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A 57-foot, multi-ton Christmas tree in the Windy City? You’re just asking for trouble! And despite this being a holiday episode, “We wanted the alarm bells to go off,” says Chicago Fire executive producer Derek Haas. So it’s Firehouse 51 to the rescue when the massive white spruce in Millennium Park—Chicago’s equivalent of New York City’s Rockefeller Center attraction—crashes down on a group of tree-gazers. “You see those giant trees and think, ‘Oh, if that wasn’t secured perfectly, that could really do some damage!’” Haas notes of his inspiration. Kelly Severide and Joe Cruz are among the responders who arrive to help multiple victims, including Santa Claus…or at least a white-bearded look-alike (Mark W. Gray) at the park with his wife (Darcy Shean). “Mouch” ...

Minnie Driver's sitcom, About a Boy, was cancelled last year after two seasons on NBC. Now she's back, with her Speechless TV show on ABC. You can watch the new family sitcom on ABC.com and via the ABC app, ahead of its September 21st primetime linear premiere .Speechless stars: Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Mason Cook, Micah Fowler, Kyla Kenedy, and Cedric Yarbrough. Guest stars in the Speechless TV series premiere include: Marin Kinkle, Paul Bates, Darcy Shean, Daniel Zolghadri, Dina Spybey-Waters, Cyrus Deboo, Skyler James, Jonathan Slavin, Jay Chandrasekhar, Lukita Maxwell, and Daniel Nelson. Read More…...