When it was announced, The Americans not only seemed anachronistic, but potentially dull...but add this series to FX's growing list of don't-miss shows...

2013

Mar

MARCH COMES IN LIKE A BANSHEE, GOES OUT LIKE A MIDWIFE By Eric Gould

Forget co-eds on sandy beaches. On television, spring break means a vacation from aggression and a return to calmer drama...

2013

Mar

ALIENATION AND IDLENESS IN PARADISE By Eric Gould

Sari Gilman's new documentary King's Point is a loving but unblinking look at the trade-off retirees make for warm winters and a relaxed lifestyle...

2013

Mar

LITTLE LOST SHOWS: TV THAT DIED TOO SOON By Eric Gould

No, Enlightened hasn't been cancelled yet, but the web's aflutter about the possibility, and it got us to thinking about other shows we've loved that didn't make it...

2013

Mar

THE 'ENLIGHTENED' SOLILOQUIES By Eric Gould

The HBO series has a sophomore season better than the first, and as it approaches the season finale, the weekly interludes that eavesdrop on the characters' innermost thoughts have become its signature trademark...

2013

Feb

'BOSTON'S FINEST': THE RIGHT FORMULA FOR REALITY By Eric Gould

From the outset, the new series isn't just a rehash of the Cops-style antics, but a worthwhile look at the job of law and order...

2013

Feb

'DOWNTON ABBEY' AND THE MOTHER OF ALL TROPES By Eric Gould

This year's Downton Abbey finale was all the talk this week, and we're not immune. It finished with one of the more rehashed plot devices known, but we love it anyway...

2013

Feb

'OUT THERE' BRINGS SMALL TOWN FRINGE, AND FUR, TO IFC By Eric Gould

The new animated comedy shoots pretty straight, travels some coming-of-age territory, and keeps the gross-out stuff, thankfully, to a minimum...

2013

Feb

WILL CW'S META-META 'CULT' BE MORE THAN A CULT SHOW? By Eric Gould

The new CW mystery-thriller has an inventive structure, and just might have enough smarts to create its own buzz and build more than an, er, cult following...

2013

Feb

DECONSTRUCTING "ONE MAN'S TRASH" By Eric Gould

As Girls returns, perhaps, to its usual ensemble format this Sunday, the TV intelligentsia was atwitter — and rightfully so — over last week's episode "One Man's Trash"...

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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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