Television and theater
Joanne Ostrow
Joanne Ostrow was a television and theater writer and critic for The Denver Post until 2016.
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The first presidential debate failed to live up to the hype
Billed as the biggest TV spectacle of the political year, the Hofstra University presidential debate lacked fireworks.

Time-travel television: Three networks offer shows that look back, ahead
Characters will beam into climactic moments in world and American history, experiencing time travel in both comedy and drama scripts.

The top 10 fall television shows of 2016
We saved you hours of weeding through new TV shows so you can get right to the good stuff.

Gregg Moss leaving job as business reporter at KUSA-Channel 9
Gregg Moss, the longtime KUSA business reporter who has retired and returned to the airwaves more than once over the years, will leave the station one last time.

Review: In Edge Theater’s “I’ll Eat You Last,” Emma Messenger is arch and hilarious
She really does conjure the hookah-smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, ensconced on a sofa in her Beverly Hills living room, drinking scotch and smoking tobacco and weed, sometimes all...

Ostrow: 2016 Emmy nominations include upstarts, more diversity
The Emmy nominations announced Thursday by Anthony Anderson of “Black-ish” and Lauren Graham of “Gilmore Girls,” included numerous regularly-honored series (“VEEP,” “Modern Family,” “Game of Thrones”) but welcomed several critically...

A series finale of our own: Farewell and thanks from our TV critic Joanne Ostrow
It was a long run, and more fun than any job is supposed to be. Over several decades at newspapers and magazines writing about media, I enjoyed a privileged view...

Mike Landess returns to KWGN-2 news with Deborah Takahara
In a shakeup at KWGN and KDVR, Mike Landess will come out of retirement and back to Colorado to co-anchor the news with Deborah Takahara, who moves over from the...

Denver indie TV and film pilot competition SeriesFest names winners
SeriesFest, the TV pilot showcase for established and emerging creators, named winners of the independent pilot competition in this year's just completed second season.

Denver Post videographer Lindsay Pierce wins National Murrow Award for “Kailyn’s Spirit”
Denver Post videographer Lindsay Pierce won the 2016 National Murrow Award for sports reporting for "Kailyn's Spirit," about the recovery of paralyzed athlete Kailyn Forsberg.