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CHICAGO – As Tokyo gears up for one of the more unusual presentations of the Olympic Games, Comcast recently announced their plans to deliver an unparalleled Olympic viewing experience to all its Xfinity customers on X1, Flex and the Xfinity Stream app. For complete information, click here.

CHICAGO – In one of the great American films of the year, character actor Rebecca Hall interprets a based-on-truth incident from the 1970s, as she portrays the title character of “Christine.” The film encapsulates the nature of mental health, gender issues and the pursuit of random numbers.

CHICAGO – This film can be defined as “Network” meets Norman Bates, but it also exposes virtually all our modern sins, in a chilling story about a loser who spouts business self help while taping bloody crimes that sell on the morning news. Jake Gyllenhaal is the “Nightcrawler.”

LOS ANGELES – It was one more lap around the victory track for the AMC-TV show ‘Breakling Bad,’ as the gritty drama about a teacher turned meth dealer took home six Primetime Emmy Awards at the 66th ceremony on August 25th. ‘Modern Family’ took home the statue for Outstanding Comedy Series for a a fifth straight year.

CHICAGO – Some old TV favorites and some new online upstarts highlight the nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, which takes place on Monday, August 25th, 2014. The Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” competes with stalwart sitcoms “The Big Bang Theory” and “Modern Family” at this year’s ceremony.

CHICAGO – The five broadcast networks have announced their Fall 2013 schedules and so it’s now easy to see them night by night, timeslot by timeslot. Which timeslots seem the most competitive? Do you know what you’re going to watch or schedule in your DVR? Here’s the chart you need to figure it out.

CHICAGO – When you’re the #1 network on TV, it must be tempting to stay the course. However, CBS always shakes things up a bit and this year is no different.

CHICAGO – Jack’s back! FOX announced today that Jack Bauer is returning to the network in “24: Live Another Day,” to premiere in Summer 2014 with 12 episodes representing 24 hours. We don’t know much more than that at this point other than Kiefer Sutherland will return, reunited with showrunner Howard Gordon.

CHICAGO – FOX announced their 2013-14 schedule this morning and your favorite shows aren’t going anywhere with several interesting new dramas and comedies to support them. With A-list talent in front of the camera (Seth Green, Andre Braugher, Andy Samber) and behind it (J.J. Abrams, Seth MacFarlane), FOX has an ambitious new slate.

CHICAGO – One of the most anticipated shows of the Fall 2013 season is bound to be “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and the show has a trailer, just released by ABC. We had to share. Stay tuned to HollywoodChicago.com for more news all week as the Fall schedules are announced and more details on the transition of the modern Marvel Universe from hit films like “Iron Man 3” and “Thor: The Dark World” to ABC.