Culture

A documentary about Miles Davis from the acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson, NOVA for both cat and dog lovers, a Frontline investigation into the frightfully successful Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos, and more. 

Window To The World Communications, Inc. (WWCI), parent of WTTW and WFMT, announced today that Hugo Balta has joined the organization as News Director for WTTW News effective February 3, 2020.

The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama will be coming to the Art Institute of Chicago this summer on the first stop of a five-city tour.

Frontline's For Sama has been nominated in the Documentary Feature category at the Academy Awards. The film follows a young Syrian mother as she perseveres through the siege of Aleppo and is told as a love letter to a daughter.

A new PBS KIDS show filmed at WTTW brings together Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures, the team behind Nature Cat, and takes place in the land of Someplace Else from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

The spring-summer 2020 lineup features the new, WTTW-produced natural history series Prehistoric Road Trip as well as programming celebrating female trailblazers, in honor of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States.

Chicago improv team Improvised Jane Austen improvises stories set in Jane Austen’s world using the themes, characters, and language of the beloved author. 

For the past twenty-two years, some of America’s funniest people have congregated annually to celebrate one of their own with the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Who else has received the Prize other than this year's Dave Chappelle?

Go behind the scenes of the upcoming digital series FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty, which follows five people experiencing intergenerational poverty to better understand the daily challenges that make their circumstances difficult to escape.

Mark Bazer finds people of all sorts to talk to on his intimate Interview Show, from astrophysicists to comedians to musicians and chefs. Take a look at some of his upcoming guests in a new season.

As a new year and decade begins and the cold of January sets in, here are some highlights to keep you busy, from a comedy-filled ceremony honoring Dave Chappelle to a look at Jane Austen's private life, and more. 

Tonight at 7:00 pm CT, PBS NewsHour and POLITICO host the final Democratic presidential debate of the year, featuring Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang.

Cord-cutting WTTW fans: beginning today, YouTube TV subscribers will have access to WTTW’s primary and 24/7 Kids channel on YouTube TV, a live TV and on-demand subscription service that provides viewers with another way to enjoy the content they love on more platforms.

Chicagoans love food. WTTW knows that, which is why so much of our programming and digital content focuses on it. But in the first few months, we’re putting even more of an emphasis on culinary content.

As the end of the year and the holidays approach, here’s a run-down of holiday specials that WTTW is airing, to help you get your holiday cheer on!