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Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week (June 12 - June 18, 2011)

Abe Fried-Tanzer - June 19, 2011

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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

 

FALLING SKIES –

Two-hour series premiere on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 9pm ET/PT on TNT.

 

TRUE BLOOD –


Season 4 premieres on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 9pm ET/PT on HBO.

 

WEEDS –


Season 7 premieres on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 10pm ET/PT on Showtime.

 

WHITE COLLAR – “Where There’s a Will” (6/14/11)

Neal and Peter are brought in to determine whether a father’s will is authentic when one son suspects the other has doctored it. Neal quickly discerns that a hidden treasure map actually leads to the will, and the clock begins ticking when one son’s daughter is kidnapped. Neal cozies up to an agent after he spots her talking to Peter to learn what she knows about the investigation into the lost art.


Next new episode: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 9pm ET/PT on USA.

 

COVERT AFFAIRS – “Good Advices” (6/14/11)

Annie is sent to Paris to make contact with an asset, and is surprised to find out that Eyal is also there trying to get her to turn informant. Annie balances trying to outsmart Eyal with helping to save his life when he is captured. Joan gets called for jury duty, and instead of taking Auggie up on his offer to get her out of it, she attempts to avoid selection on her own, to little avail.


Next new episode: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10pm ET/PT on USA.

 

 

 

TV Web-bits From Last Week

  • It’s impossible to be unhappy in a pancho salutes My Top 10 TV Dads.
  • Stollerderby profiles the Top 15 TV Dads And Why They’re So Important.
  • The Telefile chastises the Top 10 Worst Fathers on TV This Season.
  • The TV Addict shares 5 Lessons Every Award Show Can Learn From the 65th Annual Tony Awards.
  • TV Squad recommends Five ABC Family Girls Who Could Be Your New BFF.
  • The TV Addict posits the Top 5 TV Tidbits That Really Grind Our Gears.
  • Fashionotes names the Top 10 Fashionable TV Shows.
  • Weird Worm spotlights 20 Terrible Cartoon Bands with Their Own TV Shows.
  • TV Squad suggests 5 Reasons to Check Out MISFITS on Hulu.
  • Here are the best news tweets from the TV Tango Twitter Feed:
    • Fri (6/17): #TrueBlood Comic Con panel 6/22: Ball, Paquin, Moyer, Trammell, Kwanten, Wesley, Alejandro, Bauer van Straten, Ellis, Manganiello, Woll.
    • Fri (6/17): #GameOfThrones Comic Con panel 6/21: Moderator George R.R. Martin w/ Benioff, Weiss, Clarke, Dinklage, Harington, Momoa, Coster-Waldau
    • Fri (6/17): Showtime premieres reality series THE FRANCHISE: A SEASON WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS on July 13 at 10PM. About: http://bit.ly/ikx80c
    • Fri (6/17): Production for season two #GameOfThrones set to begin Monday, July 25. Again based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. http://bit.ly/gPDMF0
    • Thu (6/16): Head out on the highway...Kurt Sutter @sutterink just confirmed that SONS OF ANARCHY will be at Comic Con. #SOA #SDCC
    • Thu (6/16): ABC renews #Wipeout for 5th season w/ Vanessa Minnillo as new co-host. Pickup includes Winter & Summer edition episodes for 2011-2012.
    • Thu (6/16): Disney Channel developing TV movie based on their buddy comedy series #ShakeItUp. About series: http://bit.ly/lppmfx
    • Thu (6/16): Disney Channel to make LEMONADE MOUTH 2 a sequel to the popular TV movie, LEMONADE MOUTH. About movie: http://bit.ly/gd4qsP
    • Thu (6/16): CBS has ordered the 20th installment of #TheAmazingRace with Phil Keoghan for 2011-2012 season. About series: http://bit.ly/cbNZuF
    • Thu (6/16): Starz #SPARTACUS San Diego Comic Con panel Friday, July 22 at 5:45pm /Room 6BCF with cast & EP Steven S. DeKnight. #SDCC
    • Thu (6/16): Starz #TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY San Diego Comic Con 2011 panel Friday, July 22 at 10am /Room 20 with cast and writer Jane Espenson. #SDCC
    • Thu (6/16): The cast of #EUREKA auctioning show-worn autographed shoes to raise money for charity Soles4Souls. Place bid & help http://bit.ly/m10JH7
    • Thu (6/16): Post a photo of yourself making the letter "C" & #Showtime will contribute $5 to @AmericanCancer! http://s.sho.com/CYourself #CYourself
    • Wed (6/15): Adam Levine & Christina Aguilera premiere performance of their collaboration on new song 'Moves Like Jagger' on #TheVoice Tues. June 21
    • Tue (6/14): Hey @parksandrecnbc fans a new book PAWNEE: THE GREATEST TOWN IN AMERICA written by Leslie Knope in bookstores October 4. Hyperion Books
    • Tue (6/14): Comedy Central renews TOSH.O w/ Daniel Tosh for a 4th season with 26 episodes premiering January 2012. About series: http://bit.ly/9qaCkU
    • Tue (6/14): SOAPnet will air a ONE TREE HILL seven-hour marathon on July 4th from 11am -6pm. Featuring the best party-themed episodes. #OTH
    • Tue (6/14): Cartoon Network signs with producer Joel Silver to develop a live-action feature film for its animated action-adventure property BEN 10.
    • Tue (6/14): SPIKE TV premieres season 3 #DeadliestWarrior on July 20 (10p) First female warrior & first fantasy matchup. About: http://bit.ly/db9btn
    • Mon (6/13): Woohoo! AMC renews #TheKilling for 2nd season. The riveting, moody cop drama stars Mireille Enos, Joe Kinnaman. About: http://bit.ly/egl0l6
    • Mon (6/13): Jessica Simpson will serve as a celebrity mentor on new NBC reality competition series FASHION STAR hosted by Elle Macpherson.
    • Mon (6/13): Television Critics Association Awards (TCA) Comedy noms: 'Community,' 'Raising Hope.' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Louie,' 'Modern Family.'
    • Mon (6/13): Television Critics Association Awards (TCA) Drama noms: 'Game of Thrones,' 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Justified,' 'Mad Men,' 'The Good Wife'

     

     

     

    Check out this awesome trailer for DAMAGES Season 4, premiering this July on DirecTV, 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.