Chicago Tribune1 hour agoNFL averaged 21 million viewers per game in Week 1 — its highest on recordChicago Tribune - Joe ReedyLOS ANGELES — The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record. The league and Nielsen said Wednesday morning that the per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a 12% increase over last year. All told, 123 million …
Chicago Tribune4 hours ago‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ review: A legendary show’s origins are examinedChicago Tribune - Nina Metz“For years, everybody told me that I had to write something about my mother,” David Chase says, but chances are they never imagined he would find a way to do that in a television show about … the New Jersey mob? In the HBO documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos” (streaming on Max), …
Chicago Tribune4 hours agoWTTW’s new season of ‘Chicago Stories’ gives us Riverview, the Black Sox and poor Bobby FranksChicago Tribune - Rick KoganHere comes a new season of WTTW-Ch. 11’s generally worthwhile and understandably popular “Chicago Stories.” As usual, it is eight hour-long programs packed with such familiar people and places as Hugh Hefner, Al Capone and Riverview. Many of the subjects — the Black Sox Scandal included — have been …
Chicago Tribune1 day agoJames Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93Chicago Tribune - Mark KennedyNEW YORK — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday …
Chicago Tribune1 day ago‘Shogun’ wins record-breaking 14 Emmys at Creative Arts ceremony as Jamie Lee Curtis gets her first for ‘The Bear’Chicago Tribune - Andrew DaltonLOS ANGELES — “Shogun” won the most Emmys ever for a single season of a television series with 14 at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night, while “The Bear” won seven including best guest actress in a comedy series for Jamie Lee Curtis. Presenters were saying “Shogun” all night at the …
Chicago Tribune1 day agoTom Brady’s TV debut for Fox Sports features awkward laughs, a cringey fist-bump — and not a lot of personalityChicago Tribune - Jimmy GolenFox Sports is spending $375 million to put Tom Brady in the broadcast booth, and the network wants to make sure everyone knows he’s there. The seven-time Super Bowl champion made his debut as an NFL analyst during the Fox broadcast of the regular-season opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the …
