Campaign Dispatches
HOLD THE KETCHUP A cook at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Times Square noticed the Heinz ketchup bottles on the tables and thought they might offend Illinois Republicans staying there....
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ATHENS OLYMPICS
Now that the XXVII Olympiad is over, Tempo has a few questions: Q. Were the women beach volleyball players required -- unlike Olympians in other sports -- to wear those...
TV report
An average of 26 million viewers watched NBC's prime-time coverage Sunday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. In Chicago one in three homes was tuned to the Games, which averaged...
The Bar Owners
Walk into Cal's Liquors at the corner of Wells and Van Buren Streets 'round about 11 p.m. on any given Friday night, and you'll find yourself in a lone out-post...
Spotlight on, but fewer are watching
The John Kerry Show, the most important so far in his campaign for the White House, has signed off and there are signs it didn't draw the intensely interested audience...
The Bar Owners
Walk into Cal's Liquors at the corner of Wells and Van Buren Streets 'round about 11 p.m. on any given Friday night, and you'll find yourself in a lone out-post...
Families swap matriarchs in ABC series
In a renewed bid to resurrect its flagging prime-time ratings, ABC on Tuesday unveiled a new slate of programs for its fall season before a skeptical audience of media buyers...
Director sees politics in move to drop `9/11′
The furor over the Walt Disney Co.'s decision not to distribute a President Bush-bashing documentary from controversial filmmaker Michael Moore escalated Wednesday as the parties exchanged charges in a rift...
`Apprentice’ spinoff predicted
"The Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic may be returning to the airwaves, this time from Chicago, where he will be--nominally, at least--overseeing the construction of the Trump International Hotel & Tower....
Ch. 5 reaps ratings bonus from finale
More than 27 million viewers tuned into the season finale of NBC's "The Apprentice," according to Nielsen Media Research. The two-hour show, which featured a live segment at the end...