Steve Nidetz

The Michael Jordan Reunion Tour continues to be a TV ratings smash. Jordan's debut Friday night at the United Center had a 41 rating and a 59 share, making the...

WBBM-Ch. 2 keeps changing. In the latest move, news director John Lansing, not wanting his staff to live off police scanners, is in the process of setting up reporters' beats....

Michael Jordan comes home Friday night. And the event is so big, WGN-Ch. 9 is using two production trucks to cover the Bulls-Magic game instead of the usual one, flagship...

Inquiring minds want to know: WLS-AM 890 morning gadflys Don Wade and Roma are off this week due to a "personal emergency" and station operations director Drew Hayes expects the...

The Michael beat goes on. WGN-Ch. 9 wasn't about to lose its rights to Friday night's United Center debut of Michael Jordan, so station officials weren't worried about attempts by...

Michael Jordan Mania, that crippling media disease that swept the country for nearly two weeks, is over. No more "sources report. ..." No more "speculation is. ..." He's back, and...

While "Chicago Week in Review" doesn't get as much attention as, say, "Chicago Tonight," the Joel Weisman-hosted show has quietly become the longest-running program produced by WTTW-Ch. 11. And in...

When Nadia Comaneci decided to return to her native Romania, she took along her fiance-a guy by the name of Bart Conner-and an ABC Sports crew. The result is a...

W hile several station managers are growing cautious of talk shows in light of the recent incident involving "Jenny Jones," none are making cancellation plans. A Detroit man was killed...

As UConn coach Jim Calhoun was saying Sunday, the NCAA men's basketball tournament is "a different kind of season." Which is why CBS creates a three-week mini-series around "The Road...