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

• Made Possible by Pop Culture… previews the Top Ten Pilots for the 2011-2012 TV Season.
• TVGuide.com relives the Season’s Best Cliffhangers.
• The TV Addict advertises Wanted: An Exciting New Gig for the Following Actors Five.
• TV Squad says Look Who’s Back! 90s Stars Return to TV.
• Standard-Examiner picks the Top 10 Surprises of the Television Season.
• The Telefile recommends the Top 10 Recent Shows That Should Be Rebooted.
• Dr. Kronner’s Grizzly Bomb cringes at the memory of the 10 Worst Superheroes TV Projects.
• Madame Noire recalls 10 Black TV Weddings We Couldn’t Stop Talking About.
• The Telefile highlights the Top 10 Things We’ll Miss from Recently Cancelled Shows.
• Animated TV ranks the Top 10 FUTURAMA Episodes.
• Here are the best news tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed:
  • British press reporting that Cheryl Cole is back in the judges chair on #XFactorUSA about 20 hours ago via web
    
  • MTV sets season 4 #JerseyShore premiere for Thur. August 4 at 10pm as the cast goes to Florence, Italy. About series: http://bit.ly/hUf6pt
    
  • The ever so handsome @JoshDuhamel guests on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on Friday, June 17.
    
  • FINDING SARAH premieres OWN June 12 @ 9pm. Follows Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York’s emotional struggle to rebuild her life. :-0 zzzzzzz.
    
  • NBC taps Ben Bailey (Discovery Channel’s CASH CAB) to host its new game series WHO IS STILL STANDING?
    
  • The ever so handsome #WhiteCollar star Matt Bomer will be on REGIS AND KELLY and THE TODAY SHOW this Monday, June 6 http://bit.ly/fNx35b
    
  • Marshal Matt Dillon #GUNSMOKE actor James Arness has died at the age of 88. His TV credits: http://bit.ly/kcprwm
    
  • Christopher Titus is back with an all-new stand-up special, CHRISTOPHER TITUS: NEVERLUTION on @ComedyCentral Sunday, July 3 at 9pm
    
  • DROP DEAD DIVA returns Lifetime 6/19 season 3 guests LeAnn Rimes, Paula Abdul, Nick Zano, Mario Lopez, Clay Aiken, Lance Bass, Kathy Griffin
    
  • NBC bringing back 2001-06 reality game show FEAR FACTOR no word if original host Joe Rogan will return. About series: http://bit.ly/luXzT0
    
  • Legacy Interactive to develop a videogame based on the USA Network series #PSYCH. Slated to launch in Q4-2011 for PC and Mac.
    
  • Dolvett Quince becomes newest trainer on season 12 of THE BIGGEST LOSER joining Bob Harper and Anna Kournikova. Series returns this fall.
    
  • Jane Lynch/Sue Sylvester to host 63RD PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS airing live on Fox Sun., September 18. Nominations to be announced July 14.
    
  • The 7th and final season #RescueMe will premiere FX Wednesday, July 13 at 10pm (Run Wednesday nights). About series: http://bit.ly/hTnCDR
    
  • NBC adds extra live result show episode of #TheVoice on Wed, June 22 (8pm) and schedules live season finale for Wed. June 29 at 8pm.
    
  • Cast of NY Philharmonic’s COMPANY reassembles for 2011 #TonyAwards w/ Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, NP Harris, Christina Hendricks, P. LuPone.
    
  • LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN presents 'Drum Solo Week' June 6-9th. Legendary guest drummers Anton Fig, Sheila E, Roy Haynes, Neil Peart.
    
  • Syfy renews #GhostHunters for eighth season with 20 all-new episodes. Slated to premiere in 2012. About series: http://bit.ly/cCdO3j
    
  • Morena Baccarin joins cast of Showtime's new one-hour drama HOMELAND w/Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Series to premiere this fall.
    
  • NBC will broadcast a special hour-long episode of #TheVoice following this years Super Bowl on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
    
  • FOX picks up reality series BURIED TREASURE, w/ Leigh & Leslie Keno (Antiques Roadshow). Help people discover treasures in their homes.
    
  • Check out the new AMC #BreakingBad season four trailer. Series returns Sunday, July 17 at 10pm. Watch: http://bit.ly/lBEhF5
    
  • AMC premieres 4th season of #BreakingBad (one of the best shows EVER!) on Sunday, July 17 at 10pm. About series: http://bit.ly/laMD9h
    
  • @HistoryChannel premieres 101 GADGETS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, new 2hr special on Wed., June 15 at 9p. Chosen by Popular Mechanics experts
    
• Check out the entire first episode of G4'S PROVING GROUND before it airs on TV (although the video is only available through Monday, June 6):
  

 

 

 

• And for your bonus video this week, watch the trailer for Season 4 of BREAKING BAD:
  

 

 

 

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.