Time Magazine
Comedian and SXSW Musician Margaret Cho

By Claire Suddath From March 13-22, more than 1,800 acts will descend upon Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest, one of the largest music, film and arts festivals in America. From seasoned veterans like PJ Harvey to unknown bands hoping to make it big, the weeklong festival is a mecca for hipster PBR-drinking music nuts. […]

News and Observer
‘Cho Show’ shocks by being sweet

By Danny Hooley “The most fun reality series about a star’s family since season one of MTV’s The Osbournes.” “Cho finally has her day, her say, and don’t forget, “her gay.” She makes the most of this opportunity, and so should we.” The dramatic hook of comedian Margaret Cho’s new VH1 reality series “The Cho […]

The LA Times
Review: ‘The Cho Show’

by Robert Lloyd “Good-natured reality entourage sitcom.” “Benefits to no end from the presence of Cho’s parents.” We have come to the time when starring in a reality show no longer means you have exhausted all the other options — that you, the star, might represent a reasonably well-functioning, otherwise successful human being rather than […]

The Star Telegram
“VH1 show allows irreverent Cho to act naturally”

By HEATHER SVOKOS Finally a reason to tune in.” “Cho is finally doing her own thing, her own uncharted way. And she’s a pioneer and a role model — X-rated potty mouth and all.” Celebrity reality shows assault us from every corner of our cable box — Corey, Tori, Hogan, Snoop and Denise Richards. But […]

USA Today
“Margaret Cho returns to TV on her terms this time”

By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY Margaret Cho hopes her new TV foray is more satisfying than her last one — 14 years ago. The actress and comedian stars in VHI’s The Cho Show (tonight, 11 ET/PT), her first series since 1994’s short-lived ABC sitcom All-American Girl, an experience from which the outspoken San Francisco native […]

AfterElton.com
Sneak Peak

By Brian Juergens This is like a gift from the summer Friday gods! We’ve gotten a hold of the entire first episode of The Cho Show, the new Margaret Cho reality show premiering next week on VH1. (Having the same birth-parents has its benefits, even though Best Week Ever totally won’t talk to us at […]

New York Times
“Returning in Her Favorite Role, Herself”

by Matt Sayles/Associated Press RIGHT at the outset of “The Cho Show,” Margaret Cho brings up her unfortunate first dalliance with television, the 1994-95 flop “All-American Girl.” Margaret Cho will have her own series, a blend of unscripted dialogue and sequences based on her own life, on VH1 starting on Aug. 21. “Hollywood thought I […]

Venus Zine
Margaret Cho gets every Tom, Dick, and Harry to laugh and relate

By Katie Heath “Tonight’s “Beautiful” tour returned audiences to a more primal state, double-fisting drinks, hollering, and screaming alongside Cho as she performed her routine of confronting “hush-hush” issues with trademark acid wit.” Despite the Chicago Theater’s attempt at well-mannered ambiance, there was no concealing the crowd’s Margaret Cho-–induced appetite for sex and booze in […]

Dallas Morning News
Margaret Cho talks a blue streak

By MANUEL MENDOZA Almost 40 now, Ms. Cho was less strident, less out to shock for the sake of it, and more outwardly happy than in the past….She was most at home when engaging the body, especially from the angle of identity politics…Ms. Cho seemed more comfortable in her skin than ever.” GRAND PRAIRIE – […]

Star Telegram
Cho brings a raunchy humor to Metroplex

By Todd Camp “Some of the biggest laughs were unprintably raunchy (but none the less hysterical).” GRAND PRAIRIE — During her packed show Sunday night at Nokia Theatre, Margaret Cho proved that even preaching to the choir can produce beautiful music. Cho came through town on her Beautiful tour and addressed everything from body issues […]