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Ex-White House comm🎐s director joins New𒊎sNation
February 3, 2021 | 3:19pmFormer Fox Ne❀ws executive and White House director of communications Bill Shine has joined NewsNation, according to a new report Wednesday. Shine was hired by NewsNation, a new, 24-hour news...
You probably won't miss 'Gone' if it suddenly goes missing
February 25, 2019 | 6:44pmEvery TV netwℱork (c⛎hoose your viewing platform) seems to have at least one series that revolves around the FBI, including CBS, which has, well, “FBI.” Looks like WGN America wanted...
Drug-dealing Mennonites take center stage in 'Pure'
January 25, 2019 | 6:57pmGrizzled men trafficking drugs is hardly a new TV trope — think “Breaking Bad” or “Narcos.” But the twist for “Pure” is a doozy: drug-trafficking Menn✃onites.
ION Media joins Cerberus a൲nd Hicks in bi👍d for Tribune Media
November 13, 2018 | 2:24pmThe auction of TV broadcasting giant Tribune Media is heating up. ION Media — a privately held operator of 70 statioꦍns across the US — has joined buyout firm Cerberus...
Jerry O’Connell’s new dramedy embraces and skewers co𝓰p ꦿshows
August 3, 2018 | 4:14pmCarter Tuesday, 10 p.m., WGN America Television has hosted a number of police procedurals centered on writers-turned-amateur-detectives (think “Murder She Wrote” and “Castle”). Jerry O’Connell se🔥es his new c🌞op dramedy,...
𓆉 Sinclair Broadcasting holding on to WPIX
April 24, 2018 | 9:44pm🍷 The Sinclair Broadcast Group on Tuesday announced deals to sell 23 TV stations — and New York’s WPIX was not on the list. Previously, Sinclair said it planned to sell...
Sinclair is close to buying all of Tribune's TV stations
March 14, 2017 | 9:37pmTwo of the biggest TV-station owners in the US are n▨earing a deal for a multibillion-dollar merger that would blow past ownership limits loꦅng set by communications regulators, several sources...
'Underground' actress feels 'divinely appointed' to play Harriet Tubman
March 7, 2017 | 6:52pmWGN America’s “Underground” returns for Season 2 with new cast member Aisha Hinds, who plays abolitionist Harriet Tubman alongside serie🌌s stars Jurnee Smollet-Bell (Rosalee) and Aldis Hodge (Noah) in the...
Tribune Media CEO stepping down 💝
January 25, 2017 | 1:51pmPeter Liguori, who spun off Tribune’s newspaper propertie🥃s to re-focus the company 🍃on its core TV-broadcasting operations, will step down as chief executive of Tribune Media in March, the company...
'Underground' star embraces symbolism of Tubman on $20 bill
May 7, 2016 | 6:03amAldis Hodge plays sexy Noah on “Underground” — the 1850s-era drama about 🥀a group of escaped slaves from a Georgia plantation. Hodge, 29, says he’s gearing up for the show’s...
Jurnee Smollett goes 'Underground' for historical role
February 29, 2016 | 5:15amJurnee Smollett-Bell is ready for her closeup as Rosalee in “Underground,” WGN Am🔯erica’s 10-part series about the Underground Railr꧟oad premiering March 9. “When you first meet Rosalee she is trying...
'Empire' effect: Get ready for more music-fueled TV shows
August 10, 2015 | 9:48pmMonths after Fox’s “Empire” burst 🐟onto the TV scene with its soapy drama about a hip-hop family, there are many mo꧒re music-centered shows in the pipeline — including another from...
Shaun Robinson takes the 'Hollywood' exit
June 26, 2015 | 12:24amShaun Robinson attributes her departure from “Access Hollywood” after a 16-year run — she’ll develop programming for NBC — to the death of her father and♏ a conversation with “Scandal”... 🌸
It's a risqué venture as steamy 'Outlander' returns on Starz
April 3, 2015 | 11:12pm"The Droughtlander is over,” as Starz’ silly mar🉐keting campaign describes the return of “Outlander.” But the sexy, action-packed new episodes of this time-traveling Scottish drama reinforce what a singular delight...
William Petersen relocates to 'Manhattan' TV address
March 27, 2015 | 1:16am"CSI” star William Petersen is returning to television with a series regular role in the WGN America period drama “Manhattan.” Petersen joins the cast for Sea𝄹son Two as Col. Emmett...
No bomb:ꦜ WGN America renews ‘Manhattan’
October 14, 2014 | 10:11pmWGN America has renewed its period drama “Manhattan” ahead of its Season One finale this Sunday𝄹. The seri🌳es, starring John Benjamin Hickey and Olivia Williams, follows the Manhattan Project scientists...
൩ New NBC c♓ooking series on menu
July 21, 2014 | 6:21amFood Fighters Tuesday at 8 p.m.ღ on NBC Adam Richman (“Man v. Food”) hosts this new cooking competition/game show that gives amateur cooks the chance😼 to test their skills against...
D💙itch the witch: ‘Salem’ hits 🐷bad spell
April 17, 2014 | 6:39amSet in 17th-century Massachusetts, WGN’s first original series is based on�� the true story of an occult panic that swept a sma🥂ll Puritan province, resulting in 20 executions, most of...
Manhattౠan Project TV series to begin production in New Mexico
March 6, 2014 | 11:54amALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A new television series set against the backdrop ඣof the US government's top-secret effort to develop the world's first atomic b𓃲omb will begin production in New Mexico...
WGN grabs 'Elementary' rerun rights
January 31, 2014 | 3:42amWGN America, which is making a big push to ramp up its programming slate, has snared the rights to air reruns of “Eleme🌳ntary,” the hit CBS series starring Jonny Lee...