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The nation's biggest television broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Wednesday reported net income dipped 26% on a 39% jump in revenue in the fourth quarter spurred by its acquisition of Tribune Broadcasting last fall. CEO Perry Sook said the combined company is focused on slashing debt and expanding local news and…

WGN’s Dog's Most Wanted has something to howl about – it finished the season as the #1 original series on WGN. The show featuring the famed bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman averaged 797K persons 2+ live+3 day each week, +49% above the original series average on WGN, and +27% above the #2 program (Gone). In the target…

UPDATED with information about planned FCC hearing: Two days after a stinging challenge to its pending Tribune Media acquisition from FCC chairman Ajit Pai, Sinclair Broadcast Group said it is amending its plans for station divestitures in a bid to salvage the deal. Pai raised "serious concerns" about the so-called…

Warner Bros Records released the soundtrack for Lifetime’s remake of Beaches today on iTunes in advance of the movie’s January 21 debut. Beaches features new takes on songs “Wind Beneath My Wings” and “The Glory of Love” as well as “I Can Hear the Music,” “I’ll Stand by You,” and “Last Time” recorded for the…

WGN’s breakthrough series Underground ended its first season with the introduction of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, played by Aisha Hinds. The actress admitted to being intimidated about playing such an iconic figure. “Initially I was very stalled in approaching this work because she is this icon and I was stalled in…

Introducing the cast and creators of Outsiders at TCA, WGN chief Matt Cherniss made a point of tying the drama series about conflict between a small Appalachian town and the Farrell clan of “outsiders,”  to the current political climate. Not that TV critics needed to be nudged to ask a Trumpocalypse question of any…

Following the news today that the Treasure Department has named Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the twenty dollar bill, the cast and creatives of WGN’s acclaimed drama Underground have weighed in, celebrating the move that honors the icon whose exploits before and during the American Civil War…

Underground set a record as WGN’s highest performing original series ever in its launch last night. The 10 PM airing drew 1.4M total viewers to rank No. 5 among all scripted series premieres on cable this broadcast TV season. The premiere’s  585K  adults 25-54 ranks No. 7 in the TV season that started last…

The folks at WGN-TV have some atoning to do today. During its 9 PM newscast Tuesday, the Chicago TV outlet aired a story about Yom Kippur, the solemn end of the High Holy Days in Judaism. All good so far, but it was the graphic over the anchorman’s shoulder that spurred an apology from the Tribune station today: A…

At this afternoon’s TCA panel for WGN’s Manhattan, the cast provided some hints in regards to where season 2 was headed for the World War II period drama which returns on Tuesday, October 13 at 9PM. Manhattan follows the residents and scientists at "The Hill" in Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II. Frank Winter…

It is evident that the set and costume designers of the WGN America drama Manhattan put much thought into staying true to the 1943 era. The series premiered in July 2014 and follows the lives of those in Los Alamos, NM, as they race to build the world's first nuclear bomb to help end World War II. The second season is…

Sunday’s second-season debut of WGN America's supernatural thriller Salem shot up like a wilted flower doused with water when Live+3 viewing stats arrived. The audience climbed to 1.5 million viewers — up 65% compared with Live+Same Day – and 796,000, in the demo, which is up 80% compared with same-day results, with…