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Link Tank: TV Blog Coalition Roundup for Feb. 20-22

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 explored the history of the Cylon race on Battlestar Galactica and offered up some theories about Daniel, The Colony, and Kara Thrace and spoke to Battlestar Galactica writer Ryan Mottesheard about the "No Exit"/Jean-Paul Sartre connection.

I also reviewed BBC America's new drama Mistresses and Starz's new comedy Party Down from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas (and featuring more than a few familiar faces from Neptune).

All this and discussions on the latest episodes of ABC's Lost, FX's Damages, BBC America's Last Restaurant Standing, and NBC's Chuck. Plus, news about PaleyFest09 and a Talk Back for the Dollhouse series premiere on FOX, among other things.

Elsewhere in the sophisticated TV-obsessed section of the blogosphere, members of the TV Blog Coalition were discussing the following items...
  • Gossip Girl is a great guilty pleasure — but would you watch a real-life version? (BuzzSugar)
  • This week, Sandie wished she knew how not to quit Heroes. (Daemon's TV)
  • While some of us are big fans, this week we looked at why some people are just not that into Lost. (Give Me My Remote
  • If you love(d) college, you want to check out this Asher Roth video and see if you can figure out which 90's Alt Rock song he samples. (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green)
  • Vance did some TV blog catch up and puts his two cents on American Idol, Lost and more. (Tapeworthy)
  • The United States of Tara, and discussed his troubling infatuation with John Corbett. (TiFaux)
  • This week, the TV Addict proved that he may have too much time on his hands by not only taking our favorite magazine, Entertainment Weekly to task for offering up their umpteenth TWILIGHT cover. But going one step further and designing a mock-up of what this week's cover could have looked like. (The TV Addict)
  • Kate tried to decide which of the "real" housewives of NYC is the most recession-proof (TV Filter)

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