For Valentines Day, here’s Liam Neeson auditioning for the role of Cupid in a bit from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Of course, it’s in his usual tough-guy Taken character, and is ill-fitting, along with his love-sprite wardrobe...

2018

Feb

FANCY FOOTWORK By Eric Gould

It wasn’t a stellar crop of commercials for Super Bowl LII, but this one, for the NFL, had New York Giants players Eli Manning and Odell Beckham, Jr. reprising the well-known dance number from Dirty Dancing, and it was a charmer...

2018

Feb

OVATION PREMIERES THE COMPELLING ADAPTATION OF 'MARJORIE PRIME' By Eric Gould

Untethered from his milestone Mad Men role as antihero Don Draper, Jon Hamm continues his impressive film and TV presence, now as a holographic projection of a deceased husband visiting his wife, afflicted with dementia in her old age...

2018

Jan

LET THERE BE FLIGHT By Eric Gould

Back in the day, the first Super Bowl wasn’t even the name for the game. It was known in 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game... but the instinct for spectacle was there from the start...

2018

Jan

THE JOY OF CRINGING: ‘BASKETS’ SEASON 3 By Eric Gould

FX seems to have a corner on cringe comedy, or anti-humor... Enter the dour, cringe-worthy and always awkward Baskets, returning for its third season Tuesday night...

2018

Jan

RADIO ACTIVITY By Eric Gould

Portlandia’s final season has premiered and Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are still delivering top-shelf irony in this NPR-style podcast being done in the local police station...

2018

Jan

‘FAMILY GUY’ CLOCKS 300: A DOG AND HIS BOY By Eric Gould

Presidents and iPhones come and go, but some shows are downright perennial. In the case of Family Guy, it is less like a rose and more like a turnip, but maybe still enjoyable nonetheless...

2018

Jan

‘ELECTRIC DREAMS’ IS A NEW ZONE FOR MORALITY By Eric Gould

You might not recognize the late Philip K. Dick by name, but you’ll be well aware of film adaptations of his work including Blade Runner... Now, a new TV anthology of ten episodes based on Dick’s short stories is being released for streaming...

2018

Jan

A LITTLE HORSING AROUND By Eric Gould

Looks like you weren’t the only one dancing your way into 2018. Meet Ace, a police horse at a December 27th street event in New Orleans, where his officer decided to join in the festivities before moving along on patrol..

2017

Dec

2017: NICHE WATCHING MAKES DINOSAURS OUT OF TOP-TENS By Eric Gould

Between streaming services, broadcast, and cable, the ability to find content personalized to your own tastes has never been greater – and the chance you’ll be able to share last night’s surprise twist has never been slimmer...

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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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