Rescue Me (tv program)

Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co.

2013-01-17 19:46:00

Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy. In a widely expected announcement, Liguori, 52, a...

Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more

2011-09-12 05:37:00

MOVIES OPENING (Friday) I Don’t Know How She Does It Drive The Lion King 3-D Straw Dogs NOTABLE TV Monday: Anderson (talk-show premiere; syndicated) Monday Night Football: New England at Miami (season premiere; 7 p.m.; ESPN) Bachelor Pad...

Jodi Arias: Lifetime movie premieres June 22

2013-05-16 11:24:00

They're arguing over whether Jodi Arias will live or die on HLN. But the Arias saga will play out next month. Lifetime on Thursday announced that "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" will debut at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Lifetime says the movie...

2013 TV upfronts: Fox overhauls schedule

2013-05-13 08:02:00

NEW YORK -- Coming off a television season that saw its ratings fall by 20%, Fox unveiled a new schedule heavy on big names both in front of and behind the camera in hopes of rejuvenating its prime-time lineup. “We’re making the biggest...

Fox Orders 4 Dramas: J.J. Abrams' 'Almost Human,' Greg Kinnear's 'Rake,' and 2 More

2013-05-08 18:06:03

May 09 (TheWrap.com) - Fox has ordered the drama series "Almost Human," "Rake," "Gang Related" and "Sleepy Hollow" for the 2013-14 season, the network announced. "Almost Human," a working title, comes from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman and stars Karl Urban,...

NBC's 'Chicago Fire' has kindled a following

2013-04-22 05:00:00

NBC's "Chicago Fire" did not exactly generate a lot of heat when it launched last fall. The drama about the truck and rescue squads of a fictional Chicago firehouse lacked the moody darkness, charismatic antiheroes and explosive violence of critical...

Seth Meyers, Hannibal Buress come home for 'Just For Laughs Chicago' in June

2013-04-24 10:25:00

Seth Meyers and Hannibal Buress are coming home for the fifth annual TBS Just for Laughs Chicago comedy festival in June. Evanston native Meyers, who runs the "Saturday Night Live" writers' room and "Weekend Update," is one of the festival's anchors--get...

Daniel Sunjata: A character who can't be typecast

2013-03-07 13:54:00

Welcome to Questions of Characters, the column that puts a name to some of the most familiar faces in movies, on television, the stage and commercials who either hail from Chicago or have spent enough time here to consider it home. Name: Daniel...

Netflix gets into the awards game with the Flixies

2013-02-28 12:32:00

Just when you thought awards season was behind us, Netflix decides to get into the game with its own awards. But don't worry, these awards take a realistic look at just how you use Netflix and you won't even have to watch Seth MacFarlane sing about...

'Do No Harm' pulled from NBC's schedule

2013-02-08 15:47:00

"Do No Harm" proved harmful to itself. The ratings-anemic freshman drama has been pulled from NBC's schedule. The cancelation comes after just two episodes. The prognosis hadn't been good, considering the Thursday midseason drama, which centered on a...

PASSINGS: Fontella Bass

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Fontella Bass, 72, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, died Wednesday at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago, said her daughter, Neuka Mitchell. Bass had...

Winter TCA: USA's 'Graceland' tracks crime, not white jumpsuits

2013-01-07 12:24:00

On USA network, nothing on "Graceland" is what it seems. For the network that boasts an open-door policy for characters, the larger-than-life persona of the King of Rock and Roll (Elvis Presley) will not be one of its new recruits when the network's new...

Comedy Premise: A remake of the British series "Gavin & Stacey," about a couple and the oddballs they call their friends and families.

2013-05-10 22:41:02

Born in Evanston, Daniel Sunjata (right) grew up in Chicago and graduated from Mount Carmel High School, where he played linebacker for two state championship football teams. The former "Rescue Me" star will play Paul Briggs in USA Network's upcoming drama "Graceland.

2012-08-20 20:08:00

Durning was the only member of his unit to survive Omaha Beach during the landings in Normandy, France on D-Day. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

2011-11-08 16:35:58