Chicago Tonight is an evening television

Television

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 news

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 program

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 broadcast weeknights on WTTW

WTTW

WTTW channel 11 is one of three Public Broadcasting Service member public television stations serving the Chicago, Illinois market; the others are WYCC and WYIN. WTTW began broadcasting on September 6, 1955 and it is owned and operated by Window to the World Communications, Inc., a not-for-profit...

 in Chicago

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. Chicago Tonight reports primarily on local news and presents features showcasing local artists and events. The show started in 1984 and for 15 years popular Chicago broadcast journalist John Callaway

John Callaway (journalist)

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 hosted the show. He continued to contribute to the show until he died in 2009.

Monday through Thursday night the program is hosted primarily by Phil Ponce

Phil Ponce

Phil Ponce is a Chicago television journalist who hosts Chicago Tonight, a nightly television magazine of news and culture on WTTW 11.Ponce grew up in East Chicago, Indiana, and graduated from Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond. He then attended Indiana University and received a B.A. in English in...

.
On Friday, Joel Weisman

Joel Weisman

Joel D. Weisman was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as AIDS during his work as a general practitioner in the United States...

 hosts Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review a panel discussion with four journalists on the top stories of the week.

Regular Weekly Features

• Every Night
  • News Analysis: discussion and analysis of news of the day with Carol Marin, Elizabeth Brackett and Eddie Arruza
• Regular Segments
  • Viewer Mail
  • Bears Alumni Club (after a Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
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     games)
  • Local theater reviews by Hedy Weiss
  • Weekend activities and events
  • Ask Geoffrey (Geoffrey Baer) on viewer questions about Chicago people, places and history.
  • Ask Alpana (Alpana Singh
    Alpana Singh
    Alpana Singh is a sommelier and local television personality in Chicago, Illinois.-Career:Singh passed the Court of Master Sommeliers' advanced certification test at age 21. In 2003, she passed the final exam to become the youngest woman ever to achieve the rank of Master Sommelier...
    
    ) on viewer questions about wine
• Fridays
  • Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review - round table with four local journalists hosted by Joel Weisman
    Joel Weisman
    Joel D. Weisman was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as AIDS during his work as a general practitioner in the United States...
    
    

Semi-regular Features

• Artbeat Chicago - a profile of a local artists and performers, or a group of artists and performers, usually focusing on a recent work.
• Cultural Connections - a look into various dimensions of the city's vibrant artistic side
• Scientific Chicago - cutting-edge science and technology news and happenings in Chicago

Chicago Tonight Staff

• Phil Ponce
  Phil Ponce
  Phil Ponce is a Chicago television journalist who hosts Chicago Tonight, a nightly television magazine of news and culture on WTTW 11.Ponce grew up in East Chicago, Indiana, and graduated from Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond. He then attended Indiana University and received a B.A. in English in...
  
   - host
• Carol Marin
  Carol Marin
  Carol Marin is a television and print journalist based in Chicago, Illinois.She began her career in 1972 at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee working as a reporter, anchor, and assistant news director....
  
   - contributor
• Elizabeth Brackett
  Elizabeth Brackett
  Elizabeth Brackett is a Chicago-based correspondent and host for WTTW-TV's Chicago Tonight program, a correspondent for PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and an author...
  
   - correspondent, segment host
• Eddie Arruza - correspondent, segment host
• Joel Weisman
  Joel Weisman
  Joel D. Weisman was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as AIDS during his work as a general practitioner in the United States...
  
   - host and editor of The Week in Review
• Jay Shefsky - senior producer, correspondent
• Ash-har Quraishi
  Ash-har Quraishi
  Ash-har Quraishi is an Emmy Award-winning American broadcast journalist who reports for WTTW-TV in Chicago and for the Chicago News Cooperative...
  
   - contributor

• For a complete list of staff, check out Chicago Tonight's Who's who page

External links

• Official website (now with recent videos)
• Chicago Tonight: Who's Who
• Hedy Weiss reviews at the Sun Times