TV and Streaming – Page 21

A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

FILE – The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

October 6, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in...

FILE – The main stage appears during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy

By Andrew Dalton

October 6, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

The Emmy Awards are moving to Prime Video starting in 2027 in a six-year deal...

The Chicago River looking west toward Dearborn Street still appears green on March 16, 2026, which was two days after the traditional dyeing of the river. (Kori Rumore/baiduhai)

‘The Fugitive:’ 16 filming locations to visit around Chicago

By Kori Rumore

March 18, 2026 at 8:45 a.m.

Here's a look at 16 different filming locations around the city — from Lincoln Park...

Rupert Murdoch and then-wife Jerry Hall on May 23, 2016, in London. (Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty)

Column: A four-part Rupert Murdoch family saga tells us money can’t buy you love

By Rick Kogan

March 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Rupert Murdoch’s family is captured in an often overwhelming, frequently perplexing and ultimately depressing four-part...

FILE – Charles Barkley, left, and Dick Vitale prepare for their broadcast before an NCAA college basketball game between Kentucky and Indiana in Lexington, Ky., Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/James Crisp, file)

Dick Vitale and Charles Barkley will call their first NCAA Tournament game together

By Joe Reedy

March 16, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Dick Vitale and Charles Barkley will call Tuesday night’s second First Four matchup between Texas...

Emma Stone appears in the audience during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Behind the scenes at the Oscars: What you didn’t see on camera

By Lindsey Bahr

March 16, 2026 at 8:18 a.m.

There’s the Oscars you see on television and the one that takes place off camera....

Paul Thomas Anderson, left center, Sara Murphy, right center, and the team from “One Battle After Another” accept the award for best picture during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘One Battle After Another’ triumphs at 98th Academy Awards in coronation for Paul Thomas Anderson

By Jake Coyle

March 16, 2026 at 12:07 a.m.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy...

FILE – Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back as host and a ‘moving’ in memoriam

By Lindsey Bahr

March 14, 2026 at 11:20 a.m.

The Oscars team says the 98th Academy Awards aims to feel warm, tight and built...

Bozo the clown celebrates the show's 17th year on Sept. 11, 1978. The show included guests Mayor Michael Bilandic, characters from Great America and a cake thrown with shaving cream. (James Mayo/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: 10 television shows for kids filmed and broadcast in the city

By Kori Rumore

March 12, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

Children who grew up in the Chicago area had access to an abundance of television...

Savannah Guthrie visits the Today show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Savannah Guthrie makes offscreen visit to ‘Today’ show, first since her mother went missing

By Associated Press

March 5, 2026 at 10:06 p.m.

The “Today” show said Savannah Guthrie, a longtime co-host of the morning news program, plans...

"The Bear," the Hulu show starring Jeremy Allen White that's set in Chicago, reportedly will conclude at the end of the upcoming Season 5. (Matt Dinerstein/AP)

‘The Bear’ series will end after Season 5

By Doug George

March 5, 2026 at 2:20 p.m.

"The Bear," the Chicago-set comedy drama series by FX, is ending after the upcoming Season...

Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti hangs out on the field ahead of the Sox-Tigers game on opening day on March 28, 2024, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: Jason Benetti’s new gig as voice of ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ yet another blemish for Chicago White Sox

By Paul Sullivan

March 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

It's safe to say letting Jason Benetti leave the Chicago White Sox TV booth in...