We take a new look at the original funny ladies in TV history.
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Chicago’s high school dropout rate – about 35 percent – is at the heart of the city’s problems with poverty, violence and unemployment. We delve deeper on a special episode of Chicago Tonight.
WTTW’s latest documentary takes a nostalgic look at Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s. We get a preview.
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Passion, Positivity and Punctuality: these are the three things which center around the people of America which I have observed since the day my plane landed in Washington D.C. on 2nd October. I am one of the 14 journalists from Pakistan chosen for the sixth batch of journalists’ exchange program for three weeks, funded by the U.S. State Department.
Studs Terkel would have been 100 years old today. We go to the vault for interviews with Terkel from many different periods in his life.
Architect Michael Graves changed American cities in the 1980s and designed thousands of products for Target. Then, a mysterious illness paralyzed him and gave his career new purpose. We preview Geoffrey Baer's new Graves documentary.
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang recently won a MacArthur Genius grant. Gang is the subject of a new, in-depth profile airing nationally on PBS: Jeanne Gang: The Sky's the Limit.
A giant of modern dance explores the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Bill T. Jones talks about the most ambitious undertaking of his distinguished career.
WTTW11 Kicks Off "American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen"
Nearly 40 percent of Chicago Public School students drop out. Why are they dropping out and what can be done to get them back on track to graduate? Elizabeth Brackett looks at two programs with some answers. Then, we talk with Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard about the dropout epidemic and how CPS is working to change it.
If you think you know the Catholic church, think again. A groundbreaking PBS series called Catholicism begins tonight, here on Channel 11. We have a preview.
Chicago has a unique role in the sobering story of the 18th and 21st amendments to the U.S. Constitution. We have a conversation with legendary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, ahead of this Sunday’s premiere of the highly anticipated film series: PROHIBITION.
A new documentary tells the story of the largely forgotten man who changed the telephone business forever. We preview Long Distance Warrior, the film about MCI and the break-up of the AT&T monopoly.
