Vince Gilligan’s spin-off about the backstory of Breaking Bad crook lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), Better Call Saul, is officially premiering Sunday, February 8 on AMC...

2014

Nov

TV IS THE OBJECT OF DESIRE IN 'HAPPINESS' By Eric Gould

Snobs who look down on television ought to see it through the eyes of those who have never had it and yearn to see it...

2014

Oct

A PORTRAIT OF THE POET AS A DOOMED MAN By Eric Gould

So, granted, the upcoming biopic of Dylan Thomas won’t be a family night of TV, with all manner of self-sabotage... it’s hard to think of a reason to watch Thomas’s last destructive days – except for his incomparable poems...

2014

Oct

IT'S MORE THAN OK By Eric Gould

We are big fans of alt-rock OK Go’s music video brand – stunning productions all done, unbelievably, in one take. They’re back with “I Won’t Let You Down” which uses drone cameras and gyroscopic unicycles, among other things...

2014

Oct

WHEN THE SUPREME COURT GOES TO THE DOGS By Eric Gould

Since Supreme Court sessions can’t be televised, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recently proposed a new method for reenacting proceedings devised to get viewers to pay attention to the droll matters of the law...

2014

Oct

'THE KNICK': USHERING IN TV’S DIRECTOR’S AGE By Eric Gould

Finishing up its first season tonight on Cinemax, The Knick has been graphic, violent, grim... and a unique director's vision that's good news for TV audiences...

2014

Oct

CHOREOGRAPHED POLICE WORK By Eric Gould

There will be a new complete series collection of Reno 911 coming out next month. The 2003-09 Comedy Central series parodied COPS-like police reality shows in a mockumentary, single-camera style with the actors improvising a lot of the dialogue...

2014

Oct

THIS SKETCH HAD EVERYTHING By Eric Gould

Bill Hader returned to SNL as host last night and, of course, our most anticipated moment was the return of Stefon, the accidental New York City tour guide for "Weekend Update." The hipster character recommends outsider, inappropriate nightclubs...

2014

Oct

TOE-TAPPING SAUL By Eric Gould

Here’s the first sneak peek at AMC’s backstory spinoff about Breaking Bad crook lawyer Saul Goodman, Better Call Saul...

2014

Sep

2014-15 MIGHT MEAN MORE STREAMING TO VIEW QUALITY TV By Eric Gould

Say it’s late October and you’ve got NBC’s Constantine on. That means you’re watching a hangdog Brit channeling Keith Richards, if he was a supernatural exorcist... And you might be wondering if that’s all there is to new television this year...

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Eric Gould

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Eric Gould is a writer in Boston and Associate Editor for tvworthwatching.com. With prior stints in art, music, photography and design, he casts a wide net across the media pool fishing for the smart, the surprising and the oddly compelling. He will have essays on Rectify, Six Feet Under and Girls in the upcoming “Finale: Considering the Ends of Television Series” from Syracuse University Press. Email him at gould@tvworthwatching.com

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