Sorry, folks, it’s been a while since we brought you the leatest from our favourite US TV blogs at The TV Blog Coalition. Normal service, we promise, is now resumed, with your weekly round-up of the best American TV news and views from around the web…

• With network TV ratings on the decline, Buzz wondered if you — yes, you! — are watching less TV this Summer than usual. (BuzzSugar)

• Sandie interviewed Rutina Wesley, who plays Tara on HBO’s True Blood. (Daemon’s TV)

• Scooter pays tribute to Michael Jackson. (Scooter McGavin’s 9th Green)

• Other than So You Think You Can Dance, Vance didn’t have much time to watch TV last week because he was out in the park watching Twelfth Night starring Anne Hathaway, Raul Esparza (Pushing Daisies), Audra McDonald (Private Practice), Hamish Linklater (New/Old Christine) and more. (Tapeworthy)

• Jace offered an elegy for ABC’s canceled The Unusuals and offered advance reviews of Fox’s Virtuality and the first four episodes of HBO’s Hung. (Televisionary)

• After this week’s episode of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Sara has the irresistible urge to become BFFs with Kathy and Paula Deen. (TiFaux)

• Eric is so glad that Lafayette is back for season two of True Blood and even happier to find out how he gets out of imprisonment this week. (TV Fanatic)

• The TV Addict took a closer at the CW’s unexpected midseason treat, Life Unexpected. (The TV Addict)