This piece was co-authored by CustardTV Editor Luke Knowles and site contributor Eamon Hennedy It's difficult to say where 'cringe comedy' came from. The idea that you're laughing at the joke but also at the awfulness of the situation and the agony of those it...
Before the events of the Russia/Ukraine war, I had written a piece about how The West Wing demonstrates the importance of language. About how in a world that provides open lines of communication to talk to anyone – even anonymously – that words are important to the...
Thanks to the influx of streaming services, television classics are now available to us more readily and easier than they ever have been, and with it comes the news usually that those very services are willing to pay an arm and a leg to buy those streaming rights. So...
"Gonna be Famous 5eva cos 4eva's too short." It's entirely possible, in fact, it's inevitable that you haven't heard of Girls5eva. Even you have, you probably don't realise it's available through Peacock which is available now through Sky Boxsets and NOW. For the...
A new term has emerged in the US. The term 'cord cutter' refers to someone who has let their cable provider go and only watches streaming services. There are so many streaming options in the US it's understandable that consumers may feel that traditional broadcast...
ITV have confirmed the ten celebrities entering the Welsh Castle for the upcoming series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! They include former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, Presenter Richard Madeley and Footballer David Ginola. They will be joined by...
Around the same time as Boris was telling the nation, you must stay at home, I for reason, decided to finally binge US medical drama ER. It's not quite as a left-field of a choice as it may appear. My podcast colleague Matt had spoken about his love of the show on...
Tell-Tale TV's Ashley Bissette Sumerel says the return of NBC's The Good Place works in every way. The season premiere picks up where we left off at the end of last season, with Chidi’s memories wiped and Eleanor acting as the architect of The Good Place....
Season 3: episode 7 of Netflix’s The Good Place titled ‘the worst possible use of free will’, managed to use a filler episode to rewire the show and bring us back to The Bad Place in a series of flashbacks using ‘Janet’s memory gizmo’. It has been evident since the...
Reviewing The Good Place poses an interesting challenge. On the one hand I want to use this review to urge to watch it as soon as your eyes have the free time, whilst on the other hand I'd like you to know as little about this superb comic gem before you set those...
In the interests of full disclosure, I love This is Us. It’s cheesy and sentimental but there are also plenty of funny moments and it’s so well made you can lose yourself in this glitzy family saga. The show follows three siblings in the present day but uses...
It's the Autumn, sorry, Fall Season in the US with both Networks and Cable channels wheeling out their big guns as the weather turns and Americans are hunkered in front of the television. Below is a list of shows we're genuinely excited by or interested to see in the...
It's that time of year where pick the best shows of the year. A lot has been made of what generally awful year 2016 was but when the television was good it was bloomin' brilliant. Here are our picks! Walking The Himalayas (January 2016, Channel 4) We've always enjoyed...
It's fair to say Channel 4 hasn't had much luck picking the right US imports of late. Their last attempt Hostages was cancelled in the States pretty much as soon as it started and The Event was less of an event and more of confusing damp squib. They have had better...
As the US networks set out their new schedules some shows have bitten the dust. Below is a list of shows we know to have been axed or ended. A Agent Carter (FX in the UK) American Idol *Aired its final season this year.* (FiveUS/VIVA in the UK) Angel from Hell...
Dave have announced they have secured the rights to hit US comedy Parks & Recreation. The series deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution was brokered by UKTV’s Head of Acquisitions, Alexandra Finlay, and includes Seasons 4 to 7 coming to Dave, as well as...
I've written a few pieces over the years about America's seemingly insatiable need to remake some of our biggest hits. Nine out of ten of those attempts fail to match the quality of the originals and end in utter disaster. Too often remakes either get lost in...
So, if you're a lover of US television it can be confusing to know when the shows you find using 'nefarious means' will be returning. Well, don't say we don't give you anything as here is our guide to the key dates of new and returning US programming. Monday 15th...
On paper at least NBC’s new drama series Awake sounds intriguing but there’s a fine line between intriguing and completely ruddy bonkers. Its possibly the most ambitious idea for a TV drama since Life on Mars. Let me try and I do say try to explain the idea to you....
Did we like it? We liked it so much that we're already fearing withdrawal symptoms when we reach the end of this drama set behind the scenes of a Friday Night Project-like show (those stupid US TV executives pulled it after just one series) What was good about it? •...
Wednesday 21 February 2007 Did we like it? We've never got into American football. It's a sport that's like a double period of maths presided over by a teacher who yells a lot. But this US drama about a smalltown gridiron team did manage to engage us. What was good...
1 Abby getting her white doctor's coat. At last. She certainly deserves it and can now perfect more of her ultra-concerned facial expressions and spend lots more time scribbling things on that perspex board (when she's not being pestered by the pesky Neela) 2 The...
What to say if you liked it A sparkling spin-off of Friends, in which the adorable Joey journeys to LA to fully realise his acting ambitions. What to say if you didn’t like it After the death of Friends all of its elements were considered too diseased with familiarity...