Paul McCartney visited Late Night recently and did a bit with host Jimmy Fallon – colliding with him, actually. Miraculously, like "bumped" iPhones, they switched accents...

2013

Oct

REALITY HAS A LONG LIFE IN THE PBS SHOWCASE '56 UP' By Eric Gould

If reality programming is your thing, you'll need to tune in on the grandfather of all reality concepts, Director Michael Apted's Up series. It began almost 50 years ago in the UK...

2013

Oct

'FRONTLINE' HITS NFL'S CONCUSSION CRISIS BETWEEN THE NUMBERS By Eric Gould

Throw the penalty flag at the NFL... the league's record on concussions and brain disease over the past 20 years hasn't been good, or timely...

2013

Oct

NOW WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH?? By Eric Gould

In the afterglow of the Breaking Bad finale there is this nagging dark spot. Now, won’t everything seem, well, less than 'Bad'?...

2013

Sep

A VERY GOOD, VERY 'BAD' ENDING By Eric Gould

If we thought we knew where Breaking Bad was really going, of course... we didn't. In what may one of the finest hours of television ever, we got the tragic truth all too clearly...

2013

Sep

THE GOOD, THE 'BAD' AND THE BROKEN By Eric Gould

Thinking about where Breaking Bad has bee and gone, and will go, usually ends up with more questions. But that's the power of this series that has us, and won't let go. Until Sunday...

2013

Sep

SUNDAY NIGHT'S OTHER GREAT DRAMA WRAPS UP FIRST SEASON By Eric Gould

Trotting out TV's latest antihero, Showtimes's Ray Donovan has been a dark and often riotous look at brawn and brains in LA...

2013

Sep

'BAD' CONSEQUENCES: WHO WILL SURVIVE? By Eric Gould

Vince Gilligan has gone on record many times saying that he believes all the choices and actions by Breaking Bad characters have consequences. Will Skyler and Jesse face theirs?...

2013

Sep

TELEVISION'S BEST HAS ITS BEST NIGHT YET By Eric Gould

You'd think there was only one show currently running on television, given all the space TVWW has devoted to Breaking Bad. But we just cannot recall another scripted series that has left us so electrified...

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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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