TV Show Reviews

Comedy Works New Faces competition begins this Wednesday

If you want to join the ranks of the dozen or so local comics who have gone on to national recognition, then Comedy Works New Faces Competition is the perfect place to start. "A lot of comics use it each year to see where they are as comedians, judging by how far they get along in the contest," says ... More >>

Film incentives: Bulk of $1.3 million allocated for next fiscal year to go to Hallmark show

Last year, the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media got a big boost when lawmakers passed a bill to increase cash rebates to moviemakers who choose to film here -- an incentives package that came with $3 million in funding. And new film commissioner Donald Zuckerman made good use of the mon ... More >>

Maria Cheng on Theater Esprit Asia, Colorado's first Asian-American theater company

Theater Esprit Asia, a new company founded by playwright, actor and choreographer Maria Cheng and stage, film and television veteran Tria Xiong, will start its inaugural season on May 30 at Aurora's Vintage Theater; the lineup will feature plays by Cheng, Rick Foster and Julia Cho. In advance of ... More >>

Five TV shows that were canceled much too soon

Futurama has been cancelled...again. Fans are keenly aware that the show was nuked back in 2003 by Fox, then brought back by Comedy Central after it bought the rights to the four movies in 2007. But this season will reportedly be the last one, with the series finale airing on September 4. Yes, Fut ... More >>

Believe it: Netflix does TV right

New reality show Mile High Social tackles life, love and cow-tipping in its first video

Although Mile High Social, Denver's newest reality show, is pegged as an honest project with a humanitarian bent, its creators were still amazed by how "real" the first casting call turned out. "I was surprised by how open the women were on camera," Koncrete Media co-founder Dennis Flippin says. "It ... More >>

Just-cancelled American Guns' Gunsmoke Guns robbed through hole in roof

It's been a rough patch for Wheat Ridge-based Gunsmoke Guns. First, American Guns, the Discovery Channel show set at the business, was cancelled in what some have interpreted as fallout from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And now, the arms-heavy shop has been ... More >>

(Spoilers): Five reasons why Game of Thrones is the best show on television right now

If you haven't yet seen the first two seasons of HBO's insanely popular Game of Thrones, then you'd best get in your jammy pants, order a pizza and get started now, since the much-anticipated third season begins on March 31. The show is taken from George R.R. Martin's remarkable, detail-oriented and ... More >>

New shows: Sigur Ros, Carrie Underwood, Bloc Party, Big Head Todd, Divine Fits and more

It's not Christmas yet, but you'd certainly be excused for thinking otherwise, what with the radio already playing round-the-clock holiday tunes and the new shows we've been gifted with. Looks like somebody's been on their best behavior (god knows, it wasn't us). Whatever the case, we're now being r ... More >>

Brass Tree Sessions second season premiere slated for next Saturday night on CPT12

Safe Boating is No Accident's Leighton Peterson and the estimable gents behind the laudably local music series Brass Tree Sessions are preparing to embark on the second season of their live performance series. We've got a sneak peek of the first episode, featuring Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, recorded ... More >>

Filmmaker Skip Armstrong concludes Of Souls Water series with The Elder

Forge Motion Pictures, NRS Films, and New Belgium Brewing premiered The Elder this week, the final film in director Skip Armstrong's five-part Of Souls Water series. Armstrong calls the film "a dreamy, contemplative, non-literal piece" about Rob Elliot, 68, a Grand Canyon river guide with more tha ... More >>

Mumford and Sons, Brother Ali, Henry Rollins and Melvins Lite lead this week's shows

While things are slowing down a bit somewhat with summer concert announcements, the fall show season is beginning to shape up nicely with new shows from (updated) Mumford & Sons, a trio of dates with Brother Ali in October, as well as the Melvins Lite and Henry Rollins in September and an October da ... More >>

Morrissey, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, Dinosaur Jr., Jackson Browne lead this week's shows

Denver's summer concert season is proving to be every bit as hot as anticipated, and the fall is shaping up to be just as heated with new dates from Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and E-40, who are due back in town at the end of August, followed by Rascal Flatts in September, Dinosaur Jr. in October and Morri ... More >>

GRILL vs. GRILL, a local cooking reality show, looking for contestants

Think you have what it takes to kick ass with charcoal, gas or wood? Do your neighbors crash your backyard patio party when they sniff the char of a ribeye wafting through the 'hood? Do you know the difference between direct and indirect grilling, the intricacies of smoking yakitori, how to grill to ... More >>

American Weed chronicles Colorado MMJ on National Geographic Channel

Video below.​The Colorado medical and recreational cannabis communities are put under the lens of reality television tonight. Tonight, National Geographic Channel will air the first episode American Weed, the latest weed-themed reality TV show to hit the mainstream. See a preview below.

The Travel Channel's Off Limits explores the mechanics of prominent Denver spaces

The Off Limits crew films in the Union Station construction site.​To most people, the construction at Union Station is only an eyesore made of dirt and debris that has forced the Amtrak station to move many blocks away. And Denver International Airport's baggage system is only a danger to your ... More >>

Alice's Howie Drummond is the first contestant off The Next Food Network Star

Food Network​Howie Drummond, an Alice 105.9 personality, was one of fifteen contestants to start off season seven of The Next Food Network Star last Sunday. Drummond, who lives in Highlands Ranch, had experience in professional kitchens, had owned his own now-closed tapas place, and had plenty ... More >>

Mario Batali is a stone-cold soap killer?

​Severely pissing off a shload of soap-opera viewers is probably not the most strategic career move that chef Mario Batali has ever made, but then, again neither was his alleged Food Network blackmail attempt -- and he's still sitting on a fat pile of cash. But will his latest television move ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony is La La Vazquez's bitch on reality show: She shoulda been Nuggets GM?

La La Vazquez.​Basketball fans everywhere have been debating where Carmelo Anthony is likely to land, with Chicago and New Jersey being the most rumored locations of late. Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri insists Denver's still in the running, but few believe he has a shot. If only he had t ... More >>

Lala Vazquez scoring more often than Carmelo Anthony lately

Carmelo and La La want to share.​Lala Vazquez may not be the queen of all media yet, but she's in the running. She's the cover girl on the debut issue of the new mag Juicy and her forthcoming nuptials with Nuggets baller Carmelo Anthony will be the subject of a VH1 reality series to premiere o ... More >>

Q&A with Metalocalypse and Dethklok Creator Brendon Small

Q&A with Metalocalypse and Dethklok Creator Brendon Small

NBC's "New Approach"

The Revolution Will Be Televised Part One: Coming Soon

Up and Coming

DVD releases for the week of October 2

Kid Nation Has Got to be Kidding Me

Tell Me You’ll Watch Me

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 5

The Big Valley

A Real Page-Turner

No Pain, No Gain

Mike Nickels aims to knock out the competition.

Like Star Trek With Worms

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Boss

In David Brent's The Office, it's better to be popular than competent.

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Best Must-See Local TV

Johns TV
Channel 8

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Net Loss

The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

Hell of a Long Day

24 has been the most talked-about show of the season, and for all the wrong reasons.

Back to School

Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm.

Shoot Straight

Chris Carter considers the futures of X-Files and Lone Gunmen

Off Limits

Joke's on you

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched . . . and watched

Best performance by a Hollywood actor playing a onetime Coloradan

Chad Lowe

Off Limits

CRITIC'S CHOICE