’ cast calls for the return of Jussie Smollett

By Colin Costello Apr 24, 2019

Castmates tell Fox that the actor "has shown us who he really is as a leader." What is a week at Reel Chicago if we don't have a Jussie Smollett story? On the sam...

Actor Rolando Boyce returns home for ‘The Chi’

By Daniel Patton Apr 8, 2019

South Side native who plays Darnell describes the opportunity as an “important” and “beautiful” homecoming. Veteran actor Rolando Boyce has joined the cast of Showti...

CW’s ‘Batwoman’ shooting in town this week

By Colin Costello Mar 28, 2019

Pilot for Arrowverse's newest addition filming exteriors all around town this week The Bat is back in Chi. But it's not Christian Bale's Batman, which used Chicago...

WTTW premieres season two of ‘Urban Nature’ March 20

From Grisko Mar 18, 2019

Watch host Marcus Kronforst eat a salad made of greens picked from an alley in Chicago at wttw.com/urbannature If you know where to look, you’ll find the most surpr...

1.34m viewers watch Emmy Rossum depart ‘Shameless’

By Reel Chicago Mar 13, 2019

Well, there was nothing to be ashamed of when it came to Fiona Gallagher leaving her family on the South Side. In fact, it was rather emotional as Emmy Rossum officially lef...