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Rapid Recaps From Last Week

TV Web-bits From Last Week

• Television Without Pity salutes The Hangover Part II: Best TV Hangover Episodes Ever.
• Vulture recalls the Ten Best (and Five Worst) Performances from Season Two of GLEE.
• TVGuide.com assesses the GLEE Finale: 7 Things We Want to See Happen Next Season.
• TV Squad profiles TV’s Most Outrageous Lawyers.
• The TV Addict shares 5 Things We Learned from the 2011 Network Upfronts.
• TV Squad compiles AMERICAN IDOL: The Top 10 Moments from Season 10.
• The Telefile suggests What Chris Meloni Should Do Instead of LAW & ORDER: SVU.
• TVGuide.com presents a photo gallery of the Constellation of Oprah.
• TV Squad picks the Most Memorable Suitors from THE BACHELORETTE Season 7 Premiere.
• Goldderby spotlights 12 TV Stars Shockingly Overdue for Emmys.
• Here are the best news tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed:
  • Fri (5/27): Marathon Madness begins..Memorial Day Weekend 275 TV Specials, Sports Events, Movies & Marathons 5/27-5/30 schedule: http://bit.ly/lBnnOg
    
  • Fri (5/27): Debi Mazar joins season 4 guest star lineup for Sons of Anarchy http://bit.ly/kBekmz  (retweeted)
    
  • Fri (5/27): RIP TAXI and GREASE star Jeff Conaway who has died at age 60. Some of his TV credits: http://bit.ly/kQHKsc
    
  • Thu (5/26): NBC moves premiere of LOVE IN THE WILD to Wed. June 29 at 10pm. (originally set to debut June, 1). About series: http://bit.ly/mDHEyv
    
  • Thu (5/26): #OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network picks up 8 episodes of new wedding reality series DON'T TELL THE BRIDE based on the U.K. show of the same name
    
  • Thu (5/26): #Showtime premieres #WEEDS on June 27th at 10p. Season begins as Nancy has just completed 3yr. stint in Fed. prison. http://bit.ly/kAyXcF
    
  • Thu (5/26): Big changes #WEEDS 7th season: 3 yr. time jump, NYC move, recurring guests Martin Short, Aidan Quinn, Lindsay Sloane, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
    
  • Thu (5/26): Oprah Winfrey’s long goodbye final broadcast delivered the highest ratings in 17 years.
    
  • Thu (5/26): Hey Foodies...HBO premieres docu A MATTER OF TASTE - SERVING UP PAUL LIEBRANDT on June 13 at 9pm. Follows the cutting-edge chef over 9 yrs.
    
  • Thu (5/26): Want to know how to get blood out of carpets? Investigation Discovery premieres TRUE GRIME: CRIME SCENE CLEANUP on Tues, July 19 at 10p
    
  • Thu (5/26): Widely reported Cheryl Cole axed from #TheXFactor because her British accent too thick for U.S. viewers. Now home watching MY FAIR LADY.
    
  • Wed (5/25): #Bones fans unite for charity. Help make a difference...check out THE BONES PROJECT http://bit.ly/ipCWTT
    
  • Wed (5/25): #Bones spin-off #TheFinder recasting female lead. Saffron Burrows leaves series as network reworks role. About series: http://bit.ly/jnCv3j
    
  • Wed (5/25): MTV airs supersized 1hr. season finale (w/cliffhanger) of THE HARD TIMES OF RJ BERGER Mon. May 30 @ 10p. About series: http://bit.ly/iwiCUY
    
  • Wed (5/25): A record-breaking 122.4 million votes were cast following last night’s #AmericanIdol show, highest number in the show’s history.
    
  • Wed (5/25): Rockmond Dunbar joins cast #SonsOfAnarchy for recurring role in Season 4. Plays new sheriff in Charming. About series: http://bit.ly/aCyjcm
    
  • Tue (5/24): Tennis star (and at one time one of most searched names on Google) Anna Kournikova to replace Jillian Michaels on NBC's #TheBiggestLoser.
    
  • Tue (5/24): Chris Meloni will not be returning for LAW & ORDER #SVU 13th season this fall. (via @MichaelAusiello) About series: http://bit.ly/huKJ84
    
  • Tue (5/24): HISTORY greenlights miniseries THE HATFIELDS AND THE McCOYS w/Kevin Costner to premiere in 2012. Hope nobody's related to the Kennedys.
    
  • Tue (5/24): Edward James Olmos joins cast of Showtime's #DEXTER for Season 6 in recurring role of a charismatic professor of religious studies.
    
  • Tue (5/24): Discovery premieres SURVIVING D-DAY a 2hr special Sat. June 4 at 9pm. Chronicles unorthodox tactics deployed during battle for Omaha Beach
    
  • Tue (5/24): IFC today makes entire 1st season of original Australian comedy, #WILFRED available for exclusive streaming: http://www.ifc.com/wilfred
    
  • Tue (5/24): HBO and filmmaker Peter Berg team up for new reality series, ON FREDDIE ROACH. Follows the world-famous boxing trainer. To debut early 2012
    
  • Tue (5/24): Trailer for season 8 of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM w/ social assassin Larry David. Series returns HBO July 10th at 10pm. http://itsh.bo/iErO2t
    
  • Tue (5/24): Graham King’s GK-tv & Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Ent. partner with FX and FIC on development of one-hour period drama series PORT ROYAL.
    
  • Tue (5/24): First trailer for Starz new 10-episode series #TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY premiering Friday, July 8th at 10pm. View: http://bit.ly/iFolWw
    
  • Tue (5/24): THE 65TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, live from the NYC Beacon Theater, CBS Sun. June 12 (8p-11p, live ET; delayed PT) w/ host Neil Patrick Harris.
    
  • Tue (5/24): HISTORY has greenlit production on new series, THE BIBLE a five-part, 10-hour docudrama to air in 2013. From producer Mark Burnett.
    
  • Mon (5/23): MTV picks up 2nd season WORLD OF JENKS. Reinvented, the series 1 hr. format will follow journeys of 3 young people over six month period.
    
  • Mon (5/23): BBC AMERICA signs Chris Hardwick to host Sat. night comedy block MINISTRY OF LAUGHS, and committed to pilot based on his NERDIST podcast.
    
  • Mon (5/23): Showtime cancels UNITED STATES OF TARA starring Toni Collette. About series: http://bit.ly/j4kMK7
    
  • Mon (5/23): Woohoo! Showtime renews #NurseJackie for a 4th season starring Edie Falco. Love this show. About series: http://bit.ly/ldm6o3
    
  • Mon (5/23): Spike TV picks up 6 episodes of new reality series FLIPPING FORECLOSURES to premiere this fall. Follows two Utah real estate investors.
    
  • Mon (5/23): Jon Heder to star in/produce GULLIVER QUINN (working title), comedy series pilot for Disney XD. Follows grown man enrolled in 7th grade.
    
  • Mon (5/23): No need to rush out to see “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” ABC Family has acquired network rights. Slated to premiere 2013.
    
  • Sun (5/22): Congratulations to #CelebrityApprentice winner John Rich for raising $1,261,900 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A great charity.
    
• Check out this new trailer for Showtime’s upcoming series HOMELAND, starring Claire Danes, embedded below:
  

 

 

 

 

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.