Sid Smith

The not-so "Desperate Housewives," a ratings winner, water-cooler favorite and darling of the blogosphere, ended its first season Sunday on ABC resolving one mystery, starting up a few more and...

When the plug is pulled on a gay movie in the first episode of the new season of "Queer as Folk" (9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime), the director blames it...

The CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" ended its nine-year run Monday with a finale that typically, touchingly mixed insults, outlandish chuckles, snide putdowns and bittersweet sentiment. The set-up involved sportswriter...

"Check Please!" 8 p.m., Friday, WTTW-Ch. 11: It's a rerun, but it's worth it because Alpana Singh and her guests revisit Oak Park's tiny but terrific Cafe Le Coq. Also...

Sure, sure, everybody loves Raymond--except, in a way, Raymond himself. Ray Romano is the stand-up comic and actor who plays the title character in the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond."...

"Oprah," 9 a.m. Friday, WLS-Ch. 7: Six months ago, Oprah shocked viewers with her horrified reaction to a woman whose condo was a filthy mess. The woman, Carol Gibbons, later...

ARCHITECTURE `WEST-EAST' Albuquerque-based architect Antoine Predock, whose completed projects include a baseball park for the San Diego Padres and a federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas, speaks Wednesday at 6...

ART ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO EXPANDED Opening of the expanded galleries of American art at the Art Institute of Chicago, 23 chronological galleries include works lent from the recently closed...

Veteran ballerina Alessandra Ferri will not open American Ballet Theatre's "Giselle" at the Civic Opera House later this month or perform during the engagement here. Ferri injured her ankle and...

How familiar is this premise? A handful of young men and women are thrown together in a highly competitive environment. Week after week, they bond and then betray each other,...