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Link Tank: TV Blog Coalition Roundup for January 11-13

Televisionary is proud to be a member of the TV Blog Coalition. At the end of each week, we'll feature a roundup of content from our sister sites for your delectation.

This week, I was disappointed in the latest (and last) installment of 30 Rock, which greatly suffered from the absence of writers from the set, was overjoyed to learn about the return of Chuck to the airwaves (even if the final two eps will be split up around The Celebrity Apprentice), and was enthralled by this week's prom-themed Project Runway challenge (poor Christian!).

Oh, and I stepped aside to let my fiancee, the future Mrs. Televisionary, share with the world her love for Gossip Girl.

Elsewhere in the sophisticated TV-obsessed section of the blogosphere, members of the TV Blog Coalition were discussing the following items...
  • Buzz celebrated pop culture prom week. (BuzzSugar)
  • Sandie interviewed April Matson, who plays Lori Trager on ABC Family's KYLE XY. (Daemon's TV)
  • Liz finally got around to watching (and inevitably falling in love with) Dexter. (Glowy Box)
  • Think your job is bad sometimes? Marcia listed the worst workplaces on television. (Pop Vultures)
  • Four years, six months, and two days later Rae falls for One Tree Hill again. (RTVW)
  • For those who like their British chicks with mouths like a sailor, meet the 2008 model Kate Nash (no relations to Steve, Graham, or Nash Brownies). (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green)
  • Vance preferred Cashmere Mafia over Lipstick Jungle but both are inferior replacements to the strike affected favorites currently ending by default. (Tapeworthy)
  • Dan's reflections on Project Runway include: Victorya is no Chloe and Kevin's ouster was unjust. (TiFaux)
  • Jennifer was beyond "psyched" to chat with the boys of Psych. (Tube Talk)
  • Kate calculated odds for who will be the next Bachelorette. (TV Filter)
  • Daniel attended the Launch Party for TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and was thrilled to meet one of the stars from the show responsible for his unhealthy television addiction (theTVaddict)

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