{"id":2316,"date":"2026-07-06T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:35:07","slug":"this-tv-channel-shows-you-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316","title":{"rendered":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This is part of The Know\u2019s series,\u00a0Staff Favorites. Each week, we give our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We\u2019ll also let you in on some hidden gems.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2314\">Today in History: July 6, Philando Castile fatally shot during traffic stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We used to be analog players in a digital world. So why have so many of us forgotten practical solutions to the bugs of modern technology?<\/p>\n<p>I use \u201cwe\u201d because this was me a couple of weeks ago: on the couch, remote in hand, scrolling through Netflix\u2019s latest offerings for a movie as the clock neared midnight. One carousel of options bled into another, until I finally settled on a mid-series episode of \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d because, well, I had already seen the entire show three times through and was starting to get sleepy.<\/p>\n<p>But there are better \u2014 and cheaper \u2014 ways to watch movies from home. It takes a digital TV antenna, the kind one can find at hardware or retail stores for about $20. Hook it up to the television, mount it high on the wall or roof and scan for channels. Then flip to channel 26: it\u2019s Movies!<\/p>\n<p>Fox Corporation and Weigel Broadcasting launched the Movies! network in 2013, offering round-the-clock programming of films from the 20th century. It is transmitted in Denver through a low-powered digital station that broadcasts in grainy, standard definition. The westerns, noirs, dramas, action movies and comedies of yesteryear screened on Movies! are so unpredictable, so hit-or-miss, yet mostly always admirable as the products of bygone eras of film.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the offbeat, occasionally off-putting cousin of Turner Classic Movies, with commercial interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say it doesn\u2019t have class. My last couple of peeks dropped me in the middle of the salacious 1954 noir \u201cMildred Pierce,\u201d starring Joan Crawford; the steamy \u201cKey Largo\u201d from 1948, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and a memorable Edward G. Robinson; and \u201cA Stolen Life\u201d from 1946, in which Bette Davis plays twins through impressive special effects for the period.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2312\">In Colorado\u2019s battleground race, Rep. Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel make their case to voters now that match is set<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The channel designates special time slots throughout the week to specific movie stars: Audrey Hepburn, Robert Redford, Roy Scheider. It\u2019s how, one Saturday morning, I caught \u201cThe Seven-Ups\u201d (1973), starring Scheider as a brazen NYPD detective. A lengthy car chase building up to the movie\u2019s climax riveted me, all roaring engines, screeching brakes and vintage shots of cars speeding through New York City thoroughfares. The action felt fresh and urgent. New York City looked iconic in its grey splendor. \u201cThe Seven-Ups\u201d would\u2019ve likely remained in the film vault for me had this channel not screened it.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For every surprise discovery, however, there are one or more duds.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those duds would file nicely in a \u201cso bad it\u2019s good\u201d category. I saw Frank Sinatra in the only movie he directed, 1965\u2019s \u201cNone but the Brave,\u201d whose anti-war message was bogged down by poor acting and stage sets. Then I watched Tom Hanks in one of his earliest film roles in the comedy \u201cBachelor Party\u201d (1984), full of groan-inducing dialogue. (When someone asks Hanks\u2019 character who he is, he replies, \u201cBond. James Bond.\u201d Gag.)<\/p>\n<p>Others are just plain offensive when seen through modern eyes, serving as reminders of the rampant whitewashing of the early film industry. One period movie, whose name I can\u2019t remember, had actors in makeup playing the roles of Asian characters. \u201cNone but the Brave\u201d was lauded at the time for using a Japanese cast for the roles of Japanese soldiers. The inclusion mattered. It wasn\u2019t always that way.<\/p>\n<p>But the truly bad flicks are few and far between. Take it from someone who has watched broadcast television since middle school, and has seen it devolve from general programming to dusty reruns of \u201cThe Andy Griffith Show\u201d and new shows with names like \u201cPolice,\u201d \u201cAmbulance\u201d and \u201cFire.\u201d While viewing audiences have migrated away from broadcast television to streaming services, the offerings on some of those platforms aren\u2019t any better. Sometimes the act of scrolling up and down, left and right on a streaming app\u2019s home page can sound more interesting than any of the digital titles on the shelf.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The movies on Movies! are usually worth your time. If you think otherwise, at least you\u2019ll have an antenna to watch live sports, award ceremonies and dating competitions without the fear of a stream buffering or crashing. No subscription necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2310\">Colorado struggles to recruit doctors into elder care despite aging population<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 26, or Movies!, is your free, local answer to Turner Classic Movies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,6,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-opinion","category-things-to-do","category-tv-streaming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 26, or Movies!, is your free, local answer to Turner Classic Movies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colorado Springs Moverss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\"},\"headline\":\"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316\"},\"wordCount\":820,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News, Opinion\",\"Things To Do\",\"TV Streaming\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316\",\"name\":\"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":688},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?p=2316#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Colorado Springs Moverss\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss","og_description":"Channel 26, or Movies!, is your free, local answer to Turner Classic Movies","og_url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316","og_site_name":"Colorado Springs Moverss","article_published_time":"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c"},"headline":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly","datePublished":"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316"},"wordCount":820,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp","articleSection":["News, Opinion","Things To Do","TV Streaming"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316","name":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly - Colorado Springs Moverss","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-06T13:35:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4950d947e6943887838ed9ca4a1bd2d6.webp","width":1024,"height":688},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2316#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This TV channel shows you movies: the good, the bad and the ugly"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/","name":"Colorado Springs Moverss","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4857af3bff7f66cee0c97667a8e70c1c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com"],"url":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}