The House From Webster

The House from Webster is located at 1432 North State Parkway. A situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. 

Newton Minow Way

Newton Minow Way is located at 42 S Dearborn. ) Newton Minow is an American attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech referring to television as a vast Wasteland as we studied in class.

The Nielsen Building

The Nielsen building is located at 200 W Jackson Blvd.

Oprah's Harpo Studios

Oprah's Harpo Studios is located at 1058 W Washington Blvd. It was founded by Oprah Winfrey, in the late 1980's the start of The Oprah Winfrey Show developed. The set also housed The Rosie Show, an evening television talk show which was hosted and produced by actress and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell, airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Harpo Studios has Emmy Award- winning teams in production designs, lighting camera work, editing, audio direction and graphic design. In February 2013, Harpo Films was shut down citing that "the demand for long-form projects, especially on the broadcast side, has dried out.  

Old Cook County Hospital

Old Cook County Hospital is located at 1801 West Harrison Street. It was the old facility used for the famous TV show ER.  ER was a medical drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. ER follows the inner life of the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital and various critical issues faced by the room's physicians and staff. The show ran for 15 seasons with a total of 331 episodes, becoming the longest-running prime time medical drama in American Television History. 

Billy Goat's

The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1934^[1] by Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko, a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs, and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday Night Live. In 1964, the eatery moved to its current address at 430 N. Michigan Ave., which is actually below Michigan Avenue, made possible by Chicago's network of multilevel streets in that vicinity.^[2] Being situated between the offices of the Chicago Tribune and the old Chicago Sun-Times building led to the tavern's being mentioned in any number of newspaper columns, particularly those of Mike Royko.(Wikipedia)

Harpo Studios Chicago

Harpo Productions, Inc. is an incorporated US-based multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey (the name 'Harpo' is 'Oprah' spelled backwards, and was the name of her on-screen husband in The Color Purple). It formerly included Harpo Films (the company's film production company), while currently including Harpo Radio, Inc. (the company's radio division). It is based in Chicago, and Harpo Studios (the company's TV production studio) is located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago. (Wikipedia)

 

 

Harpo Films, Inc. was the biggest division of Harpo Productions, Inc. It was an active supplier of motion pictures, developing and producing award-winning features and long-form television programs, including the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" telefilms for the ABC television network. Harpo Films was based in Los Angeles, California.(Wikipedia)