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George Wendt, left, and Robert Smigel are interviewed Aug. 19, 2019, outside Soldier Field while filming a segment of "Bill Swerski's Superfans," the "Saturday Night Live" sketch in which they play Bears fans. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Bob Odenkirk on how Mike Ditka made ‘Superfans’ of us all

By Andrew Carter

October 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The men in the old Saturday Night Live skit would not have believed the news...

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...

Film critics Roger Ebert, left, and Gene Siskel pose on the set of their TV show in 1976. The set used forced perspective to create the illusion that they were watching film clips from a theater’s balcony. (WTTW)

When Siskel met Ebert: Dueling critics made TV history with show about the movies

By Paul Durica

November 24, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

Two critics watching movie clips and debating the strengths and weaknesses of movies currently in...

A Max Headroom impostor invades TV screens on Nov. 23, 1987, as a sophisticated video pirate with an unsophisticated sense of humor overrode signals from Channels 9 and 11 in the Chicago area. (Phil Greer/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: The Max Headroom incident

By Kori Rumore

November 22, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 22, according...

A sheet showing Red Sox player photos hangs from a camera as a broadcast operator works during the first inning of a game on April 24, 2023, in Baltimore, Md. (Julio Cortez/AP)

MLB’s new media deals with ESPN, NBC and Netflix total nearly $800 million annually

By Joe Reedy

November 19, 2025 at 4:59 p.m.

ESPN has a reworked deal with MLB that includes out-of-market streaming rights while NBC and...

ABC News reporter Mary Bruce as a question as President Donald Trump meets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. Listening from left are Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright and David Broomell, Manufacturing Technology Manager at energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova, listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump attacks ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce in angry response to three sharp questions

By David Bauder

November 18, 2025 at 6:46 p.m.

President Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the...

Commentator Gus Johnson holds a jersey during a news conference during the Big East NCAA college basketball media day in New York on Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Column: Fox Sports announcer Gus Johnson doesn’t need to apologize for losing his mind on a call

By Paul Sullivan

November 18, 2025 at 7:59 a.m.

Fox Sports college football announcer Gus Johnson tends to lose his mind on big plays,...

Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 13, 1941. (AP Photo)

Today in History: ‘Steamboat Willie’ debuts on screen

By Associated Press

November 18, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Nov. 18, 1928, “Steamboat Willie,” the first cartoon with synchronized sound as well as...

FILE – Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

Actor Danny Masterson asks for rape convictions to be tossed over lawyer errors

By Andrew Dalton

November 17, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions...

Disney reaches new deal with YouTube TV, ending dayslong blackout for customers

By Associated Press

November 14, 2025 at 8:14 p.m.

Disney and YouTube TV reached a new deal to bring channels like ABC and ESPN...

FILE – The Actor statue on display at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

SAG Awards change name to the Actor Awards starting in 2026

By Associated Press

November 14, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

The show commonly known as the SAG Awards will officially become the Actor Awards presented...

Deborah Norville in the WCIU-TV studio in Chicago's West Loop on Nov. 10, 2025. Norville is hosting “The Perfect Line,” a new quiz show airing on Channel 26. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Deborah Norville, the former ‘Inside Edition’ host and Chicago TV anchor, has a brand-new game

By Robert Channick

November 13, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Deborah Norville, the former Chicago star who became the longest-serving female anchor in TV history...