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Contributors Archive
 
 
 
 
 
2014
Aug
17
THE EYE OF THE CAMERA AND BLIND JUSTICE: THE PAMELA SMART TRIAL By Eric Gould
 
 
The star of the upcoming HBO documentary on the sensational Pamela Smart trial is a hand-held mini-cassette recorder sitting on an empty desk... a substitute for Juror 13 – who held out for part of the deliberations for acquittal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
8
'JONAH FROM TONGA': CHRIS LILLEY’S BAD BOY ACT IS JUST BAD By Eric Gould
 
 
Those looking in during Bill Maher’s annual summer hiatus will probably be wondering if the best HBO can cook up is Chris Lilley’s latest import, Jonah From Tonga. It clatters on like a broken washing machine...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
8
IT WAS 45 YEARS AGO TODAY By Eric Gould
 
 
August 8 is the 45-year anniversary of what many think is the most famous photo in rock n' roll history -- The Beatles' Abbey Road cover photo. Here's a handmade fan montage of that photo shoot...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
6
NEW AT NIGHT By Eric Gould
 
 
Actor, comedian and writer James Corden is reportedly getting the nod to replace Craig Ferguson as host of CBS’s The Late Late Show at the end of the year. Corden’s virtually unknown in the U.S. but here's a clip from his appearance on the latest season of The Graham Norton Show...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Aug
4
OF KIDS, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT By Eric Gould
 
 
The POV documentary 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story isn’t a story of guilt but one which asks whether kids convicted of violent crimes should be sentenced for life without parole...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
17
TWO NEW FX SHOWS ABOUT LOVE AND HATE By Eric Gould
 
 
For the time being, new FX comedies are probably constructed more or less from the Louie template. Married and You're the Worst, premiering Thursday don't have the vignetted, semi-surreal structures of Louis C.K.'s show, but the environments are the same...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
12
'RAY DONOVAN' RETURNS FOR ROUND TWO By Eric Gould
 
 
Last week, producer and series creator Ann Biderman was probably thinking she needed a baseball bat to get some Emmy attention for her Showtime drama Ray Donovan. And she knows one or two things about the persuasive use of that tough-guy device...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
12
ALL RUST, ALL RUST, ALL RUST By Eric Gould
 
 
There are more than a few parodies out there of True Detective and Matthew McConaughey's portrayal of detective and entranced atheist Rust Cohle. But this one, done by comic Jon Ruditz before this year's Oscars and amped up in a bad wig and mustache, takes a page out of the series plot...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jul
7
GRAHAM'S THE BEST AND HERE'S HIS 2014 BEST By Eric Gould
 
 
The Graham Norton Show has been a longtime TVWW fave, seemingly having cracked the formula for what makes a great 21st century talk show. The show has wrapped for the season, but here's a "Best of 2014" series of clips...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
30
YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTIONARY? ‘POV’ TELLS THE STORY OF GRACE LEE BOGGS By Eric Gould
 
 
As the Fourth of July approaches, a new documentary looks at the activism – then and now – of 99 year-old Grace Lee Boggs – writer, philosopher and voice for change...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Eric Gould

Associate Editor

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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