Today I Watched

Today I Watched is a recap-and-reaction show with a restless attention span and a sharp memory for format details. It is built around Eric talking through what he has just watched. The recent run moves between Taskmaster Australia, Bäst i Test, and WWE programming, so the feed can jump from flower-password chaos to paperclip throwing to NXT match notes without pretending those interests need separate personalities. The rhythm is fast. Episodes usually start with the basic setup: season, episode, title, contestants, taskmaster, assistant, or wrestling card. Then the commentary starts pulling at the edges. A prize task becomes an excuse to rank pretension. A team task becomes a case study in saying yes to too many ideas. A sound-effect challenge turns into a celebration of editing, timing, and studio reaction. The show is especially good at noticing when a small choice breaks open the whole segment. It follows scores and winners, but it is not only scorekeeping. The real pleasure is in the judgment: which attempt was secretly brilliant, which tactic was doomed, which comparison to a UK Taskmaster task is fair, and which moment deserves to be watched again immediately. Bäst i Test episodes add another layer because Eric keeps measuring Swedish versions against the wider Taskmaster timeline. That makes the coverage useful for franchise completists who enjoy seeing how tasks mutate across countries. The WWE episodes are more straightforward week-in-review work, with Raw, NXT, NXT UK, SmackDown, 205 Live, and Survivor Series moving through match results, champions, and future hooks. Still, the voice remains loose. It self-corrects, doubles back, checks something midstream, and leaves the friction in the recording. That can feel messy in a productive way. Today I Watched is not a polished critic’s desk or a panel show. It is closer to a very online viewing notebook being read aloud at speed, complete with rankings, laughter, disbelief, and occasional digressions that turn out to be the reason to stay.