Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week (July 11 - July 17, 2010)
Abe Fried-Tanzer - July 18, 2010
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
True Blood "9 Crimes" (7/11/10) | ||||
Bill calls Sookie and breaks up with her. She refuses to accept it and goes with Alcide to Debbie’s engagement party. The magister raids Fangtasia looking for V and threatens Pam’s life unless Eric brings him Bill. Sam hires Jessica as a waitress. Bud appoints Andy the new sheriff, and Jason tries to blackmail him into giving him a job. Franklin takes Tara hostage and brings her to Mississippi.
Next new episode: Sunday, July 18 at 9pm on HBO. |
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Hung – "Tucson is the Gateway to Dick" (7/11/10) |
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Ray offers a client unsolicited advice about trying to repair her marriage, which irks Lenore. Ray’s date night with Jessica turns into a family bowling trip with the kids and Ronnie. Tanya interrupts an important meeting between Lenore and a prospective client and does her best to set things right by talking directly with the client. Ray’s neighbor tries to buy him a bed but he refuses her gift.
Next new episode: Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 10pm on HBO. |
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Entourage – "Buzzed" (7/11/10) |
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Ari blows off a trip to see a chandelier with his wife to make time for a visit from the NFL. Vince says he thinks his new movie will suck during an interview, prompting Shauna and Eric to scramble to stop the segment from airing. Turtle tracks down Alex after his credit card gets declined. Drama enlists Eric’s help in finding a script. A bored Vince gives himself a drastic haircut and decides to go skydiving with Scott.
Next new episode: Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 10:30pm on HBO. |
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The Good Guys – "Small Rooms" (7/12/10) |
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Liz’s mom Helen comes to Jack for help after her car is stolen. Frustrated that old evidence is just sitting around, Dan plants a gun from the evidence locker in Helen’s yard, not realizing that the owner of the gun has been dead for several years. As a result of Dan’s actions, the criminals involved with the gun locate Helen’s car, putting both Liz and Helen in danger.
Next new episode: Monday, July 19, 2010 at 9pm on FOX. |
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Hot in Cleveland – "Good Neighbors" (7/14/10) |
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Melanie decides to host a party and invite over all of her neighbors, and she accidentally offends a reporter when she divulges her reasons for moving to Cleveland. Victoria prepares to film a Japanese commercial for what she thinks is a deodorant and is dismayed to find out that it’s actually an adult diaper. Elka dyes her hair red when Carl asks her to a Senior senior prom.
Next new episode: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 10pm on TV Land. |
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Burn Notice – "Entry Point" (7/15/10) |
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Sam and Jesse interrogate Kendra, a captured contract killer, in order to find out who ordered a recent assassination. Meanwhile, Michael and Fiona pose as security consultants to a museum curator (played by Alan Dale, Charles Widmore of LOST) so they can stop Mr. Slippery, a notorious antiquities thief, from stealing a priceless artifact.
Next new episode: Thursday, July 22 at 9pm on USA. |
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Royal Pains – "In Vino Veritas" (7/15/2010) |
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Hank is called by his client Tucker Bryant to look after Oliver Ambrose, who Tucker suspects is showing signs of substance abuse. Evan shows concern for and follows Divya after he sees her purchase a pregnancy test at the drugstore -- for Jill. While at the Ambrose winery, Divya sends winemaker Kim for an MRI since she's enduring severe headaches, and Evan discovers he has a delicate palate and is a super-taster.
Next new episode: Thursday, July 22 at 10pm on USA. |
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- Television Without Pity analyzes COVERT AFFAIRS: How to Make a USA Network Show.
- It’s impossible to be unhappy in a pancho continues the countdown of the Top 100 TV Characters of All-Time: Series Five.
- TV Squad asks GLEE’s Brittany To Take on Britney Spears: Who Else Deserves Their Own Episode?
- The Telefile recommends Seven Things THE OFFICE Should Bring Back Before Steve Carell Leaves.
- Top 100 Lists enumerates the Top 10 Best TV of 2010.
- TV Squad addresses Bristol Palin’s Reality Show: If It Happens, Here Are 5 Things We Want to See.
- iFanboy envisions the Top 10 Marvel Comics TV Shows Jeph Loeb Should Develop.
- Kyality lists Top 10 Favorite TV Cars.
- TV Squad ranks the Top 20 THE HILLS Catfights and Hook-Ups.
- AskMen.com looks at the Top 10 Unconventional TV Families.
- TV Squad tracks down the NORTHERN EXPOSURE Cast: Where Are They Now?
- The Hollywood Reporter wrangles a video sneak peek of SHARKTOPUS.
- Buzz Sugar undresses the contestants of PROJECT RUNWAY, season 8.
- Gamers Daily News sings about a new addition for Karaoke Revolution -- GLEE.
- If you always thought THE HILLS was fake and scripted, then you'll be happy about the closing scenes of the series finale. (Watch the full episode at MTV.com)
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 on his personal movie and TV blogs.