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TV Recaps: 16 Highlights From the Week Ending August 13, 2010

''SYTYCD'' crowns a winner, ''Big Brother'' boots Rachel, ''Mad Men'' welcomes 1965 -- if you missed any of our daily TV summaries, catch up now with our takes on the juiciest moments!
By EW Staff Updated August 13, 2010 at 08:00 PM EDT
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So You Think You Can Dance | So You Think You Can Dance recap: And the winner is Alex! No, NappyTab! No, it's... As much as I want to enjoy the joy…
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So You Think You Can Dance recap: And the winner is Alex! No, NappyTab! No, it's...

As much as I want to enjoy the joy bursting from Lauren Froderman as she was officially crowned the winner of So You Think You Can Dance's season 7; as much as she earned her victory from tip to toe with unfailing pluck and consummate skill; as much as the sight of her hoisted up on Dominic and tWitch's shoulders while doused in her own personalized Gatorade for some reason got me a wee bit misty; I am still stuck on Alex Freaking Wong. —Adam B. Vary

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Jersey Shore | Jersey Shore recap: Community smush At one point, the camera lingered on Ronnie victoriously thrusting his pelvis into the back of Sammi's head, while Sammi…
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Jersey Shore recap: Was Ronnie creepin', or just plain creepy?
Sammi welcomed Ronnie back into her bed just hours after being the recipient of her regularly scheduled ''you're a f---ing bitch!'' from the charmingest charmer who ever charmed. (Parents, be sure to let your little girls tune in to Jersey Shore this season, because Sammi really provides a wonderful example of how to maintain one's dignity and self-respect in a committed long-term relationship!) —Michael Slezak

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Big Brother | Big Brother recap: The Hair Witch Project Yes, Rachel's gone, and like many of you (maybe?), I'm not sure what to feel. I don't know…
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Big Brother recap: The Hair Witch Project

Yes, Rachel's gone, and like many of you (maybe?), I'm not sure what to feel. I don't know whether to celebrate with some tequilllaaaa or cry (without actually producing tears, of course). I've come to the conclusion that she was a good, interesting competitor, but my sanity takes precedence. —Sandra Gonzalez

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Project Runway | Project Runway recap: Tim prefers the wooly balls Now that weirdo Jason is gone, Gretchen — who had won both challenges — has boldly stepped…
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Project Runway recap: Tim prefers the wooly balls

Now that weirdo Jason is gone, Gretchen — who had won both challenges — has boldly stepped up onto the Most Hated pedestal. In addition to CONSTANTLY offering unsolicited ''advice'' (read: thinly veiled criticism) to most of her competitors, she decided to become the mother hen of the workroom, forcing the other children to keep their stations clean and ''prepare everything before you start working'' as if they would get extra credit for this nonsense. Seriously, shut up — everyone works differently. —Annie Barrett

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The Real Housewives of D.C. | LYNDA ERKILETIAN, 52 THE MODELING MOGUL/COUGAR SELF-CHOSEN DESCRIPTORS: ''Mother. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist.'' ''D.C. isn't thought of as fashionable. For me, this was an opportunity to show…
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The Real Housewives of DC recap: Cast Aunt Frances immediately

I do like Lynda. She's little and tough and she scares me in those glasses. —Karen Valby

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Top Chef | Top Chef recap: Restaurant Wars! The teammates waiting for their turns wore blindfolds and they had to try their darndest to figure out what the…
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Top Chef recap: Restaurant Wars!

The teammates waiting for their turns wore blindfolds and they had to try their darndest to figure out what the previous person was going for, much like an awesome game of telephone that ends with ''purple monkey refrigerator.'' —Archana Ram

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Hell's Kitchen | Hell's Kitchen finale recap: All's well that ends well done The maître d' leaves you your menus. For some reason, there appears to be only…
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Hell's Kitchen finale recap: All's well that ends well done

The maître d' leaves you your menus. For some reason, there appears to be only one option for each course, dependent upon where you are seated. You try to wave him back to ask if there's some mistake, but you are interrupted by the clang of a dropped pan. There is a silence, as everyone's eyes, and cameras, shift over to the open kitchen area. And then?

