Dance Throwdown in Chicago

Folks at WGN Chicago, longtime home of the weekly segment Friday Dance, are upset because NBC affil WMAQ recently started a segment called Dance Friday (I’d make a dyslexia joke but that’d be inappropriate). 

"Sometimes you don’t need Dave Savini’s special light on a bedspread to tell that something’s dirty here," said WGN’s "investigative reporter" Steve Lightning

WGN got to the bottom of the story on the morning show today, starring Lightning in a bit of investigative reporting/performance art (he really needs to cut down on the 42 morning martinis, not to mention the crack), Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin, and WMAQ meteorologist Ginger Zee.

"What do you think of a news organization that would STEAL from another news organization?" wonders Lightning. "See that Peacock? It should be a snake! It should be a weasel!"

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.