Wonder Women! is a study of the evolution of fictional female heroines as powerful archetypes, and how these characters mirrored the changes real women demanded...

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Apr

DADDY DEAREST: THE DARK BACKBEAT OF 'THE COWSILLS' FAMILY BAND By Eric Gould

Family Band: The Cowsills Story exposes the cracked foundation that supported a squeaky-clean American family image...

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'MAD MEN' SEASON 6: THE PRETTY AND THE PROFANE By Eric Gould

AMC's Mad Men continues to mine the mod-pop sensibility of the Sixties, and wraps it around some seriously troubled people trying to navigate some enormous changes...

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Apr

HBO'S 'VICE': IT'S NOT YOUR FATHER'S '60 MINUTES' By Eric Gould

It's one thing to think and write about terrorism and war, and quite another to walk right up to it and capture it on video...

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GERALD MCRANEY AND 'SOUTHLAND' STILL RIDING HIGH By Eric Gould

Major Dad Gerald McRaney, has had a renaissance of sorts in 2013, with a guest appearance on FX's Justified and a recent turn on Southland...

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A WELCOME RETURN TO THE EAST END WITH 'CALL THE MIDWIFE' By Eric Gould

A dearth of explosive action doesn't mean PBS' historical period drama Call the Midwife isn't without its hard-hitting moments...

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TWIN SNEAKS: 'ORPHAN BLACK' A DOUBLE THRILLER By Eric Gould

Some of our favorite recent series feature sly, male impostors. So perhaps it's time for a female to step into those anti-hero shoes...

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HENRY BROMELL AND HIS LEGACY OF LITERARY TELEVISION By Eric Gould

Henry Bromell passed away last week, and if you don't know this writer-producer by name, you surely know the trail of hit shows he left behind...

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GOLDEN DREAMS, BROKEN PROMISES By Eric Gould

The POV documentary Girl Model offers an inside look at the rags-to-riches world of modeling, where money and success are not guaranteed...

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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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