WMAQ-TV prepares for Chicago marathon

This story in TVNewsday (registration may be required) from Arthur Greenwald talks about how NBC-owned WMAQ-TV (NBC 5) is preparing for the upcoming Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which takes place on October 12. WMAQ gets the rights back from WBBM-TV, which held them for the last five years. The marathon (formerly the LaSalle Bank marathon until Bank of America […]

Former WBBM-TV anchor under investigation

Larry Mendte, the former WBBM-TV and Access: Hollywood anchor who now toils at CBS-owned KYW-TV in Philadelphia, is under FBI investigation – for hacking into the e-mail of former anchor Alycia Lane, who was fired from KYW a few months ago after getting into a fight with a police officer in New York City while being accompanied by her boyfriend […]

"Sex and the City" wins weekend box office

The big-screen adaption of the popular TV show was the box-office champ over the weekend with a haul of $56 million, defeating last week’s champ Indiana Jones and exceeding expectations from studio Warner Bros. However, it fell short of the $72 million earned by The Simpsons Movie last July – the last adaption of a TV show that hit movie […]