Labor Day weekend is made for three things: grilling, avoiding anything remotely productive, and convincing yourself that watching nine straight hours of television counts as a...
Cramer-Krasselt and ECHO are bringing back Branch Yarderman for a new round of spots under the brand’s “We Are Yarders” platform, once again turning the unwritten rules o...
A federal film and television production incentive has been discussed for years. What has changed is how many people are now sitting on the same side of the table.
President...
For 16 years, SNICKERS has blamed strange human behavior on hunger. Now BBDO Chicago has decided artificial intelligence might have the same problem.
The brand’s latest ca...
Cecily Strong spent years owning late nights. Now Thomas’ is asking the Chicago-born comedian to do something considerably more frightening: become a morning person. Strong s...
Chicagoans, we need to talk about Dark Matter. If you somehow missed the first season of Apple TV’s wildly ambitious science-fiction thriller, now is the time to catch up, be...
After more than a decade of fires, medical emergencies, police cases and character upheaval, the writers behind NBC’s One Chicago dramas face a deceptively difficult question...
State Farm is putting a more personal spin on football season. Created with Highdive, the insurer’s latest campaign uses a series of distinct football stories to show what pe...
For 120 years, The Chicago Lighthouse has helped people who are blind, visually impaired, or disabled build fuller, more independent lives. Now, a new campaign from Brand Imagi...
Dolly Parton belonged to the world, but for a few memorable months in 1991, Chicago got to claim a little piece of her.
Parton came to the city to film the romantic comedy S...
The Colonie has added assistant editor Lauryn Smith to its creative editorial roster, expanding the Chicago post house’s team with a young editor whose background blends tech...
Chicago P.D. star Arienne Mandi has capped her first season with the long-running Chicago drama by winning the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress - Drama.
Mandi was ho...
Colornation has added colorist Kalvin Johnson to its growing roster of remote post-production talent, expanding its lineup with an artist whose commercial work includes project...
Quality Meats agency founders Gordy Sang and Brian Siedband are stepping to the other side of the client relationship.
The co-founders and co-CCOs have launched Herb Light, ...
VSA Partners has named May Shek Associate Partner, Head of Strategy, adding an experienced strategist with more than 18 years of work across brand, campaign and innovation stra...
For five seasons, The Bear made Chicago's restaurant world a character all its own. The kitchens felt real. The food looked real. The cooks moved like people who had spent ye...
For more than a decade on Chicago Med, Dr. Daniel Charles has been the person others turn to when their lives begin to unravel. Now, an episode that turns that familiar dynami...
Chicago’s film history takes some unusual detours over the next several weeks, connecting a Swiss Cold War oddity, 1970s giallo, Haskell Wexler, Liberace and the Creature fro...
HBO Max has decided not to move forward with American Blue, the Milo Ventimiglia-led drama pilot that filmed in Joliet and Chicago earlier this year.
The story may not be o...
Hulu has canceled Deli Boys after two seasons, ending the critically well-received crime comedy just over two months after its six-episode second season debuted on the streamer...
