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Summer TV's Hottest Stars

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Jul 29, 2009 9:18 PM
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Jeffrey Donovan, Burn Notice (USA)

Dear Burn Notice,

Stay awesome.

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Don't miss our calendar of summer TV premiere dates, visit Watch With Kristin for scoop on all your TV faves, and browse our Summer Reality TV Stars gallery.


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Mark Feuerstein, Royal Pains (USA)

You probably know Feuerstein as the adorable boyfriend in everything from Practical Magic to In Her Shoes, but he's finally gotten a worthy series-lead role as Hamptons concierge doctor Hank in USA's Royal Pains, and much more adorableness ensues.


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Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Even if her drug-lord baby-daddy doesn't kill her like he wants to, Nancy's quality of life is still in major peril this season, thanks to newly arrived sister Jill Price-Gray (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who knows—and is ready to tell—all of Nancy's dirtiest secrets.


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Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

It's the characters, not necessarily a groundbreaking story, that make Nurse Jackie work. Falco is magical as the title character, and the supporting players are nearly as appealing, especially the nurse trainee you'll recognize from Studio 60 and the murse we will come to know and love as Mo-Mo.


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Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

All the badass leading ladies on cable owe Kyra a Coke. We're just sayin'.


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Catherine Bell & Kim Delaney, Army Wives (Lifetime)

With Denise's husband in Iraq and Claudia Joy's husband stationed in Belgium, will these two military-spouse hotties go lesbo for each other this season on Army Wives? Absolutely not, but some other fairly entertaining stuff will probably happen instead.


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Anna Paquin, True Blood (HBO)

No, seriously, True Blood, don't kill Lafayette. But do put various combinations of characters together into Bon Temps threesomes, and include Eric in as many of those as possible. Thanks!

Want more True Blood? We've got season-two scene shots and much scoop.


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Candace Cameron Bure, Make It or Break It (ABC Family)

Welcome back to TV, D.J. Tanner! But why did you come back now, and why are you doing this show? "What brought me back to television was I loved the aspect of competitive sports in the story," says Candace of her new role in Make It or Break It, a family drama set in the world of Olympic-class female gymnasts. "I have really been in that world for the past 13 years, since my husband was a professional hockey player."


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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Raising the Bar (TNT)

Love the new haircut, no matter the reason! Enjoy public defending, Zackarooni!

Scripted TV not your speed? Try our Summer Reality TV Stars gallery on for size!


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Bradley James & Colin Morgan, Merlin (NBC)

Merlin is silly. Merlin looks like it was made by and for children. And yet, after a couple of episodes of NBC's Merlin (brought over from the BBC and costarring Buffy's Anthony Stewart Head as Uther Pendragon), you just might find yourself wanting more...


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Shailene Woodley, The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)

OK, now that the baby is here, what next? Will Amy stick with Ben or try to make things work with baby-daddy Ricky? And what's up with Molly Ringwald's pregnancy? Tune in to season two of Secret Life to find out!


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Christian Kane, Leverage (TNT)

OK, maybe the hair leaves something to be desired, but otherwise, how can you resist Angel alum Kane in this edgy little series about a group of con artists Robin Hooding evil-doers?


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Lindsey Shaw & Ethan Peck, 10 Things I Hate About You (ABC Family)

We know nothing about 10 Things I Hate About You except that it has Gregory Peck's DNA (star Ethan Peck is his grandson) and it's based on the all-time-great teen movie of the same name. Who could resist such a combination? Squee. We've now seen the pilot for the TV version of 10 Things, and we can tell you that not only are Ethan and Lindsey awesome, but it might be our favorite new summer show...


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Dulé Hill & James Roday, Psych (USA)

Psych and sibling-in-silliness Monk return in August for what will be Monk's final season.


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Leighton Meester & Adrian Grenier, Entourage

OK, to the best of our knowledge, Leighton isn't actually in this season of Entourage (although fellow teen icon Zefron will be guesting), but we're looking forward to it just the same.

Want more fabulous summer TV? Better dive into our Summer Reality TV Stars gallery!


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