TV and Streaming – Page 58

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...

FILE – Wink Martindale arrives at the International Myeloma Foundation 7th Annual Comedy Celebration at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Nov. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91

By Beth Harris

April 15, 2025 at 7:35 p.m.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who...

WNBA draftees Aneesah Morrow, Georgia Amoore, Saniya Rivers, Aziaha James, Sania Feagin, Kiki Iriafen, Ajša Sivka, Shyanne Sellers, Paige Bueckers, Sonia Citron, Serena Sundell, Dominique Malonga, Madison Scott and Sarah Ashlee Barker light the Empire State Building on April 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)

What to know about tonight’s WNBA draft, including how — and who — to watch and when the Chicago Sky pick

By Associated Press

April 14, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.

This is the 29th draft in WNBA history. There will be 13 franchises making a...

From left: Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Season 4 of "Hacks." (Max)

‘Hacks’ review: In Season 4, even dream jobs can be a (very funny) nightmare

By Nina Metz

April 10, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

Nobody self-sabotages their way to success like Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels.

From left: Amanda Peet and Jon Hamm play exes in suburbia in "Your Friends & Neighbors." (Jessica Kourkounis/Apple TV+)

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ review: What if Don Draper had stayed in the suburbs after his divorce?

By Nina Metz

April 9, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Jon Hamm plays a divorced guy in the suburbs who begins burgling his neighbors.

Open water swimmer Greg Lane touches the propeller of the Silver Spray Shipwreck, which ran aground in 1914 at Morgan Shoal in Lake Michigan, on July 15, 2016. (Anthony Souffle/baiduhai)

Column: Appreciations of both our city’s lakefront and the talented Liza Minnelli, now on WTTW

By Rick Kogan

April 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A look at two WTTW shows: “Touring Chicago's Lakefront” with Geoffrey Baer and “Liza: A...

FILE – Actor Jay North, in character as Dennis the Menace, shows his ever-present slingshot to show co-star Gale Gordon, on set in Hollywood, March 29, 1962. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)

Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

By Associated Press

April 7, 2025 at 4:56 p.m.

Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for...

Deborah Norville attends the 49th Daytime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Convention Center on June 24, 2022 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Deborah Norville leaving ‘Inside Edition’ after 30 years

By Karu F. Daniels

April 4, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

Deborah Norville is leaving the daily show after 30 years, but promised viewers she has "exciting...

Willa Fitzgerald as Danny and Colin Woodell as Phillips in "Pulse." (Jeff Neumann/Netflix)

‘Pulse’ review: Netflix attempts its own version of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

By Nina Metz

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

Woe to the medical drama premiering in the wake of "The Pitt." Viewers who prefer...

Kevin Bacon stars in "The Bondsman." (Amazon)

‘The Bondsman’ review: Kevin Bacon the demon slayer

By Nina Metz

April 2, 2025 at 7:45 a.m.

Kevin Bacon plays a bail bondsman brutally killed, only to be suddenly back among the...

Folk singer John Prine performs at the Earl of Old Town bar on May 7, 1971, in Chicago. (Charles Osgood/baiduhai)

New film ‘How Lucky Can One Man Get’ captures the magic of John Prine in concert

By Rick Kogan

April 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A new film captures the musician during a 2010 concert at Proviso East High School...