Stay home. Get away.
Doug Whitehead, producer of “Colorado Getaways” who has logged thousands of miles around our fair state in search of unusual stories, does an odd thing this week – he tours Denver (6:30 p.m. Saturday, KCNC-Channel 4).
Whitehead and his crew see Denver by light rail with stops at the Buckhorn Exchange, Elitch’s and the Black American West Museum. There is also a sneak peek inside the yet-to-open Frederick C. Hamilton wing of the Denver Art Museum (that pointy thing looming over 13th Avenue) and a boat ride on the Platte.
“It’s the idea that you don’t have to drive your car to see the sights,” said Whitehead, who has been doing “Getaways” for 14 of its 20 years, most of them in faraway places.
“We’re getting away to Denver.”
Weekend highlights
Today
Dr. Phil goes primetime with “Escaping Danger,” in which he advises a young woman on how to get out of an abusive relationship (7 p.m., Channel 4).
“America’s Funniest Home Videos” ends its 16th season with a look back at the show’s 20 best videos since 1990 (7 p.m., KMGH-Channel 7).
Saturday
The story’s silly but the dancing unbeatable in the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical “Top Hat” (6 p.m., Turner Classic Movies).
Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges and Fred Ward star in “10.5,” a rerun of a made-for-TV movie about earthquakes rocking the West Coast (7 p.m., KUSA-Channel 9). A two-part sequel, “10.5: Apocalypse,” airs at 8 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday.
Sunday
Long-time host Mike Wallace moves to the other side of the question-and-answer table when “60 Minutes” pays tribute to the 87-year-old newsman (6 p.m., Channel 4).
“Desperate Housewives” wraps up its season by reminding us how they all came together on Wisteria Lane in a two-hour episode (8 p.m., Channel 7).
Around the dial
High-definition radio creeps ever closer: Radio Shack and the HD Digital Radio Alliance said this week that Radio Shack will begin selling $299.99 HD receivers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, D.C. Denver is expected to be part of the national rollout of more affordable HD Radio this fall. … “Antiques Roadshow,” where we find out the real value of all the “junk” we threw out, stops in Bismarck, N.D. (7 tonight, KRMA-Channel 6). … Local Clear Channel officials say they have no plans to carry “Wake Up With Whoopi,” a music/chat radio show to be hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and debuting this summer. … Quotable: “How long can you broadcast on radio? Is there a mandatory retirement age? Can you go on forever?” Tucker Carlson.
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-820-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
