Televisionary: The Recap Episode

Ah, Memorial Day Weekend. That time of year which signals the end of the television season and the beginning of summer and, well, summer television.

As there have been a lot of new visitors popping up here at Televisionary lately, I thought this would be a good time to take a look back at some recent posts that may have caught your eye, sparked your imagination, or--at the very least--given you a reason to take a break (or sneak one) from work.

Without further ado, I give you the first Televisionary clip show.

Pilot Inspektor:
NBC's Kidnapped
NBC's Heroes
ABC's Brothers & Sisters
Showtime's Dexter

Hot Topics:
"May We Have an Awesome Blossom": When Does TV Product Placement Go Too Far?
"Gilmore" Guy: Who Is New Showrunner David Rosenthal?

Fall 2006 Network Upfronts/Schedule Coverage:
Musical Chairs: NBC Reshuffles Nearly Its Entire Schedule
What I'll Be Watching This Fall
Upfronts Scorecard: The CW
Upfronts Scorecard: NBC
Upfronts Scorecard: ABC
Upfronts Scorecard: FOX
Upfronts Scorecard: CBS

Lost and Found:
Messages in a Bottle: Lost Thoughts for "Live Together, Die Alone" (Season Finale)
Messages in a Bottle: Lost Thoughts for "Three Minutes"
Messages in a Bottle: Lost Thoughts for "?"
Messages in a Bottle: Lost Thoughts for "Two for the Road"
4 8 15 16 23 42...and 6 Inches?: An Island of "Lost" Toys
Before They Were "Lost": Sawyer Vamps It Up on "Angel"

From Across the Pond:
Jamie's School Lunch Project
The Thick of It
Waking the Dead

Reality Check:
Top Chef: "My Back Just Walked into Your Knife": The Winner of "Top Chef" Is a Cut Above
The Amazing Race: Brains Triumph Over Brawn on This "Race"
5 Takes: Pacfic Rim: My Take on "5 Takes: Pacific Rim"
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: "No Reservations" About Watching Bourdain

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Katie Lee Packs Her Knives: Breaking News from Bravo's "Top Chef"

The android has left the building. Or the test kitchen, anyway. Top Chef 's robotic host Katie Lee Joel, the veritable "Uptown Girl" herself (pictured at left), will NOT be sticking around for a second course of Bravo's hit culinary competition. According to a well-placed insider, Joel will "not be returning" to the show. No reason for her departure was cited. Unfortunately, the perfect replacement for Joel, Top Chef judge and professional chef Tom Colicchio, will not be taking over as the reality series' host (damn!). Instead, the show's producers are currently scouring to find a replacement for Joel. Top Chef 's second season was announced by Bravo last month, but no return date has been set for the series' ten-episode sophomore season. Stay tuned as this story develops. UPDATE (6/27): Bravo has now confirmed the above story .

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What's Done is Done: The Eternal Struggle Between Good and Evil on the Season Finale of "Lost"

Every story begins with thread. It's up to the storyteller to determine just how much they need to parcel out, what pattern they're making, and when to cut it short and tie it off. With last night's penultimate season finale of Lost ("The Incident, Parts One and Two"), written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, we began to see the pattern that Lindelof and Cuse have been designing towards the last five seasons of this serpentine series. And it was only fitting that the two-hour finale, which pushes us on the road to the final season of Lost , should begin with thread, a loom, and a tapestry. Would Jack follow through on his plan to detonate the island and therefore reset their lives aboard Oceanic Flight 815 ? Why did Locke want to kill Jacob? What caused The Incident? What was in the box and just what lies in the shadow of the statue? We got the answers to these in a two-hour season finale that didn't quite pack the same emotional wallop of previous season

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Pilot Inspektor: CBS' "Smith"

I may just have to change my original "What I'll Be Watching This Fall" post, as I sat down and finally watched CBS' new crime drama Smith this weekend. (What? It's taken me a long time to make my way through the stack of pilot DVDs.) While it's on following Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars on Tuesday nights (10 pm ET/PT, to be exact), I'm going to be sure to leave enough room on my TiVo to make sure that I catch this compelling, amoral drama. While one can't help but be impressed by what might just be the most marquee-friendly cast in primetime--Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Jonny Lee Miller, Amy Smart, Simon Baker, and Franky G all star and Shohreh Aghdashloo has a recurring role--the pilot's premise alone earned major points in my book: it's a crime drama from the point of view of the criminals, who engage in high-stakes heists. But don't be alarmed; it's nothing like NBC's short-lived Heist . Instead, think of it as The Italian

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