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Adam visits one of his favorite cities, Cleveland, Ohio, to face the Melt Bar & Grilled Melt Challenge: a five pound fourteen pieces of cheese mass of grilled cheese sandwich complete with fries and cole slaw. If Adam can eat the gooey sandwich in its entirety, he wins a t-shirt and accolades from Cleveland fans. Melt encourages regulars to show their sandwich tattoos in order to receive 25% off their meals at Melt for life. Melt Bar & Grilled serves only variations on grilled cheese sandwiches and their patrons love them for it.

First Adam visits Steve’s Gyro Stand at Cleveland’s West Side Market, the market covers 40,000 square feet of food for busy shoppers. Steve’s Gyro Stand is known for their delicious beef jerky and gyro sandwiches. Steve’s is famous for their Jumbo Gyros, and locals just can’t get enough of them. Adam watches as they make Steve’s Jumbo Gyro, made with two pounds of spicy lamb and beef, tomato, onion and lettuce on toasted bread, topped with a sour cream-based Tzatziki sauce. Adam surveys the gyro sandwich and goes in for his first taste, claiming afterwards, “Good God, this is amazing!”

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HGTV specializes in home improvement shows that deal with helping homeowners learn how to buy and sell in the real estate market, and renovate their homes. One of the most popular experts in home improvement on the channel is Mike Holmes, a general contractor who steps in and fixes homeowner problems when renovations go wrong. When contractors won’t return homeowners calls, Mike Holmes brings his team of experts in to tear down the problems and fix them from the ground floor up. Holmes and his team cover problems from plumbing and electrical to carpentry and roofing. Holmes believes in doing things right the first time around and has little patience for contractors who cut corners and bilk homeowners out of their hard earned money.

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In this second of Season 3 back-to-back episodes, Adam travels to Boulder, Colorado to face West End Tavern’s West End Wing King challenge. The challenge consists of a bucket of 50 buffalo wings weighing in at 5 pounds! So far 70% of participants have failed the West End Wing King challenge. Luckily for Adam unlike most of his wing challenges that include unbearably hot sauce, this challenge is aimed at eating the most wings instead. If Adam can eat 50 buffalo wings in 30 minutes he receives a spot on the Wall of Fame, a free t-shirt and a coupon for 12 free chicken wings, no doubt to be eaten at a future date.

Adam visits Beau Jo’s where they are famous for their Mountain Pie, stuffed 14-inch pizzas with attitude that the locals go gaga over. Adam watches as the Grand Sicilian is made, a monstrous 14 lb pizza made with homemade dough and filled with cooked beef, pepperoni, sausage, cheese and marinara sauce with 7 lbs of toppings. Adam takes a bite of the impressive pizza and says “It’s all flavor, its so, so good!”.

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In the first episode of Man vs Food, Season 3, Adam travels to San Diego, California, to the Broken Yolk restaurant. Here he will face the Broken Yolk Special challenge, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan, featuring a twelve egg omlet covered in chili and cheese, massive home fries and two huge biscuits in one hour. If Adam wins this challenge his name is inscribed on a plaque on the wall of fame, he wins a free t-shirt and the challenge meal is free.

First Adam visit Phil’s BBQ, known for their dinosaur sized ribs slathered in their secret sauce, BBQ pork and their tri-tip sandwich. Adam tries their El Toro tri-tip sandwich, the meat covered in a dry rub and wet marinade, cooked till falling apart, then placed in a kaiser roll and covered with their special sauce. Adam takes a bite of the sandwich and exclaims to the camera “One of the best sandwiches I’ve eaten anywhere”.

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Some familiar faces from past HBO and Showtime series and an actress set to make her HBO debut are joining established and new series on TV.

Amy Ryan (The Wire) joins Season 3 of In Treatment and will co-star opposite Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston’s therapist, replacing Dianne Weist who is leaving the series. This series marks Ryan’s return to HBO. Idris Elba (The Wire) joins The Big C as series star Laura Linney’s love interest. Movie actress Julia Stiles joins Dexter in Season 5 as a mysterious woman who forms a relationship with Dexter. Speaking of Dexter, Julie Benz (Dexter) has been tapped to star opposite Michael Chiklis in ABC’s new pilot No Ordinary Family, debuting this fall.

The Big C Season 2 premieres August 16 on Showtime. Dexter Season 5 premieres September 26 on Showtime. In Treatment Season 3 premieres this fall on HBO and No Ordinary Family will premiere this fall on ABC. Check your local TV schedule for upcoming episodes of the series.

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The season finale of Breaking Bad begins with a flashback showing Walt and Skyler as a young couple buying their first house with Walt wanting to purchase a fancier home on their limited budget. Flash forward to Walt sitting in his Aztek out in the middle of nowhere waiting for someone to meet him. Walt spies an SUV with lights on. A phone call instructs him to get out of the car and walk towards the SUV. Walt takes a deep breath and walks to the SUV. Midway there Gus’ hired gun Mike meets him and pats him down. Gus Fring and Victor step out of the car and approach Walt. Gus chides Walt about his drug dealer employees deaths, saying “Some worthless junkie, for him, you intervene and put us all at risk.” Gus asks Walt where Jesse Pinkman is and Walt tells him he doesn’t know but Jesse is on the run. Walt proposes to Gus that he has two choices: kill him here and now, then hunt down Jesse and kill him, or let Jesse go and let Walt continue to cook for Gus, suggesting that he prefers option two. Gus stares at Walt thinking, then he come to an agreement with Walt to continue cooking in the lab on the condition that Gus chooses his lab assistant, to which Walt agrees. Walt walks back to the car and drives off.

