Richard Roeper jojns NBC 5 as entertainment reporter

He’s the latest personality to join the station In another coup, NBC-owned WMAQ-TV, or NBC 5, announced on Monday the hiring of Richard Roeper as entertainment and cultural critic, starting April 10. Roeper will appear on the station’s afternoon and early-evening newscasts, and make regular appearances on Chicago Today, the station’s daily fifteen-minute local entertainment show. Roeper will appear on […]

The Media Notepad: WGN-TV’s new “Daytime Chicago” a hit

Also: Paramount Plus adds new streaming channels; Pictionary gets green light for full-time series; Jussie Smollett found guilty Newsflash: There is a new hit on linear TV not named Ghosts or Law & Order: Organized Crime. In fact, it’s not even in primetime – and it’s local.  It’s WGN-TV’s new morning show Daytime Chicago, and it pulled out a ratings […]