As part of WTTW’s new show, “IL-Informed,” comedian Sandy Marshall plays a hard-hitting, ethics-bending investigative reporter, aptly named Hassan Ali.

Way back when, show producer Paris Schutz and Fresh Cut’s own Hassan Ali were talking about the initial concept for the show. Hassan pitched the idea of a Walter Jacobson-type reporter who’ll stop at nothing to get his story (and is also a complete ass).

So the show named the character in Hassan’s honor. Seeing as he probably won’t have a child, this is just what Hassan needs to preserve his legacy.