Chicago Tonight

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Chicago Tonight
Genre Television news magazine
Format news television program
Starring Phil Ponce
Carol Marin
Elizabeth Brackett
Rich Samuels
Eddie Arruza
Christian Farr
Joel Weisman
John Callaway
Theme music composer Nick Tremulis
Herbie Hancock[1]
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes N/A (airs daily)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Mary Field
Supervising
producer(s)		 Jay T. Smith
Location(s) Chicago, IL
Camera setup multi-camera
Running time 57 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel WTTW
Picture format NTSC (480i)
Audio format Stereo
External links
Official website

Chicago Tonight is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on WTTW in Chicago. Chicago Tonight reports primarily on local news and presents features showcasing local artists and events.

Monday through Thursday night, the program is hosted primarily by Phil Ponce. But at the end of the week, in the 30 minute Friday Night segment, Joel Weisman hosts a panel discussion with four or five journalists on the topics of politics, business, and sports. On Fridays, this by followed by an in-depth interview conducted by John Calloway.

Contents

[edit] Features

[edit] Regular Weekly Features

  • Every Night
    • News Analysis: discussion and analysis of news of the day with Carol Marin (Monday and Wednesday), Elizabeth Brackett (Tuesday) and Eddie Arruza (Thursday)
  • Mondays
    • Movie review by a critic-for-a-day (a local personality whose profession or experience is connected to the reviewed movie)
    • Viewer Mail
    • Bears Alumni Club (after Sunday Chicago Bears games)
  • Tuesdays
    • Local theater reviews by Hedy Weiss (often airs on Wednesday instead, doesn't necessarily air every week)
    • Tuesday Commentary - a short, topical editorial (with by Judy Baar Topinka, Mancow Muller, Garrard McClendon or Dawn Trice)
  • Wednesdays
    • Live Music
  • Thursdays
    • Weekend activities and events with an editor from Time Out Chicago
    • Ask... alternating segments with Ask Alpana (Alpana Singh) on viewer questions about wine and Ask Geoffrey (Geoffrey Baer) on viewer questions about Chicago people, places and Trivia.
    • Check Please! Supper Club with Alpana Singh suspended in early 2008 in favor of "Ask..." segments (showcasing recipes from Check, Please!)
    • Viewer Mail (expanded from a Monday-only segment in October 2007)
  • Fridays
    • The week in Review with Joel Weisman - round table with four local journalists
    • Friday Night with John Callaway - in-depth interview

[edit] Semi-regular Features

  • Artbeat Chicago - a profile of a local artist/performer, or a group of artists/performers, usually focusing on a recent work
  • Chicago Matters - an annual public information series made possible by The Chicago Community Trust (In 2007, the Beyond Borders theme explored immigration in America. The 2008 theme is Growing Forward.)
  • Capital Countdown - a segment in monitoring the Illinois legislature that began in May 2008

[edit] Former Features

  • Government InAction - a short segment that aired from October to November 2007 to showcase inefficiencies and corruption in city, county and state government

[edit] External links