Big Cat and the Bears

Bears Alumni Club

The Bears are headed to the playoffs as the NFC Northern Division Champions. Emery Moorehead joins us on our Bears Alumni Club.

Politics

News Analysis: Redistricting

Illinois will lose one of its congressional seats. What does this mean for the state as it prepares to redraw its maps? Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss this and much more.

• Proposed redistricting legislation in the Illinois General Assembly

Politics

Election Hearings

What's the process moving forward as the Chicago Board of Elections gets set to rule on Rahm Emanuel's residency? Ash-har Quraishi tells us what could happen after a decision is handed down.

Arts & Entertainment

Holiday Music

Enjoy a special holiday performance from members of the acclaimed Chicago Symphony Chorus.

Arts & Entertainment

Sylvia Creator

We enter the humorous world of Chicagoan Nicole Hollander, creator of the comic strip Sylvia.

• Bad Girl Chats with Sylvia and Nicole

Arts & Entertainment

The Calling

We talk with the director of the new and provocative PBS documentary The Calling, which looks at lives of people who become spiritual leaders.

Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

We learn about the newest holiday party trend -- ugly sweaters. WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us with that story and a recap of the year in Chicago business.

Education

News Analysis: Charter Schools

The Renaissance Schools Fund wants to raise $40 million in the next five years for more charter schools, but proposals for four new charter schools were withdrawn at last week's contentious Chicago Public Schools Board meeting. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the debate over charter schools.

Politics

Congressional Update

Illinois' newest U.S. Senator, Republican Mark Kirk, votes to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Chicago Sun-Times Washington D.C. bureau chief Lynn Sweet joins us to talk about this and other congressional actions.

The Week in Review

The Week In Review

On this week's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review hosted by Phil Ponce: Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel spent almost 12 hours testifying at a hearing to determine whether he can stay on the February ballot, and the questioning ranged from the serious to the comical. His tenant contradicted some of Emanuel's testimony about the possessions the family left behind. And in a strange twist, Emanuel's real estate broker testified that the tenants demanded $100,000 to vacate the house. Another mayoral candidate, James Meeks, sparked a controversy when he said white women should not be entitled to minority set-aside contracts from the city. The mystery of the Honeybee Killer may be solved. In sports, Kerry Wood is coming back to the Cubs. And crews work around the clock to remove snow from the new University of Minnesota football stadium in hopes the Bears will play a battered Minnesota Vikings team there on Monday Night Football.

Guests:

• Craig Dellimore, WBBM Newsradio 780
• Marcella Raymond, WGN-TV
• Elizabeth Brackett, WTTW
• Gail Fischer, Comcast SportsNet Chicago