TV and Streaming – Page 29

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...

Al Michaels, right, and Cris Collinsworth, second from left, broadcast from the field before a Titans-Colts game Dec. 30, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Zaleski/AP)

Hall of Fame announcer Al Michaels will be back to call NFL games on Prime Video in 2026

By Chuck Schilken

January 9, 2026 at 7:17 p.m.

Al Michaels will return to call games for Prime Video’s NFL coverage next season, the...

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson (1) and middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (49) celebrate after Edmunds recovered a fumble against the Packers on Dec. 20, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Amazon’s Prime Video has the Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers playoff game. Here’s how you can watch.

By Sean Hammond

January 9, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The Chicago Bears will meet the Green Bay Packers for the third time in the...

FILE – Tony Dokoupil, co-host of “CBS This Morning”, looks on before throwing a ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, May 27, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

An eventful first week in his job for CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil, maybe not as intended

By Associated Press

January 7, 2026 at 9:03 a.m.

No one can say Tony Dokoupil is slipping into his new job as “CBS Evening...

A screenshot from LTTVonline shows Lyons Township High School students reacting after finding out their video, superimposed in the upper right corner, won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the Live Sporting Event or Game category in 2025. (LTTVonline)

Lyons Township students bring home a national Emmy Award for sports coverage

By Jesse Wright

January 9, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

Coverage of a half court shot at a Lyons Township basketball game against Hinsdale Central...

FILE – An entrance to the Arizona PBS offices in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix is seen, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

By David Bauder

January 5, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding...

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson, left, and Paul Vallas, right, sit down for a mayoral forum at Fox's WFLD-Ch. 32 Chicago studios on March 22, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Fox’s WFLD-Ch. 32 begins broadcasting

By Kori Rumore

January 4, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 4, according...

Jake Connelly, 13, of Arlington Heights, one of the breakout stars from the latest season of "Stranger Things," Dec. 30, 2025, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Arlington Heights’ ‘Stranger Things’ star Jake Connelly got ‘the call’ he was going to Hawkins during a tornado warning

By Tess Kenny

January 3, 2026 at 7:38 p.m.

Jake Connelly, of Arlington Heights, plays Derek Turnbow this season in "Stranger Things," a loud-mouth...

Kat Abughazaleh, center, and other protesters face off with Broadview police near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility on Oct. 17, 2025, in Broadview. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

The Year Past, the Year to Come: Bowie, delivery ‘bots and Broadview

By Christopher Borrelli

January 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Culturally, where do we begin 2026 in Chicago? Where we ended 2025, of course. From...

FILE – Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. poses at the premiere of “Cedar Rapids” during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Isiah Whitlock Jr., Indiana native and actor from ‘The Wire’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

By Andrew Dalton

December 31, 2025 at 7:42 a.m.

Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor who made memorable appearances on the HBO series “The Wire”...

Nicole Kidman plays Kay Scarpetta in "Scarpetta." (Connie Chornuk/Amazon)

TV for winter 2026: A new ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff, ‘Bridgerton’ returns and Nicole Kidman leads a new series

By Nina Metz

December 30, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Our picks for the new TV season include some rehashed titles you already know ("Scrubs"!),...