Chicago - A message from the station manager

Goodbye Empire Man

By The Beachwood Carpet Marketing Affairs Desk

1. “Lynn Hauldren, 89, the advertising copywriter who became the inspiration for the Empire Carpet Man in the 1970s and helped launch the company’s signature jingle into national recognition, died Tuesday, according to an Empire spokesperson,” the Tribune reports.
“Mr. Hauldren rose to became a decades-long advertising icon, as the person who wrote the catchy jingle that accompanies the company’s famous phone number, and often delivered it with style: ‘Five-eight-eight, two-three-hundred . . . Empire.'”

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Posted on April 28, 2011

Dolla TV: 42nd Campbell

By THEREALJCDOLLA

AINT NO FAKE SHIT ROUND HERE JUST A TASTE OF HOW DA FUCK THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO CAMPBELL STREET SDz GET DOWN AINT NO FAKE GANGBANGIN OVER HERE KILL OR BE KILLED MU-FUCKER!!!

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Posted on April 25, 2011

Save The Chicago Code?

By The Beachwood CSI: Chicago Code Affairs Bureau

“Chicago Code creator and executive producer Shawn Ryan, who was honored at the Hugo Awards last week, told guests that the show’s ratings for the next three weeks will be critical in determining the Fox show’s renewal for another season,” Reel Chicago reports.
“A good sign is improved ratings. Chicago Code Fan reported that Fox’s overnight ratings for the April 11 episode, a repeat, pulled in 5.98 million viewers with a 1.8 in the coveted 18-49 demos. This a sharp uptick from the March 28-April 3 report of 3.9 million total viewers.”

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Posted on April 20, 2011

The Chicago TV Stand

By joyethan1

Gather every element of contemporary thought and structure as you marvel at the simple and graceful design of this unit.

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Posted on April 19, 2011

Powers TV Is Almost Here

Cop Show With A Superhero Element

“The producers of Powers, a TV pilot for Sony TV and FX Productions reportedly coming here in mid-June, are no strangers to shooting television entertainment in Chicago,” Reel Chicago reports.
“A-list television executive producer and director Michael Dinner returns to Chicago, after having been here on 12 episodes of The Beast, the FX Channel series that shot in Chicago in 2009 with the late Patrick Swayze . . .
“Two years in development and based on comic books by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, Powers follows a pair of homicide detectives who investigate deadly crimes committed by people with super-powers.”

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Posted on April 14, 2011

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