Say it’s late October and you’ve got NBC’s Constantine on. That means you’re watching a hangdog Brit channeling Keith Richards, if he was a supernatural exorcist... And you might be wondering if that’s all there is to new television this year...

2014

Aug

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

'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

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

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

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

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

'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

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...

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