TV and Streaming – Page 24

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...

In this May 12, 2014 file photo, "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon attends the NBC Network 2014 Upfront presentation at the Javits Center in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Today in History: Jimmy Fallon makes his debut as host of NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’

By Associated Press

February 17, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

On Feb. 17, 2014, Jimmy Fallon made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” taking...

Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts talks with reporters during the Cubs' first full-squad workout of spring training on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago Cubs’ Tom Ricketts calls Marquee ‘maybe the smartest thing we’ve done’ amid shifting TV landscape

By Meghan Montemurro

February 16, 2026 at 1:50 p.m.

Looking back at the Chicago Cubs' decision to launch Marquee Sports Network in 2020, Chairman...

ARCHIVO - James Van Der Beek llega a los 71a edición de los premios Emmy en Los Ángeles el 22 de septiembre de 2019. (Foto Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, archivo)

Where to stream James Van Der Beek’s best performances

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

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

James Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday at 48, seemed to understand early on that...

Alysa Liu of Team United States competes in the Women's Short Program on day zero of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 06, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

A conversation with the UIC professor who heads up sports sciences for US Figure Skating

By Nina Metz

February 12, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Lindsay Slater Hannigan, who is director of the University of Illinois at Chicago's Human and...

Actor Bud Cort poses at the premiere of the film "Masterminds" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Harold and Maude’ star Bud Cort dies at 77

By Variety Entertainment News Service (TNS)

February 11, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

Bud Cort, who personified the role of Harold in the 1971 Hal Ashby classic "Harold...

FILE - James Van Der Beek attends the FOX Winter Press Day in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

James Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, has died at 48

By Mark Kennedy

February 11, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new...

Maryanne Colter talks with fellow participants of a workshop about family and politics with the Chicago chapter of Braver Angels, an organization aimed at building trust and understanding across political differences, at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Feb. 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

WTTW’s new season of ‘Firsthand’ hopes to show that democracy is ‘a participatory sport’

By Darcel Rockett

February 12, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

The made-in-Chicago documentary series this season follows a teacher, a suburban grandmother and others who...

Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and quarterback Sam Darnold, left, hold the Lombardi Trophy after a win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Super Bowl averages 124.9M viewers in US, Bad Bunny’s halftime 128.2 million, both short of records

By Joe Reedy

February 10, 2026 at 7:21 p.m.

Sunday night’s Super Bowl and Bad Bunny fell short of setting records for most watched...

Bad Bunny (left) performs at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday. Kid Rock (right, performing at the 2024 Republican Convention) was the headliner of a Turning Point USA counterpart show.

Super Bowl halftime show: Bad Bunny nets 135M viewers to Kid Rock’s 6M

By Theresa Braine

February 9, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

An estimated 135 million viewers made Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show the most-watched...

La Grange Trustee Peggy Peterson prepares to root for the Seattle Seahawks Sunday during the La Grange American Legion Post 1941 Super Bowl party. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange area residents feel the (Julian) Love at American Legion Super Bowl party

By Hank Beckman

February 9, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

A crowd gathered Sunday to watch the Super Bowl and local star Julian Love at...