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Posted inNews & Politics

This is my brain on local TV news

by Maya Dukmasova August 13, 2020August 18, 2021

Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Rahm advice

by Ben Joravsky September 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Hey, Dems: If you want to beat Trump, don’t listen to Rahm.

Posted inBlogs

The lessons from local media’s softball treatment of the Ken Griffin CPD donation story

by Ryan Smith April 12, 2018August 18, 2021

This time no one can blame Sinclair Media for the hauntingly identical media coverage of Ken Griffin’s $10 million handout to Chicago law enforcement.

Posted inMusic

Denise LaSalle earned her crown in southern soul—and wears it in the blues

by Bill Dahl June 7, 2017August 18, 2021

In a career spanning 50 years, Denise LaSalle has proved herself a riveting performer and chart-topping songwriter.

Posted inBlogs

Binge-watching The Bachelor and Netflix’s Love makes me happy to be single

by Brianna Wellen March 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Why is everyone on TV so desperate to couple up?

Posted inBlogs

Bachelor strategist (and former Chicagoan) Nick Viall is being outplayed by this season’s villain, Corinne Olympios

by Brianna Wellen and Jake Malooley January 10, 2017August 18, 2021

The veteran Bachelor star has met his competitive match in the 24-year-old from Miami.

Posted inBlogs

Chinese-American Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet talks diversity in Hollywood

by Ryan Smith March 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Bennet achieved superhero status after Americanizing her last name.

Posted inBlogs

The Bachelor needs to give its final rose

by Brianna Wellen February 16, 2016August 18, 2021

After 20 seasons and 14 years, the matchmaking reality-television show is running out of steam.

Posted inFilm

The real Buckley-Vidal debate happened on the page

by J.R. Jones August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

A new documentary explores the public intellectuals’ televised spats, but you’ll have to flip through the pages of Esquire to find the most potent examples of their mutual acrimony.

Posted inBlogs

Galavant is just what the singing, dancing doctor ordered

by Gwynedd Stuart January 6, 2015August 18, 2021

A little frivolity never killed anyone.

Posted inBlogs

Scandal returns with the perfect amount of wine and melodrama

by Brianna Wellen September 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Scandal is as scandalous as ever.

Posted inBlogs

Turn yourself over to Love Prison

by Gwynedd Stuart September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

A new A&E dating series makes incarceration scarier than ever.

Posted inBlogs

Catching up with the (almost) indomitable 20-time Jeopardy! champ Julia Collins

by Gwynedd Stuart June 12, 2014August 18, 2021

The least smug multigame winner in the game’s history talks about her wins, the Terminator franchise, and what Alex is like.

Posted inBlogs

Ten annoying people walk into a bar on Mixology

by Gwynedd Stuart March 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Ouch.

Posted inBlogs

Parents are the worst: A fall TV preview

by Gwynedd Stuart September 4, 2013August 19, 2021

A look at some of the sitcoms being unleashed unto the world this year.

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