Casey (Lizzy Caplan) gets into character on "Party Down."

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A review of tonight's "Party Down" just as soon as I rehearse the "you have embarrassed me" speech...

Landry (Jesse Plemons) tries to calm down Julie (Aimee Teegarden) on "Friday Night Lights."

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Once, again, I reviewed all the episodes for this season of "Friday Night Lights" on my old blog as they aired on DirecTV. Because I can't bring content from the old blog over here, each week I'm going to link to those reviews so you can see what I and the DirecTV audience thought of them back in the fall, then discuss them here.

Virginia Madsen and the gang from "Scoundrels."

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I don't want to come down too hard on ABC for its new summer dramas "Scoundrels" and "The Gates," which premiere Sunday at 9 and 10 p.m., respectively. I'm a fan of scripted TV, and have been arguing for years that the broadcast networks were making a mistake filling their summer schedules with nothing but reality shows and letting cable channels like USA and TNT dominate the summer scripted market. And if faced with a choice between the two rookie dramas or more time watching people fall on their faces on "Wipeout" or Chris Harrison talk about people's journeys, I'd go with the dramas.

But where, say, Fox is airing summer dramas it actually believes in (both "The Good Guys" and "Lie to Me" are also on the fall schedule), "Scoundrels" and "The Gates" (and the cop drama "Rookie Blue," which debuts next Thursday) are cheap, dull filler programming ABC seems to be running so the network can claim it's at least making an effort at non-reality summer TV.

Music has been a huge part of "Treme."

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The terrific 90-minute "Treme" finale airs Sunday night at 10 on HBO. I'll have a review up after it ends, as well as a long interview with "Treme" co-creator David Simon.

One of the things Simon and I discussed was plans for a "Treme" soundtrack album - which seems a natural, given that the show is about the jazz scene in New Orleans and features nearly as much music per episode as "Glee." More details after the jump...

Bruce Campbell in his Chuck Finley guise on "Burn Notice."

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A quick review of last night's "Burn Notice" coming up just as soon as I get to make up the codenames...

Connie Britton as Tami Taylor on "Friday Night Lights."

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Emmy Week (and a Half) at HitFix continues, and today's category is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama.

Once again, Fienberg and I are approaching this two different way. Dan is predicting which actresses have a good shot at a nomination (along with a few wishful thinking suggestions), while I'm saying who would be on my hypothetical Emmy ballot.

Dan's gallery is up, and my picks are after the jump...

Omar (Michael K. Williams) broods over the consequences of his actions on "The Wire."

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Once again, we're spending Fridays this summer revisiting season three of "The Wire." (You can find my reviews of all the other seasons at my old blog.) Two versions each week: one for people who have seen the whole series and want to feel free to discuss things from first episode to last, and one for relative newcomers who haven't seen all the way to the end yet and don't want to be spoiled past the episodes we're discussing. This is the veteran version; click here to read the newbie-friendly one. (Last week's veteran review is here.)

A review of episode three, "Dead Soldiers," coming up just as soon as a stripper delivers my stat sheets...

Omar (Michael K. Williams) broods over the consequences of his actions on "The Wire."

Credit: HBO

Once again, we're spending Fridays this summer revisiting season three of "The Wire." (You can find my reviews of all the other seasons at my old blog.) Two versions each week: one for people who have seen the whole series and want to feel free to discuss things from first episode to last, and one for relative newcomers who haven't seen all the way to the end yet and don't want to be spoiled past the episodes we're discussing. This is the newbie version; click here to read the veteran-friendly one. (Last week's newbie review is here.)

A review of episode three, "Dead Soldiers," coming up just as soon as a stripper delivers my stat sheets...

Courteney Cox greatly improved as "Cougar Town" did.

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Emmy Week at HitFix continues, and in fact may be stretched into Emmy Week and a Half, since we're decelerating from two categories a day to one for a bit. Yesterday, Fienberg and I handled comedy lead actors, and now it's time to discuss possible nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

As always, Dan and I are approaching this from two different angles. Dan is speculating on who will be nominated (along with some wishful thinking), while I suggest whom I would pick if I had a hypothetical Emmy ballot.

Dan's gallery of potential lead actress nominees is up, and after the jump are my picks...