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Link Tank: TV Blog Coalition Roundup for May 30-June 1

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.

The highlight of my week? The jaw-dropping and brilliant season ender of Lost (even if my thoughts about who was in that coffin didn't exactly pan out). The low point? Watching the pilot for the brutally awful US adaptation of Spaced. (Lisa making it into the final four on Top Chef was a close second.)

Elsewhere in the sophisticated TV-obsessed section of the blogosphere, members of the TV Blog Coalition were discussing the following items...
  • According to one poll, Hugh Laurie and Pushing Daisies' Anna Friel are the Brits with the best American accents on TV. BuzzSugar wants to know who else does a good American accent. (BuzzSugar)
  • Marcia and Fergus liveblogged Eurovision, the only music contest to feature Olympic ice skaters, knitting brides and pirates. Take that, American Idol. (Pop Vultures)
  • Who's the most overrated couple on television today? Meredith/Derek or Henry/Betty? You tell us. (RTVW Online)
  • Scooter takes a look back at the fourth season of Lost and concludes it was better than the last two. (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green)
  • LOST. SO. AMAZING! (Vance is still gasping for air) (Tapeworthy)
  • The same-sex escapades continued on Work Out and our resident lesbians answered viewer questions about Jackie Warner's taskmaster tendencies as well as the shameless hot tub scenes with Renessa and Greg. (TiFaux)
  • Ashley picked her jaw off the floor long enough to reflect on the Lost finale and the season-ending shocker. (Tube Talk)
  • The TV Addict offered up some summer viewing alternatives to help you get through the dark days of rerun/reality TV hell. [The TV Addict]
  • Kate picked the top five summer shows she's looking forward to this summer - and Wipeout wasn't one of them, thank you very much. (TV Filter)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hurray for the Link Tank: Scooter found it (Lost) anti-climatic. Sorry to go on, but I just don't get it, so much so that I felt compelled to write a first ever blog post about it...

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