‘The Wire’ lives up to its reputation as season two comes to a close, erasing all of my frustrations with the first half of the season.

Eight were left … now it’s down to six. It’s a lot more manageable and it’s a lot easier to take a look at the contestants on ‘SYTYCD’ this time around. Whos left, what’s going on …

Well, things slowed down a bit with this installment of USA’s hit medical series, but that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t entertaining moments. With Jeremiah back and the return of a former love interest for Hank, ‘Royal Pains’ keeps things moving in a humdrum episode.

In a mind-boggling turn of events, the ‘Big Brother’ house was turned upside-down after a Quack Packer sold out their alliance and completely manipulated everyone in order to further their standing in the game.

Nature abhors a vacuum. Stag leaving the Pad proved that point once again. Here’s a Guest Clack from guest clacker Maurice, for ABC’s ‘Bachelor Pad’.

Following direction seems to be a challenge for some of the contestants on ‘Face Off.’ Ignoring them isn’t going to win you any gold star(fishes).

One of the remaining guys gets edged out of the competition by the narrowest of margins. He’s one of the contestants I’ve been rooting for all season.