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Link Tank: TV Blog Coalition Roundup for March 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 talked to Joss Whedon about his "Man on the Street" episode of FOX's Dollhouse, why Dollhouse seems to lack the funny, and whether he would be leaving television for good.

I offered an advance review of ABC's comedy series Better Off Ted, a sneak peak at the full third season premiere episode of Showtime's The Tudors, and a Talk Back for the premiere episode of NBC's Kings.

I shared news about Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, and John Simm reportedly reprising their roles on David Tennant's final episode of Doctor Who, Heather Locklear turning down a role on the new Melrose Place, and CBS renewing The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men for multiple seasons, Sci Fi morphing into Syfy (and the true story behind the new name), David Chase developing a new mini-series for HBO, and Henry Rollins joining the cast of FX's Sons of Anarchy, among other things.

And I also discussed the latest episodes of ABC's Lost, NBC's 30 Rock, FX's Damages, BBC America's Last Restaurant Standing, and HBO's Big Love.

Elsewhere in the sophisticated TV-obsessed section of the blogosphere, members of the TV Blog Coalition were discussing the following items...
  • Some of the show descriptions in this quiz are real pilots, some I've made up. Take the quiz and see if you can spot the fake pilots! (BuzzSugar)
  • GMMR asked if you were a network exec and could program TV for only one hour out of each day, what would the TV schedule look like? (Give Me My Remote)
  • You know a show is going to be good when it manages to equally upset the liberal communists (who think the show pushes a Christian agenda) and the religious nutjobs (who think the show pushes a gay agenda). Scooter endorses Kings if only because they cast Mr. Boston in the lead role. (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green)
  • Vance is enjoying the shows no one is watching. Like newbies Kings and Better Off Ted or old faves Ugly Betty and Lost amongst many others. (Tapeworthy)
  • Sara celebrated the fact that Chuck was back to wearing ascots on the latest episode of Gossip Girl. (TiFaux)
  • Jennifer contemplated why Ugly Betty Suarez is such a man magnet. (Tube Talk)
  • Steve got his hands on a copy of next week's Gossip Girl and recapped it for your spoilerly pleasure (TVFanatic)
  • Ben celebrated the enws that BBC3 had bought the UK rights to the new murder mystery Harper's Island and took a look at it spin-off web series Harper's Globe. (TV Spy)

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