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Link Tank: TV Blog Coalition Roundup for June 26-28

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 offered an elegy for ABC's canceled The Unusuals and offered advance reviews of FOX's Virtuality, BBC America's Doctor Who: The Next Doctor, NBC's The Philanthropist, the return of ABC's Better Off Ted, and the first four episodes of HBO's Hung.

I also discussed the latest episode of Bravo's Top Chef Masters and news of AMC's latest series order for thriller Rubicon, had several updates on the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International schedule, interviews with Virtuality co-creator Ronald D. Moore and the cast and crew of Torchwood: Children of Earth, and offered new trailers for NBC's upcoming series Community, Trauma, and Parenthood.

Elsewhere in the sophisticated TV-obsessed section of the blogosphere, members of the TV Blog Coalition were discussing the following items...
  • With network TV ratings on the decline, Buzz wondered if you — yes, you! — are watching less TV this Summer than usual. (BuzzSugar)
  • This week, Sandie interviewed Rutina Wesley who plays Tara on HBO's True Blood. (Daemon's TV)
  • Scooter pays tribute to Michael Jackson. (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green)
  • Other than So You Think You Can Dance, Vance didn't have much time to watch TV last week because he was out in the park watching Twelfth Night starring Anne Hathaway, Raul Esparza (Pushing Daisies), Audra McDonald (Private Practice), Hamish Linklater (New/Old Christine) and more. (Tapeworthy)
  • After this week's episode of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Sara has the irresistible urge to become BFFs with Kathy and Paula Deen. (TiFaux)
  • Eric is so glad that Lafayette is back for season two of True Blood and even happier to find out how he gets out of imprisonment this week. (TV Fanatic)
  • This week, the TV Addict took a closer at the CW's unexpected midseason treat, LIFE UNEXPECTED (The TV Addict)
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