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Tag: tv

Chuck Goudie joins ‘NBC 5 Investigates’ team
  • TV

Chuck Goudie joins ‘NBC 5 Investigates’ team

By Reel Chicago Feb 3, 2025
NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) has announced nationally-renowned Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist Chuck Goudie will join the station’s ‘NBC 5 Investiga...
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A new adaptation of The Forsyte Saga is coming to WTTW
  • TV

A new adaptation of The Forsyte Saga is coming to WTTW

By Reel Chicago May 1, 2024
A new adaptation of The Forsyte Saga by Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy is coming to PBS and WTTW via Masterpiece. The multi-generational story, published...
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NBC 5, Telemundo to host Decision 2024 multiplatform coverage
  • TV

NBC 5, Telemundo to host Decision 2024 multiplatform coverage

By Reel Chicago Mar 11, 2024
NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will deliver its most comprehensive, multiplatform election day/night coverage to date surrounding the eagerly-awaited 2024 Illinois Pr...
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65th Annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards winners
  • AWARDS

65th Annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards winners

By Reel Chicago Nov 16, 2023
Congratulations to the winning recipients of the 65th Annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards. The annual ceremonies took place on November 11, at the Swissotel Hotel in do...
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Tom Skilling announces retirement after 45 years at WGN
  • REEL MOVES

Tom Skilling announces retirement after 45 years at WGN

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2023
Tom Skilling, the beloved weatherman and enduring presence on Chicago television, has announced his upcoming retirement from WGN after a 45-year career on the air. In a hea...
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Molly Jirasek trades Chicago’s NewsNation for WBND
  • TV

Molly Jirasek trades Chicago’s NewsNation for WBND

By Reel Chicago Sep 18, 2023
Molly Jirasek has assumed the position of News Director at South Bend's ABC affiliate, WBND, marking a significant addition to the station's team. A native of South Bend, she ...
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SAG-AFTRA board votes to recommend members authorize a strike
  • SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA board votes to recommend members authorize a strike

By Reel Chicago May 17, 2023
SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations for a new film and TV contract are still three weeks away but the SAG-AFTRA national board has moved forward today with a unanimous vote to reco...
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Illinois shatters record for film revenues with $630 million in 2021
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Illinois shatters record for film revenues with $630 million in 2021

By Reel Chicago Jun 17, 2022
Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot have announced that projected film revenues in 2021 hit a record high of $630 million, shattering pre-pandemic levels in 2019 b...
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Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey join WGN Sports
  • REEL MOVES

Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey join WGN Sports

By Reel Chicago Jun 11, 2022
Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey are both joining the WGN sports team in a full-time anchor-reporter capacity.   Along with Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman, they will cover ...
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NBC Chicago to air The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child
  • TV

NBC Chicago to air The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child

By Reel Chicago Mar 17, 2022
NBC Chicago’s one-hour special, The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child, will air Saturday, March 19 at 6 p.m. The program is an extended version of NBC C...
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Digital Cinema Society and Atomic Studios hold live educational event
  • Events

Digital Cinema Society and Atomic Studios hold live educational event

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2021
With the safety and success of their first post-pandemic in-person event last month in L.A., the Digital Cinema Society has taken their show on the road and scheduled a DCS Chi...
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The Salvation Army helps people Keep It Going in new Camp Lucky PSA
  • NEW WORK

The Salvation Army helps people Keep It Going in new Camp Lucky PSA

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2021
Camp Lucky is honored to help bring to life The Salvation Army’s new giving campaign PSA, Keep It Going. The film, via agency LERMA/ and directed by Jeff Bednarz, is a holida...
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Rare 9/11 footage of Carol Marin at collapse of the towers
  • TV

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...
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Phillipa Soo joins Elisabeth Moss in cast of The Shining Girls
  • CASTING

Phillipa Soo joins Elisabeth Moss in cast of The Shining Girls

By Reel Chicago Jul 27, 2021
Grammy Award winner and Emmy nominee Phillipa Soo has joined the cast of Apple TV Plus’ Shining Girls, a metaphysical thriller based on the 2013 novel by Lauren Beukes. ...
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It’s the end of the road for HBO’s Lovecraft Country
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

It’s the end of the road for HBO’s Lovecraft Country

By Reel Chicago Jul 3, 2021
It's the end of the road for the characters of HBO's Lovecraft Country. The horror drama series will not be receiving a second season order, HBO told Deadline. "We will not ...
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Study reveals the best and worst fictional towns on TV
  • TV

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

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...
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Sonixphere adds Matt Brooks, Int’l Business Development
  • REEL MOVES

Sonixphere adds Matt Brooks, Int’l Business Development

By Reel Chicago Apr 9, 2021
Sonixphere, the award-winning music and sound creators for advertising, series TV and film, announced that Matt Brooks has joined the company as Head of International Business ...
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Byron Allen’s ‘This TV’ expands its distribution footprint
  • TV

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...
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New stills from tonight’s Chicago PD ‘Protect and Serve’
  • ONE CHICAGO

New stills from tonight’s Chicago PD ‘Protect and Serve’

By Reel Chicago Mar 9, 2021
One Chicago is back this Wednesday with new episodes and NBC has released new stills from this week’s exciting Chicago PD Season 8, Episode 8, 'Protect and Ser...
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