The problems with public schools seem like a broken record, but leave it to the NBC hit show Abbott Elementary, perhaps premiering at the right time . . . to make people think critically about the state of education in America’s major cities.
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This is my brain on local TV news
Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
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How Dragnet became a PR coup for law enforcement
The story of the long-running cop show, Jack Webb, and the LAPD
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Crime Story is quintessential Chicago television
The short-lived 1980s police drama was created by Michael Mann and shot largely in Chicago.
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Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news
Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
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‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news
Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.
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With Puzder out, it’s Oprah to the rescue
Now that Oprah has helped save us from Andrew Puzder’s reign as secretary of labor, here’s hoping she might find some other tapes that might save us from the rest of the miscreants in Trump’s White House.
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Rahm to Trump: ‘You didn’t get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a southwest side resident is sentenced to nine months in prison for his role in ‘Celebgate’ nude photo hacking.
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
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Five best bets for fall TV
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and more.
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Aldermen propose dumping TSA and hiring private security for city airports, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Mark Kirk offers tepid support for the “river boat gamble” Donald Trump.
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George Lucas is in talks with San Francisco about Lucas Museum, and other news
Also, Rahm discusses a plan to replace the Independent Police Review Authority.
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Law & Order: SVU goes all Robert Durst in the Jinx’d season-17 opener
The crime procedural pulls inspiration from The Jinx.
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How I spent my summer vacation with Dick Wolf, the Chicago Med cast, and hundreds of tired TV critics
The Television Critics Association’s summer press tour was a hazing ritual of sorts for the cast and crew of Chicago Med.
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Chicago actors’ sitcom pilot a finalist in NBC’s Comedy Playground contest
Bobby & Iza, a pilot by Chicagoans Bobby Richards and Avery Lee, is i