First there was "Trading Spaces." Then there was "Trading Spouses." Now, for that glorious indignity known as Sweeps Month, ABC has bestowed upon us Fan February. Here's the haps: Three lucky daytime TV fans get to trade jobs for a day with an actor from their favorite soap opera. S/He gets to jet out to New York City to hang with daytime's acting elite; the actor trundles off to BFE, Flyover Country. If Range Bloodstone ever wanted to find out what it's like to wash down hippos or flip burgers (like he doesn't know what that's like, he's an actor, for crying out loud), well, here's his chance as well. This year, one of the chosen fans happens to be from DeKalb, which was enough to get "All My Children"'s Jeff Branson into ABC's studios yesterday, and to get Chicagoist to cover it. more ›

Last night, after two weeks of traveling, a good bit of stress at work, and with a general sense of laziness, Chicagoist hoped to sit down, get some ice cream, and veg out in front of the television - getting caught up on missed episodes of "Stargate" and "Battlestar Galactica". Chicagoist may not watch a whole lot of television since "Hell's Kitchen" wrapped up, but we wanted to see how the ragtag band of survivors from Caprica were doing since the last episode. more ›

Big article in the Trib today about Bill Rancic's house. We'd pretend like we're not interested but…come on, real estate pornography is where it's at. more ›