Love Story, Under Salt Marsh, Lord of the Flies

This week on the TV Gold podcast, Andrew Mercado and James Manning review: Love Story (Disney+, 9 episodes) Another series from producer Ryan Murphy tells the story of John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette and explores the chemistry, whirlwind courtship, and high-profile marriage of one of the mo…

Ryan Murphy special episode: The Beauty and his Top 5 shows

TV Gold special: Ryan Murphy This week’s episode of TV Gold is devoted to the prolific TV creator Ryan Murphy. The podcast has regularly reviewed his prodigious output. TV Gold hosts Andrew Mercado and James Manning don’t always love everything Murphy delivers, but it always gives the podcast plen…

Dog Park, Memory of a Killer, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Andrew Mercado and James Manning this episode review more TV Gold. Listen to the episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CbytnyTdiQD0fEIauNJ09 Dog Park (ABC) 6 episodes When Roland(Leon Ford) and wife Emma (Brooke Satchel) separate, she leaves him with their teenage daughter Mia (Flore…

The Guest, Steal, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man

This week on the TV Gold podcast: The Guest (4 episodes on BritBox) Eve Myles and Gabrielle Creevy star in this series about a cleaner taking a job in what seems to be a normal family home. Albeit in a very posh family home for a family with no children and a husband who rarely seems to be home. A…

Summer 2026: The Night Manager S2, Goolagong, Dear Life, The Imposter and much more

Summer TV viewing So much TV and so little time. The new year kicks off with this big first episode from TV Gold hosts Andrew Mercado and James Manning. Number of episodes of each show is in brackets. Run - Binge (6) Sunny Nights - Stan (8) Imposter - Paramount+ (4) Dear Life - Stan (6) His & Her…

TV Gold: Best of 2025 List

In the annual Best of the Year podcast, Andrew Mercado and James Manning list their highlights. Just three shows made the list of both hosts: Adolescence - Netflix Outrageous - Britbox Reckless - SBS Shows that also featured on either one of the Best of the Year were: Aussie Drama Top End Bub -…

Jay Kelly, The Abandons, Amadeus

The penultimate episode of the TV Gold podcast this week features reviews and previews of: • Jay Kelly (Netflix movie) George Clooney plays Jay Kelly, a famous movie star who, along with his manager Ron (Adam Sandler), travels through Europe and is forced to confront his life choices, work and fam…

Wild Cherry, Trains Dreams, Heated Rivalry, The Diplomat S3

In this episode of TV Gold, James Manning and Andrew Mercado review four new shows: Wild Cherry and Heated Rivalry both on HBO Max, plus Train Dreams and The Diplomat (S3) both on Netflix. • Wild Cherry starts strong but soon reveals its trashy nature. Standout performance from Eve Best and it pro…

The Death of Bunny Munro, The Iris Affair, Malice

This week on TV Gold a father and son relationship goes right off the rails in The Death of Bunny Munro. A chase around Italy is related to cracking the code for top secret tech in The Iris Affair, and David Duchovny is a very rich man whose perfect life is threatened by someone seeking revenge in …

Reckless, The Beast in Me, The Forsytes, Frankenstein

This week the TV Gold podcast with Andrew Mercado and James Manning  reviews three series and a Netflix movie. Listen to the podcast: https://pod.link/1106441089 Reckless (SBS, 4 episodes) Two feuding siblings are forced to work together to get away with an accidental hit and run murder that spir…