Allan Johnson

One thing that annoys me about television is the lack of minority representation. So when I found out CBS was putting together something called the Diversity Institute, my first thought...

You might think a hammer is just a hammer, a light is just a light and a paintbrush is . . . well, you get the idea. But if you...

Not even a stormy morning could dampen my mood as I boarded a South Michigan Avenue bus headed for work, thanks in part to the neatly pressed yellow silk shirt...

It's beyond comprehension. Lisa Shannon, an intelligent and beautiful young woman without a hint of pretensions or airs, believes she can find a mate only by going on television. Is...

The announcement of nominations for the 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards is Thursday. Although the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will reveal the names of whose performances from the...

Sure, you could continue to stuff your face at Taste of Chicago, which ends Sunday, or you could test your hand-eye coordination and bone up on the game at the...

Fox's "Paradise Hotel" is taking all the conceits of past game and reality shows, including audience participation, viewer dreams of how they would fare, and asking people at home to...

Tonys toppled: On an unusually active television night, Barbara Walters' interview of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) Sunday and Game 3 of the NBA Finals on ABC combined to beat CBS'...

Special agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) isn't the only one having a rough time on Fox's overwrought Tuesday night series "24" (8 p.m. Tuesday, WFLD-Ch. 32), which stretches one day...

With "South Park" reaching its 100th episode (9 p.m. Wednesday, Comedy Central) -- and the satirical show signed at least through 2005 -- we thought it would be sweet to...