CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
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Interview: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett Present ‘Son of God’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 25, 2014 - 10:43amCHICAGO – Actress Roma Downey and Producer Mark Burnett are on a mission. After producing the huge success of the miniseries “The Bible” last year, the husband-and-wife team now turn to the “greatest story ever told” – the life of Jesus Christ – in the new film “Son of God.”
TV Review: ‘Survivor’ Meets ‘LOST’ on NBC’s Strange ‘Siberia’
Submitted by BrianTT on July 1, 2013 - 12:31pmCHICAGO – Every Summer needs a guilty pleasure. (Anyone else watch “The Glass House”? Just me? OK. Moving on.) This Summer’s guilty pleasure could easily be NBC’s truly bizarre “Siberia,” premiering tonight at 9pm CST. This hybrid of “Survivor” and “LOST” has some truly rough edges but also contains an addictively strange premise that could separate it from a lot of the bland network offerings this season.
TV News: NBC Struggles on Wednesday Nights, CBS Wins Close Ratings War
Submitted by BrianTT on September 27, 2012 - 11:42amCHICAGO – The first new Wednesday of the Fall 2012 season told a predictable story — CBS and ABC are doing well, FOX is still under-delivering, and NBC is in dire shape. As for new shows, “The Neighbors” was well-sampled out of mega-hit “Modern Family” but we’ll see if that lasts while “Animal Practice” and “Guys with Kids” can practically feel the blade of the cancellation axe already.
TV News: CBS Renews 18 Shows Including ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Blue Bloods’
Submitted by BrianTT on March 14, 2012 - 6:30pmCHICAGO – America’s #1 TV network showed a sign of their force today by renewing EIGHTEEN programs from their reliable hits to shows that many considered to be on the bubble. The renewals include four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series, and two newsmagazines and include programs that currently air on every night of the week. CBS really is in charge.
TV News: NBC to Premiere Second Season of ‘The Voice’ After Super Bowl XLVI
Submitted by BrianTT on August 1, 2011 - 6:49pmCHICAGO – Release schedules keep rolling in lately with the Television Critics Association press tour heating up, now giving us a date to circle for the hottest new show of last season. NBC’s hit reality singing series “The Voice” is set to start season two on one of the most watched nights of television, Super Bowl Sunday.
TV Review: Spectacular Season of CBS’s ‘Survivor: Redemption Island’ Continues With Riveting Episode
Submitted by BrianTT on March 9, 2011 - 9:29amCHICAGO – Has there ever been a season of reality TV that got off to such an instantly-entertaining start as “Survivor: Redemption Island”? The new gameplay concept represented by the title has helped reinvigorate the series.
On WGN Radio: HollywoodChicago.com’s Brian Tallerico on ‘The Amazing Race,’ ‘SNL: Backstage,’ ‘Shedding For the Wedding’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 20, 2011 - 12:50pmCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com content director Brian Tallerico speaks with WGN Radio host Bill Moller on Feb. 19, 2011 about the ratings for “The Chicago Code” and the premieres of “The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business,” “SNL: Backstage,” “America’s Next Top Model,” and “Shedding For the Wedding.” Other programs discussed include “Survivor: Redemption Island,” “Blue Bloods,” and “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.”
TV Review: ‘The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business’ Offers Second Chance
Submitted by BrianTT on February 20, 2011 - 12:37pmCHICAGO – The Emmy Award-winning CBS hit “The Amazing Race” returns tonight, Feb. 20th, 2011, with a group of familiar faces, most of them red from embarrassment at the mistakes they made last time and looking to correct them on the new season, appropriately titled “Unfinished Business.”
On WGN Radio: HollywoodChicago.com’s Brian Tallerico on ‘The Chicago Code,’ ‘The Sunset Limited,’ ‘Mad Love,’ ‘Survivor’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 12, 2011 - 12:41pmCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com content director Brian Tallerico speaks with WGN Radio host Bill Moller on Feb. 12, 2011 about the ratings for “The Chicago Code” and the premieres of “The Sunset Limited” and “Mad Love.”
DVD Review: Ridiculous Yet Fascinating ‘Jersey Shore Uncensored: Season Two’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 3, 2011 - 10:09amCHICAGO – There’s something about “Jersey Shore” that makes it unbelievably watchable. I’ll never understand why people have taken to the oversaturated “Real Housewives” franchise or the draw of “Hoarders,” but I totally get “Jersey Shore.” It’s difficult not to be entertained by personalities this larger-than-life and the bonus is that they feel as close to real as reality television has been in years. “Jersey Shore” never seems nearly as scripted as “The Hills,” reminding viewers of my generation of the “Real World” dramatics of the show’s first few years — back when it felt, you know, real.