Walt arrives at work the next day and finds that Victor has changed the locks to the lab. Victor lets Walt in and Walt sees that Gale is once again his lab assistant. Gale tells Walt he will be the perfect lab assistant and do whatever he says. Walt soon realizes that Gale is Gus’ inside man, the key to learning Walt’s method of cooking meth.

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The Television Critics Association Awards nominations for this year are led by freshman ABC comedy Modern Family, with five nominations. Modern Family actors Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet received nominations for their individual performances. The popular first year FOX show Glee followed closely behind with four nominations, including best new series, best comedy, program of the year and individual performance by Glee’s Jane Lynch. AMC also garnered four nominations for its drama Breaking Bad, with best drama and program of the year nominations along with well-deserved performance nods for stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul.

Community was not nominated and should have been, a great comedy show with terrific ensemble performances, especially by Joel McHale and Danny Pudi. Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris has been incredible this season as the DEA agent fighting his own demons, it is a top notch performance that deserves an award. I was pleased to see nominations for Nick Offerman, who is hilarious in every episode of Parks and Recreation, and Katey Sagal for her stunning work in Sons of Anarchy.

The Television Critics Association Awards celebrates the picks of the nation’s top television critics. The awards will be given out on July 31.

List of Television Critics Association Award Nominees for 2010:

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Diane Keaton has signed on to a new HBO half-hour comedy that is reportedly based on the life of gossip columnist Nikki Finke, founder and editor-in-chief of Deadline.com. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is being developed by “Kinsey” and “Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon and Cynthia Mort. Oscar winner Diane Keaton (“Annie Hall”) stars as Tilda , a powerful, infamous Hollywood blogger. Also starring in the new series is Oscar nominee Ellen Page (“Juno”), playing her conflicted assistant Caroyln, and Jason Patric, cast as Andrew Brown, the corporate suit in charge of RMG whose corrupt methods Tilda is trying to expose. Keaton’s serious film acting chops should lend strength to the driven personality of Carolyn, while Page’s conflicted assistant character gives her a chance to showcase her excellence at line delivery. Filming of the HBO series beings in June.

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Jesse has a flashback of Jane after they visit a museum and look at a Georgia O’Keefe painting. Jesse remembers those last few hours with Jane as she puts out her cigarette in his car ash tray which he can’t bring himself to empty.

Hank is hanging from an electromechanical patient lifter as he tries to walk during his physical therapy. Hank is in pain and frustrated, yelling at the therapist and at Marie and cutting the therapy session short. Outside in the hallway Marie hands Skyler Hank’s first medical bill for payment. At the lab Walt decides he will weigh the meth product, upsetting Jessie who tells Walt he knows Walt thinks he’s skimming the top of the meth, while Walt ignores his comments.

A newcomer named Andrea attends the NA meeting Jesse is at. Jesse finds out Badger and Skinny Pete don’t have the guts to talk the addicts at the meeting into buying Jesse’s meth. Jesse tells the guys he will show them how its done by talking the new girl Andrea into buying product and proceeds to chat her up.

Skyler invites Walt to dinner. Walt Jr. asks his parents about a Mustang since he will be getting his license soon. When Walt Jr. leaves the table, Walt hands over a check for Hank’s medical bills to Skyler, who asks how clean the money is, insisting it must not be traceable. Walt tells Skyler he has a guy who launders the money, but Skyler insists on meeting Walt’s connection for laundering money. The next day Walt takes Skyler to Saul’s seedy law office. Saul’s flirting makes a bad impression on Skyler, who is not impressed with the way Saul talks down to her. Saul tells Walt and Skyler his latest idea for Walt’s money laundering is for Walt to invest in a laser tag business. Skyler is adamant that laser tag is not a believable business for Walt to be involved in as a cover for the money laundering. Saul ignores Skyler’s bookkeeping acumen and leans on Walt to accept the new deal.

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The episode begins with a commercial for Los Pollos Hermanos, describing the noble history of one man’s small business turning into a chain of restaurants, enticing TV viewers to buy their golden crusted chicken. The next minute we see Walt and Jesse cooking meth in the lab at the Los Pollos Hermanos laundry facility. Victor supervises lab workers who package the meth then submerge the plastic bags of blue meth into tubs of Los Pollos fry batter for shipment across the Southwest. The next day, Walt drives to work and watches as truckloads of meth leaving the lab for delivery across the southwest in Los Pollos trucks.

As Walt and Jesse finish the batch of blue meth, Jesse notes the last container is over the amount to be sent. Walt tells Jesse to send it anyway. Jesse starts ragging on Walt that they are not getting paid enough for their work. Jessie figures they are making $96 million for Gus while they make $3 million between them for their three months of work. Walt tells Jesse he is a millionaire now and asks him why he’s complaining. Jesse thinks the extra meth should be kept for the next batch. Walt ignores Jesse’s harping to talk with him about their situation and leaves for the day.

Walt goes to the hospital where Skyler is staying with Marie while Hank recovers. Hank is in extreme pain and tries to push his button for more medication but it is not time yet for the next dose. As Hank grimaces, Gomez arrives and asks Marie if he can visit with Hank. Gomez shows Hank information about the blue meth being delivered to the southwest and tells Hank he knew what was coming when no one else was listening to him. Hank tells Gomez he didn’t know, someone called him to warn him about the Cousins before the attack. Walt is stunned by this news and starts to think about who made the call to Hank. As Skyler and Walt leave the hospital, Skyler gets in the car with Walt and asks him are we safe? Walt assures Skyler she and the kids are safe. Skyler asks if Walt is safe and he says yes, he is safe.

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