After graduating from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1975, Reddicliffe worked for several newspapers as a reporter, editor and television critic, including the “Dallas Times Herald,” the “Miami Herald” and the “Baltimore News-American.” From 1989 to 1992, Reddicliffe was a founding senior editor then a general editor at “Entertainment Weekly” magazine, then moved with his family to San Francisco to become editor-in-chief of “Parenting” magazine. In August 1995, Reddicliffe became editor-in-chief of “TV Guide.” He stepped down from the post in 2002.