Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week (July 25 - July 31, 2010)
Abe Fried-Tanzer - August 1, 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 "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" (7/25/10) | ||||
Russell interrogates Sookie about her powers and commands Lorena to kill Bill. Russell takes Eric with him to go and propose marriage to Sophie-Anne. Tara hatches a plan to escape from Franklin’s clutches and break Sookie free. Sam tries to protect Tommy from his parents. Lafayette and Jesus spend more time together, but Jesus is not happy when he finds out that Lafayette sells V.
Next new episode: Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 9pm on HBO. |
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Hung – "Sing It Again Ray or Home Plate" (7/25/10) |
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Ray tells Lenore that he wants her to stay away from his ex-wife. Damon gets caught urinating on home plate. Ray tries to deal with it by talking it out, but Tanya suggests that Damon come to a poetry reading to help process his emotions. Ronnie doesn’t handle Jessica’s response to the idea of having a baby well. Ray runs into Mike when he’s about to meet with a client.
Next new episode: Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 10pm on HBO. |
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Entourage – "Tequila Sunrise" (7/25/10) |
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Drama invites John Stamos over to convince him that they should work together and accidentally offends him when he beats him at ping pong. Turtle travels to Mexico with Alex to hear her proposition, and is disappointed to find out that he was only brought there because of his connection to Vince. Eric and Scott decide to make up, and Ari learns that Lizzie is trying to get back at him for not being given the promotion.
Next new episode: Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 10:30pm on HBO. |
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The Good Guys – "Silvio’s Way" (7/26/10) |
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Dan gets recognized in a bar and has to reassume his undercover identity of Silvio, an excessively Italian criminal who accidentally slept through the sting operation he set up seven years ago. Desperate to close the case and put the bad guys in jail, Dan asks for permission to reopen the case and try for another bust. Liz tells Jack that she won’t do him any more favors.
Next new episode: Monday, August 2, 2010 at 9pm on FOX, the last of the Summer episodes. |
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Hot in Cleveland – "It’s Not That Complicated" (7/28/10) |
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Melanie returns home to see her daughter perform and runs into Anders. After they kiss, he comes out Cleveland and she has to decide whether she wants to give him another chance. Elka is courted by another man and has to decide who she wants to be with as well. Joy and Victoria are continually perplexed when both Melanie and Elka ask them for relationship advice.
Next new episode: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 10pm on TV Land. |
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Burn Notice – "Where There’s Smoke" (7/29/10) |
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Sam and Fiona take a security job that quickly goes awry when the client’s wife and Fiona are kidnapped and held for ransom. When they realize that the kidnappers plan to kill them once the client pays, Jesse, Sam, and Michael work hard to convince the client that he cannot negotiate with them. Madeline assists Jesse and Michael with a bank heist that leads to a new clue related to Simon.
Next new episode: Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 9pm on USA. |
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Royal Pains – "The Hankover" (7/29/2010) |
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Jill and Divya head to the city for Divya’s bachelorette dinner, which turns into a night on the town with a cab driver. Evan decides to throw Raj his own bachelor party at Hank’s place, and a whole host of guests, including a stripper with a dislocated shoulder, a former classmate of Hank’s who used to pick on him, and Dr. Peck, show up, leading to the ultimate hangover for everyone involved the next morning.
Next new episode: Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 10pm on USA. |
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- The Telefile runs through the Top 10 Most Depressing Shows of the Summer.
- Nerve.com compiles The Best Advice We’ve Ever Gotten from MAD MEN’s Joan Holloway (thanks to the TV Addict).
- TV Squad singles out the Top 20 of TV’s Best BFFs.
- PragmaticMom spotlights the Top 10 Best TV Shows to Watch as a Family.
- The Telefile makes predictions when they learned that GLEE Does the Time Warp: Who Plays Which Role?
- The TV Addict praises the Top 5 Shows We Love…Despite Not Knowing the Characters’ Names.
- The Telefile rounds up a cast for Dinner for Reality Show Schmucks.
- Metromix Chicago picks the Top 10 TV Womanizers.
- TV Squad profiles TV’s Most Precocious Kids.
- When President Obama appeared on THE VIEW last Thursday, it marked the first time a sitting U.S. President appeared on a daytime show and it was the series’ most-watched broadcast ever in Total Viewers (6.59 million).
- Some casting news:
- AMERICAN IDOL: Ellen & Karen out; J-Lo and Steven Tyler in?
- LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES: Terrence Howard is joining the cast as a deputy D.A. Plus, Regina Hall and Wanda DeJesus have also been added.
- TAKEN FROM ME: THE TIFFANY RUBIN STORY: Terry O'Quinn cast in Lifetime's TV movie.
- Emmy Awards: Conan invited to be a presenter on the NBC telecast.
- COUGAR TOWN: A Jennifer Aniston-Courteney Cox FRIENDS' Reunion in the works.
- The Television Critics Association (TCA) honored the best in TV with its TCA Awards.
- To get the latest scoop from the TCA Summer Press Tour, check out the replays of our live blog sessions:
- Wednesday (7/28): CBS
- Thursday (7/29): Showtime & The CW
- To get ready for SHARK WEEK, watch the two clips below. Both clips are from the new specials airing Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 9pm and 10pm on Discovery:
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.