TV and Streaming – Page 35

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...

Shepard High School alumna Malaak Hamad, left, and Paulina Karkoszka, accept the Chicagoland National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences award at the Midwest Media Educators Association Video Festival last spring in Naperville. They now have been nominated for a National Student Production Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their film "Beyond Silence." (School District 218)

Shepard High School’s deaf students get the spotlight in award-winning documentary

By Janice Neumann

November 12, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A film about Shepard High School's work with deaf students earned National Academy of Television...

The 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze titled "Washington Crossing the Delaware." Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts on WTTW-Ch. 11 and carries on over the next five nights. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Column: Ken Burns documentary explores the blood, courage and hope of ‘The American Revolution’

By Rick Kogan

November 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary.

New Year's Eve fireworks explode over the Chicago River on Jan. 1, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ will broadcast live from downtown Chicago this year

By Doug George

November 24, 2025 at 9:12 a.m.

An hour after the ball drops in New York, the show will add a Central...

In this Aug. 22, 2001 file photo, original muppet characters Bert, left, and Ernie, from the children's program "Sesame Street," are shown in New York. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

Today in History: ‘Sesame Street’ makes its debut

By Associated Press

November 10, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Nov. 10, 1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational...

Drew Brees waves to the crowd during the first half of an NFL football game between the Chargers and the Broncos on Sept. 21, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Carrie Giordano)

Fox Sports lets go of Mark Sanchez after arrest and hires Drew Brees as NFL analyst

By Joe Reedy

November 7, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

Fox Sports has let go of NFL analyst Mark Sanchez and hired Drew Brees in...

From left: Rachel Sennott in "I Love LA" (HBO)/Justine Lupe in "Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)/Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus" (Apple TV+)

Column: Women grapple with profound loneliness in a trio of new TV shows

By Nina Metz

November 7, 2025 at 8:49 p.m.

HBO's "I Love LA" and Apple's "Pluribus" explore female loneliness, even if that's not how...

Rebecca Ferguson in "A House of Dynamite." (Eros Hoagland/Netflix)

In Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, Chicago is the target of a nuclear attack. Does the movie reflect reality?

By Nina Metz

November 3, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Experts with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in Chicago analyze the risks, both as...

Lester J. Wolf, who died in a 1926 radio station accident in Homewood, appears in an undated publicity photo. (Bob Anderson/Homewood Historical Society)

‘The First Martyr to Radio,’ a historic Homewood tragedy, gains a national audience

By Evy Lewis

November 1, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

The death of 19-year-old Homewood resident Lester Wolf in 1926 is going national as an...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump returns to ’60 Minutes’ for first time after settling lawsuit against newsmagazine

By David Bauder

October 31, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump is returning to “60 Minutes” this weekend, his first appearance on the...

The YouTube app on March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Disney pulls ABC and ESPN from YouTube TV, which could impact college football, NBA and NFL games

By Associated Press

October 31, 2025 at 9:11 a.m.

YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the...