Winter Storm Warning - McHenry (Illinois)
Lifestyle
Sidetracks
Columnists
Announcements
Mom's Place
 

Television

February 7, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
You know times are bad when the entertainment business finally returns to some of the themes that sustained earlier audiences through tough times. CBS presents a post-Super Bowl helping of the new series “Undercover Boss” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).
February 1, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
“Kell On Earth” (9 p.m., Bravo, TV-14) “stars” Kelly Cutrone, one tough woman. We’re told she’s one of the hottest fashion publicists. She runs an extremely high-strung office of emotional interns and barely trained neophytes for whom every task is a chance to hyperventilate.
January 31, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
The “Nature” (7 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presentation “Wild Balkans” offers a different take on a war-torn region, and along the way tries to redeem the Balkans from its place in both history and the popular imagination.
January 29, 2010
By The Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway has received a good-natured ribbing from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals student drama troupe.
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
Echo (Eliza Dushku) and her surviving Dollhouse cohorts scramble into the year 2020 to save mankind from sudden destruction. Whether they succeed, time has run out for “Dollhouse” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14) itself. This is the show’s final episode.
January 26, 2010
By BY DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press
A month into her new job as “World News” anchor, and Diane Sawyer has piled up enough frequent flier miles to impress even George Clooney’s character in “Up in the Air.”
January 24, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
Faced with football and figure skating, viewers of a certain sensibility (not to mention pride and prejudice) can take refuge in yet another adaptation of Jane Austen. Romola Garai (“Atonement”) stars in “Emma” on “Masterpiece Mystery” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings).
January 22, 2010
By AP Entertainment Writer JAKE COYLE (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s Letterman vs. Leno, redux.
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
The two-hour “Hope for Haiti” (7 p.m., CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, CW, CNN, BET, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT) telethon will raise funds for disaster relief. Note: The roster of talent and the number of participating networks still is evolving and subject to change.
January 18, 2010
By FRAZIER MOORE – The Associated Press
NBC's Golden Globes broadcast shined a little brighter in the ratings this year, according to Nielsen numbers released Monday.
January 17, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
There’s a fine line between brash and overconfident, between self-assured and obnoxious and, for that matter, between network and cable. And the new comic book-inspired action series “Human Target” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) walks them all.
By AP Television Writer LYNN ELBER (The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an agreement close to completion, "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien would leave NBC and free Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
January 14, 2010
By Kevin McDonough - United Media
As a cartoon, "Archer" (9 p.m., FX, TV-MA) is fairly interesting to look at. As a spy spoof, it's as old as "Get Smart," and as a comedy, it's a tedious exercise in network envelope-pushing. Much like "The League," it seems to be aimed at a young male audience marinated in the casual vulgarity of pornography, hip hop and violent video games.
January 12, 2010
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Conan O'Brien says he's rejecting NBC's attempt to move "The Tonight Show" to a post-midnight slot to accommodate Jay Leno's return to late-night.
By LYNN ELBER – The Associated Press
"American Idol" was the colossus that dominated television in the new century's first decade, generating top ratings, a heady share of buzz and a handful of bankable stars including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson.
January 11, 2010
By DAVID BAUDER – The Associated Press
Simon Cowell says that this will be his last season on "American Idol."

Lifestyle Links

NWHerald.com Multimedia

Reader poll

How did the snow affect you this morning?
stayed home
caused delays
no effect