''You f---ing donkey! You swine-faced barmpot arse! I have a palsied Gran who's more graceful to you, and she lost a foot to f—ing diabetes!'' —Keith Staskiewicz

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America's Got Talent | Jackie Evancho, Dan Sperry surprise and impress on America's Got Talent Is there a certain?creepiness to it? Maybe. But the girl's got some serious pipes.…
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Jackie Evancho, Dan Sperry surprise and impress on America's Got Talent

Is there a certain?creepiness to it? Maybe. But the girl's got some serious pipes. —Margaret Lyons

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Flipping Out | Flipping Out recap: The return of Jeff Lewis It's safe to say that Jeff isn't a baby person, yet he held house assistant Jett's bundle…
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Flipping Out recap: The return of Jeff Lewis
It's safe to say that Jeff isn't a baby person, yet he held house assistant Jett's bundle of cuteness in a surprisingly tender way. Aww. —Archana Ram

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Pretty Little Liars season finale: Unsolved mysteries Ah, Mr. Fitz, television's most charming and handsome borderline-statutory-rapist. I hate that I'm rooting for him and Aria,…
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Pretty Little Liars season finale: Unsolved mysteries

Ah, Mr. Fitz, television's most charming and handsome borderline-statutory-rapist. I hate that I'm rooting for him and Aria, but I kind of am? Even though his poem was blatantly awful? Maybe it's Lucy Hale's outrageously majestic locks that give the whole thing a Disney princess/Prince Charming quality? —Margaret Lyons

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Bachelor Pad | Bachelor Pad recap: STD ya soon! Rest assured, there will be nothing as romantic and heartfelt going on here, folks. I hope you've taken your…
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Bachelor Pad recap: STD ya soon!

Rest assured, there will be nothing as romantic and heartfelt going on here, folks. I hope you've taken your prophylactic dose of Valtrex, rose lovers, because we're about to enter the world of Bachelor Pad — a place that has definitely not been sanitized for your protection. —Kristen Baldwin

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The Real Housewives Of New Jersey | The Real Housewives of New Jersey recap: Everyone loves an Italian girl According to Joe, he took a deep yawn, shut his eyes for a…
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey recap: Everyone loves an Italian girl

According to Joe, he took a deep yawn, shut his eyes for a SECOND, and floored it (the logical sequence they teach you in driver's ed), and the next thing he knew he was sent through the trees and into a pole. ''Those trees shouldn't have even been there!'' he complained. —Emily Exton

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Dating in the Dark season premiere: A photo recap This show is a total crapfest that I'm thinking can best be recapped via pictures. Ironic,…
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Dating in the Dark season premiere: A photo recap

This show is a total crapfest that I'm thinking can best be recapped via pictures. Ironic, don't you think? Because they're in the dark. —Annie Barrett

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Mad Men | Mad Men recap: Happy New Year Stephanie, a poli sci major, of course thinks the game of advertising is built by crooks for suckers. Don…
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Mad Men recap: Happy New Year

Stephanie, a poli sci major, of course thinks the game of advertising is built by crooks for suckers. Don wanted to smell her pretty hair. —Karen Valby

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True Blood, Anna Paquin | True Blood recap: Fang me gently with a chainsaw Let's go for some foreplay and start at the beginning. — Mandi Bierly Read the full…
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True Blood recap: Fang me gently with a chainsaw

Let's go for some foreplay and start at the beginning. —Mandi Bierly

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Next Food Network Star recap: When bad things happen to French toast To me, the Family Style ads were a massive spoiler letting us know…

Next Food Network Star recap: When bad things happen to French toast

To me, the Family Style ads were a massive spoiler letting us know things were inevitably going to get boiled down to Aarti, Tom, and Herb. Well, unless Food Network changes course and decides it wants to hire this week's booted contestant because my proposed show title, Aria Speedwagon, is simply too delicioso to ignore. —Michael Slezak

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