Mikey Likes TV

Not that you’d consider missing out on any of these hot links, but let me suggest you pay special attention to all posts pertaining to Friday Night Lights from here on out…

• Buzz wonders how many ’80s TV references you can pack into one little Ben Lee music video. (BuzzSugar)
• Araya tells us why Friday Night Lights is number 2 on his Top 10 TV Shows list. (Daemon’s TV)
• Pop Vultures interviewed writer Eric Estrin and got his perspective on the WGA strike. (Pop Vultures)
• To explain her love for Anna Fricke, Rae channeled her Dawson’s Creek fangirl of television shows gone by. (RTVW)
• Much like the chick from Girlfriends, the dude from Live, and Puff Daddy’s man servant, Scooter McGavin now supports Barak Obama in the Democratic primaries. Because seriously, who is not swayed by an endorsement from one of the Pussycat Dolls? Yes We Can!! (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)
• Vance skipped The Super Bowl but loved all the super bawling on Friday Night Lights which deserves a bit of that 97 Million Super Bowl football audience. (Tapeworthy)
• Jace was all about advance looks at British telly this week, with reviews of new series That Mitchell and Webb Look and Last Restaurant Standing on BBC America. (Televisionary)
• Dan interviewed Tonight Show writer Michael Jann about the WGA strike as part of the Adopt a Writer project. (TiFaux)
• Jennifer questioned whether Nip/Tuck should be renamed “Nip YUCK,” after the latest developments. (Tube Talk)
• Kate picked the five best and five worst looks from this season of Project Runway. (TV Filter)

The arrival of In Treatment was the highlight of the TV week here, but check out what was happening elsewhere…

• Buzz suggested some books for fans missing their Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters, Heroes, and more. (BuzzSugar)
• This week, Daemon’s TV introduced their new regular feature, DVR (Daemon Video Recap), a fun video recap chipmunk-style of your favorite TV shows. (Daemon’s TV)
• Liz enjoyed a hefty dose of manufactured drama (with some crazy bitch, to boot) on the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. (Glowy Box)
• Marcia explained why Supernatural is one of the most underrated shows on television. (Pop Vultures)
• Feeling nostalgic, Rae recalled favorite childhood TV shows and moments from Buffy and Dawson’s Creek among others with a TV meme. (RTVW)
• For those that want to relive the show before its second season premiere March 2nd or if you just need some scripted television to watch before it goes the way of the dinosaur, Scooter is giving away Dirt Season 1 starring Courteney Cox on DVD. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)
• Vance admits to liking guilty pleasures like the movie 27 Dresses, the new single by OneRepublic and the TV show Carpoolers. Yes, Vance is that one person watching that show. (Tapeworthy)
• This week, Jace was all about Lost, with exclusive interviews with Matthew Fox, Josh Holloway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Michael Emerson, and Yunjin Kim, advance reviews, and morning-after analysis. (Televisionary)
• TiFaux got naughty and kinky this week by offering up the Top Ten TV-Related Safe Words. (TiFaux)
• Tube Talk celebrated the new season of Lost with a hilarious parody starring the Lost(Tube Talk)
• Raoul found out the crazy things people say when they file complaints to the FCC about your favorite shows (TV Filter)
• Thanks to some shameless in show advertising, the TV Addict deems NBC “Nothing But Commercials” (TheTVaddict.com)

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If San Francisco played host to events like the recent Freaks and Geeks reunion more often, I might actually move there. Can’t imagine why James Franco wasn’t there…

• Buzz shared tons of stories from the Freaks and Geeks reunion in San Francisco. (BuzzSugar)
• Sandie interviewed Sophia Myles who plays Beth Turner on MOONLIGHT (Daemon’s TV)
• Liz watched writers from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report stage a hilarious mock debate on the strike. (Glowy Box)
• Fergus looked at five shows that never made it to the airwaves, much to our disappointment. (Pop Vultures)
• To kick off the Adopt A Writer project Kelley interviewed Jasmine Love, a writer with credits from Moesha, The Division, and The District. (RTVW)
• Usually the first quarter is a slow time for finding new albums, but Scooter has rounded up a list of 29 albums to check out in the next four months. Well, 28 and Ashlee Simpson. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)
• Vance is going to miss Betty and Chuck during the strike hiatus. (Tapeworthy)
• Jace was all about British TV this week, from an advance look at Torchwood‘s second season opener to the awe-inspiring finale of Life on Mars. (Televisionary)
• Dan had some misgivings about Carson Kressley’s tepid new show How to Look Good Naked. (TiFaux)
• Raoul interviewed Rachel and TK from The Amazing Race. (TV Filter)

What a strange comfort it is to see so many references to Buffy the Vampire Slayer here in 2008. Here’s the best of last week…

• Buzz issued a bold challenge to recast Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (BuzzSugar)
• Eric wrote about the French titles (translated) of American TV shows (Daemon’s TV)
• Liz previewed Hollywood Residential, a promising new single-camera comedy premiering Wednesday on Starz. (Glowy Box)
• Marcia reviewed the second season opener of Torchwood and, for the most part, liked what she saw. (Pop Vultures)
• Rae had fun talking to a fellow Buffy fan and the woman behind Kyle XY’s Jessi XX, Jaimie Alexander. (RTVW)
• For those that prefer your horror movies to be more classic slasher like Evil Dead than realistic gore like Saw, you should definitely check out Hatchet starring the chick from Buffy the Vampire Slayer not named Buffy and the dude from Dharma and Greg not named Greg. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)
• Vance is still undecided about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (Tapeworthy)
• Desperate for something to watch, Jace tuned into the first two episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and pleaded with John Connor to wash his greasy hair. (Televisionary)
• Who do you think would win a knock-down, drag-out fight: NBC’s Chuck or Rami from Project Runway? (TiFaux)
• Jennifer had a “biting” good time interviewing Moonlight’s Sophia Myles about what it’s like working on a show about vampires. (Tube Talk)
• We posted an in-depth interview with LOST star Elizabeth Mitchell, who’s not surprisingly far more delightful than her somewhat sinister character Juliet. (theTVaddict.com)
• Kate watched American Idol for the first time ever – and loved it. (TV Filter)

Sorry about that unannounced hiatus, kids. An extremely busy schedule and a dearth of inspiring programming forced me to go AWOL. The ever-vigilant coalition bloggers were not so lax, so please check out the best of the best of this past week…

A new year and plenty of good coverage to show for it already. Click below for this week’s crop of TV bloggy goodness… (more…)

‘Twas the weekend before Christmas, and all through the blogosphere… people were watching a lot of reality shows.  But that’s not all!  Check out the best from the TV blogs this week – there’s nary a mention of Clash of the Choirs!  (more…)

This week, our intrepid TV Bloggers reviewed and recapped the last solid dose of scripted programming we’ll be getting for who knows how long and welcomed Pop Vultures to the Coalition.  As for MLTV… stay tuned for this evening’s Extras liveblog event!

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Here’s this week’s slightly delayed link explosion. Follow the jump for news about the new season of The Wire, swoonage for 30 Rock and some much needed nostalgia for Sifl and Olly…

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