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Rapid Recaps From Last Week

TV Web-bits From Last Week

• TV Squad enumerates the 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters and The Women We Left Off the List.
• Ruthless Blogs picks out the Top 10 TV Fashion Icons of All Time.
• The Telefile presents the Top 10 Reasons Why AMERICAN IDOL Is Surprisingly Good This Season.
• TV Squad chooses Five Popular Shows That Should End This Season.
• Suite101.com ranks the Top 10 TV Comedy Shows of the Year.
• TV Squad names Our Eight Favorite TV Davids.
• Here are the best news tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed:
  • Sat (3/5): Anjelica Huston joins Debra Messing, Christian Borle in cast of NBC pilot, SMASH. A group putting on Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe.
  • Fri (3/4): Becki Newton (Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty) cast in CBS comedy pilot (untitled at this time but formerly known as "Home Grown").
  • Fri (3/4): Spike TV chronicles ongoing @charliesheen saga with animated half-hour special CHARLIE SHEEN'S WINNINGEST MOMENTS on Wed. March 9 at 10:30pm
  • Fri (3/4): HBO will present a sneak peek of the first episode of new series #GameOfThrones on Sun. April 3 at 9pm. About series: http://bit.ly/e3PobI
  • Fri (3/4): NBC's WONDER WOMAN pilot cast: Elizabeth Hurley, Tracie Thoms, Pedro Pascal and Adrianne Palicki as the iconic #WonderWomen.
  • Fri (3/4): John Stamos set to guest star in LAW & ORDER: #SVU in an episode titled "Bang." He'll play an adoption attorney with a secret passion.
  • Thu (3/3): Aidan Quinn to star in NBC's pilot PRIME SUSPECT. He joins Maria Bello in U.S. adaptation of the British series. He plays Lt. Kenny Rowe.
  • Thu (3/3): Mark Harmon set to star in new USA Network TV movie based on the series of PREY novels by John Sandford. To begin production in May.
  • Thu (3/3): TLC to premiere EXTREME COUPONING on Wed. April 6 with two episodes at 9 & 9:30 PM. Savvy shoppers plan & plot their way to huge savings.
  • Thu (3/3): John Travolta will reunite with cast of WELCOME BACK KOTTER at TV Land Awards 2011 to air April 17 at 9p. About series: http://bit.ly/gPR8Ry
  • Wed (3/2): Will Captain Sig Hansen's brother Edgar show up this season? Find out when DEADLIEST CATCH returns to Discovery Channel Tues. April 12 at 9p
  • Wed (3/2): Christina Aguilera has been named as a musician coach on NBC’s new musical competition series THE VOICE premiering on Tues. April 26 at 9pm.
  • Wed (3/2): COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF DONALD TRUMP roasters: Larry King, L. Lampanelli, Marlee Matlin, Jeffrey Ross, The Situation, A. Jeselnik. Airs 3/15
  • Wed (3/2): A&E’s reality series MANHUNTERS: FUGITIVE TASK FORCE returns for third season on Thur. March 17 at 10p. About series: http://bit.ly/e3LYcx
  • Wed (3/2): Investigation Discovery premieres 2nd season of TRUE CRIME WITH APHRODITE JONES on Wed. March 31 at 10p. About series: http://bit.ly/eAEgWO
  • Tue (3/1): Showtime will premiere season seven of WEEDS on June 27 at 10pm and the second season of THE REAL L WORD on June 5 at 10pm
  • Tue (3/1): Showtime will premiere new series, Lisa Kudrow's TV adaptation of her web series WEB THERAPY, on July 19 at 11pm.
  • Tue (3/1): Showtime will premiere the second season of THE BIG C on June 27 at 10:30pm. ( I ♥ This Show). About series: http://bit.ly/aUUktB
  • Tue (3/1): Les Moonves, CBS Corp. president, says of Charlie Sheen's pr blitz, "I wish he would have worked this hard to promote himself for an Emmy."
  • Tue (3/1): Done deal-Josh Holloway (LOST) is set to guest in season finale of #COMMUNITY. As mysterious guy who arrives for another game of paintball
  • Tue (3/1): Hey Oenophiles...PBS premieres VINE TALK hosted by Stanley Tucci on April 7. Each week celebrities discuss & taste wines and their projects
  • Mon (2/28): DANCING WITH THE STARS cast more: Mike Catherwood, Chelsea Kane, Petra Nemcova, Kendra Wilkinson. Premieres Monday, March 21 at 8pm ABC
  • Mon (2/28): DANCING WITH THE STARS new contestants: Kirstie Alley, Hines Ward, Chris Jericho, Romeo, Wendy Williams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ralph Macchio
  • Mon (2/28): TV Land renews HOT IN CLEVELAND for a third season with 22 episodes. http://bit.ly/eePRkk
  • Mon (2/28): E! NEWS reports: CBS CEO Les Moonves had a nice chat with John Stamos on Saturday about replacing Sheen on the sitcom-- as a new character.
  • Mon (2/28): E!’s Live from the Red Carpet w/ Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Rancic was most-watched LRC in network’s history w/ nearly 4 million total viewers
  • Mon (2/28): WOOT! Showtime orders second seasons of #SHAMELESS starring William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum and #EPISODES starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig.
  • Mon (2/28): Marlee Matlin cast in new ABC Family drama series SWITCHED AT BIRTH. She will appear as a guest star throughout several episodes.
• Watch Ice-T drop a winning Charlie Sheen Interview Remix in the video embedded below (via TV Squad):

 

 

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.