On The Block
Saturdays at 10A
Sundays at 12A
Thursdays at 7P
Saturdays at 9A
Sundays at 10:30A
See news like you've never seen it before in our half-hour weekly show, On The Block.
Weigel Broadcasting Co.’s The U and The U Too along with Block Club Chicago, an award-winning, nonprofit news site focused on Chicago's neighborhoods, bring you a weekly television news magazine, On The Block. Hosted by The U’s Brandon Pope, this show tells community stories with visually rich and longer-form news content, street-level reporting, and in-depth interviews, including reporter Jon Hansen in the segment “It’s All Good.”
The U is found on WCIU, Channel 26.1, XFINITY 183|1026, Astound TV 6, Dish 26, Direct TV 26, Spectrum Charter 22/616 and U-Verse 10/1010, YouTube TV.
The U Too is found on WMEU, Channel 48.1 and WCIU, Channel 26.2, XFINITY 230|360, Astound TV 35, Dish 48, Spectrum Charter 191.
Videos
Bringing Southern cuisine to the South Loop. We chat with award-winning chef Lamar Moore as he prepares for his next culinary challenge, as restaurant owner. Plus, a look at Chicago’s dive bar scene, and how the city’s only lesbian feminist chorus gives voice to a marginalized music community.
