Summer viewing is a little light for the next few weeks - at least until Merlin starts - but we still manage to talk about the new TNT series HawthoRNe, returning HBO series True Blood (at the end of the episode) and other summer favorites like Nurse Jackie, Burn Notice and Royal Pains. Okay. Not all of them are favorites.

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