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Limon prison is doing some time in "Lockup"

Avert your gaze, "Lockup" is on. By now you've learned to look away as a matter of course. "Lockup" is the creepy documentary series that bears avoiding whenever it elbows onto MSNBC. Often, when looking for breaking news or political analysis, not to ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: MSNBC,  Mindscape Inc,  Jeff Corwin,  Lou Dobbs

Ostrow: For local stations, a sweepingly bad November

Last week on CBS's KCNC- Channel 4's "The Early Show" Jake Lonsway, 9, of Bangor Township, Mich., talked about his record 281.5-pound ball of cling film. (Guinness World Records/ Associated Press ) The first half of the November sweeps reveals lots of ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TBS,  Jay Leno,  BBC,  New York Times Company,  John Hockenberry

Ostrow: New "Prisoner" can't escape its own overstuffed plot

The 1960s BBC series "The Prisoner," a mystifying and surreal adventure in paranoia and alienation, ran for only 17 episodes but remains a beloved cult favorite. The new "Prisoner," premiering tonight, Monday and Tuesday at 6 and 8 on AMC, begins well ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AMC,  BBC,  Jim Caviezel,  Patrick McGoohan

Starz rolls out sexy movie clip fest

Mena Suvari in 1999's best-movie Oscar winner, "American Beauty," is one of the clips in the Starz sex documentary. (DreamWorks SKG ) Expect a spicy clip assemblage when Starz recounts the sexiest, most sex-obsessed, sexually boundary-breaking and ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mena Suvari,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  DreamWorks,  Paul Verhoeven,  Humphrey Bogart

2009 TV season showing signs of rebirth

weekly ratings. of what might have been gross stereotypes. Nearly 10 million viewers a week have caught on to this faux documentary. The scripts play with of-the-moment topics (gay dads, blended families, trophy wives), proof ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TNT,  Erika Christensen,  American Idol,  Jay Leno,  Courteney Cox (actor)

With Fox show, Wanda Sykes shatters late-night men's-club mold

"The Wanda Sykes Show," premiering this Saturday on Fox, caps an amazing year for Sykes, including this fall's HBO special "I'm a Be Me" and other comedy roles. (Jesse Grant, Getty Images for Fox ) Wanda Sykes, this is your moment. You've stopped ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wanda Sykes,  White House,  HBO,  Barack Obama,  Bill Maher

Blind faith under fire in sci-fi "V"

Erica and Father Jack find themselves being tracked by a "Seeker" from the Vs in "There Is No Normal Anymore." (ABC ) When "V," the eagerly anticipated sci-fi mystery update, debuts on ABC tonight, it will be a kick for those who remember the 1980s ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Elizabeth Mitchell,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Scott Wolf,  George W. Bush

Finally gone HD? Yawn. Technology's already on to 3D HD

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From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  30 Oct 2009

Snow, TV sweeps are upon us

TV stations love a good snowstorm--especially at the start of the sweeps period. Nobody's figured out the equation by which every inch of snow accumulation translates to a Nielsen rating point, but it's a proportional relationship. The November sweeps ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  29 Oct 2009

Television beauty abounds in "Ugly Betty" despite unattractive new time slot

"Ugly Betty" (America Ferrera) is getting more glam this season, but prejudice is still at the heart of the story. The show's move to Fridays has taken a bite out of ratings. (ABC ) A few Halloweens ago, a favorite costume roaming the night involved an ...

From JOANNE OSTROW, Denver Post,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: America Ferrera,  Becki Newton

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