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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...

FILE – In this May 15, 2013, file photo, “King of the Nerds” co-hosts Robert Carradine attends the TNT and TBS 2013 Upfront at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Robert Carradine, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire’ star, dies at 71

By Lindsey Bahr

February 24, 2026 at 7:54 a.m.

Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood family and whose biggest hit was the...

Jack McMullen, left, a 2016 Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate, prepares with producer and pregame host Stephen Strom for a game as the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Marlins Radio Network. (Jack McMullen)

Oak Park and River Forest alum Jack McMullen gearing up for year 2 as voice of Florida Marlins

By C.R. Walker

February 24, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Jack McMullen, a 2016 Oak Park and River Forest graduate, is at Spring Training in...

Former WGN reporter Sean Lewis sits in his Chicago home on Feb. 24, 2026. Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran at WGN-TV who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, was among several reporters laid off. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

WGN-TV lays off 8 on-air reporters and anchors Monday in massive downsizing

By Robert Channick

February 24, 2026 at 6:05 p.m.

The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very...

United States’ goalie Connor Hellebuyck celebrates after the United States beat Canada in overtime in the men’s gold medal hockey game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

NBC’s big Olympics bet looks smarter as Milan audience up 94% from Beijing

By Joe Reedy

February 22, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, NBC averaged 24 million viewers across its prime afternoon...

FILE – Eric Dane arrives at a promotional event for the series “Euphoria,” in Los Angeles, April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Eric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53

By Maria Sherman

February 19, 2026 at 9:11 p.m.

Eric Dane, the actor known for “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” has died at 53 due...

FILE – Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC’s ‘The View’ over equal time rule

By Meg Kinnard

February 19, 2026 at 12:48 p.m.

The FCC is investigating “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations...

Twenty-four returning players are abandoned on the islands of Fiji with the chance to win $1 million for "Survivor's" 50th season. (Robert Voets/CBS)

‘Survivor’ offering an idol hunt for viewers ahead of its Season 50 premiere

By Nina Metz

February 19, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

An immunity idol has been hidden in all 50 states. The clue for the Illinois...

FILE – This photo combination shows Stephen Colbert, left, in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022 and Texas Rep. James Talarico, Aug. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague, Jae C. Hong, file)

Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses

By David Bauder

February 18, 2026 at 8:56 a.m.

Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS...

Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears

By Meg Kinnard

February 17, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was...

Ottawa Senators jerseys with the names of Hollander and Rozanov, the main characters from the hit Canadian sports romance television show Heated Rivalry, hang in the Senators’ official store beside the jerseys of Senators players, including captain Brady Tkachuk, before an game in Ottawa, Ontario, on Jan. 31, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

‘Heated Rivalry’ is embraced by fans — and players — at the Winter Olympics: ‘Hockey is for everyone’

By Fernanda Figueroa

February 17, 2026 at 9:03 a.m.

Olympic hockey knows all about big hits. That now includes ” Heated Rivalry,” a gay...