Each week TV Tango takes you around the dial and across the web so you can read recaps of the hottest programs and catch up on the biggest and best TV-related lists, news stories & fun sites/links from the previous week.

Rapid Recaps From Last Week

TV Web-bits From Last Week

• The Huffington Post spotlights Fall TV 2010: 10 New Shows Worth Watching.
• TiVo records the Fall's Most Anticipated New Shows.
• The New York Post highlights 10 Great New Shows.
• The SF Chronicle gives the Buzz on Fall TV Shows.
• ChicagoNow previews the Top 10 Most Anticipated Returning Shows.
• TV Squad blabs about Top 10 GOSSIP GIRL Moments from Season 3.
• FlavorWire preys on 10 Popular Shows That Jumped the Shark.
• The Brits voted on their Top 10 Reality Shows of All-Time.
• Career Builder hires the Top 10 TV Bosses Workers Say Most Remind Them of Their Own.
• The Star-Telegram poses 5 Questions with Maggie Q of NIKITA.
• Is your family extraordinary? Enter ABC's NO ORDINARY FAMILY contest.
• Wednesday, September 15 is TOP CHEF JUST DESSERTS DAY. Find out where to get FREE desserts on Wednesday morning via Facebook and Twitter.
• According to Nielsen:
  • There are one million more TV households this year.
  • Hispanic TV households contributed 40 percent of new TV households.
  • Univision was the most popular network among television viewers aged 18 to 49 years old last week, the first time a Spanish-language station has beaten English stations in this key demographic in the United States.
• A few news-tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed over the past week:
  • Fri (9/10): The Oprah Winfrey Network orders six-part docu-series FINDING SARAH. Follows personal struggles of Duchess Sarah Ferguson. Debuts in 2011.
  • Fri (9/10): According to E! Online the GLEE Rocky Horror tribute episode Oct. 26, will feature original film cast members, Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick.
  • Fri (9/10): This Mon. Sept 13 LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON begins Broadway Week showcasing hit musicals. First up - performance by the cast of MEMPHIS.
  • Fri (9/10): Melissa Sagemiller cast as ADA on LAW & ORDER: SVU - Replaces Paula Patton who was let out of contract to do new Mission Impossible 4 film.
  • Thu (9/9): Wanna be shark bait? ABC series SHARK TANK casting entrepreneurs, inventors, businesspersons. To Apply: Email SharkTankCasting@yahoo.com
  • Thu (9/9): Syfy SHARKTOPUS premieres Sept. 25 theme song sung by the all-female band, The Cheetah Whores. Available on iTunes here http://bit.ly/dbUTqG
  • Thu (9/9): IN TREATMENT returns for season 3 on HBO Mon. Oct. 25 (9p) New cast: Irrfan Kahn, Debra Winger, Amy Ryan. About series: http://bit.ly/czJoRy
  • Thu (9/9): Bballers Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, LeBron, Steve Nash, D. Nowitzki, Shaq, Dwyane Wade guest voice upcoming episode THE CLEVELAND SHOW.
  • Thu (9/9): #DIY Network and #NFLNetwork teaming up to give one fan a football-themed man cave and VIP trip to NFL game. To Enter: http://bit.ly/bbLLl0
  • Wed (9/8): Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER books to become film and TV series. Ron Howard attached to direct the film and first season of the series.
  • Wed (9/8): Lifetime in development on Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor TV Movie. Their love affair was one of most famous and scandalous of 20th century
  • Wed (9/8): TNT orders pilot, PERCEPTION (working title) about Dr. Geoffrey Pierce, an eccentric neuroscientist who helps the feds solve complex cases.
  • Wed (9/8): TBS orders pilot BRAIN TRUST (working title) about Detective Billy Doyle who revives his career and life w/ 3 geniuses from a think tank.
  • Wed (9/8): CNN has officially announced that Piers Morgan will take over for Larry King next January. A name for the show was not announced.
  • Tue (9/7): FOX has ordered a second season of Gordon Ramsay’s newest culinary competition series, #MASTERCHEF. About series: http://bit.ly/aGzCPj
  • Tue (9/7): Boomerang celebrates THE FLINTSTONES 50th Anniv. Thur. Sept. 30 with the airing of the first episode, followed by an evening of Flintstones
  • Tue (9/7): NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE kicks off its 36th season on September 25 with Amy Poehler as host and musical guest Katy Perry. #snl
  • Tue (9/7): Liza Minnelli joins TCM host Robert Osborne for PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LIZA MINNELLI, in-depth interview special to debut Sat, Dec. 11, at 10p
  • Mon (9/6): It's official, Bravo announced that Danielle Staub would not be returning for season 3 of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY #RHONJ
  • Mon (9/6): Does NASCAR want its own cable channel? NASCAR trademarked "Car And Racing Network." I think its slogan should be: Watch the CARNage!
• Check out the new promo for MODERN FAMILY:

Abe Fried-Tanzer is a recent graduate from New York University, where he majored in cinema studies and journalism. He makes it his priority each year to see every Oscar-nominated film and watch every new television pilot, and writes reviews and awards predictions at Movies with Abe and TV with Abe.