Make It or Break It

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• Ke$ha's debut album hits No. 1 on Billboard in its first week — Rock & Roll Daily
• ABC Family renews The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It or Break It — News Briefs
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• FX has officially ordered the drama series Lawman starring Timothy Olyphant. — The Futon Critic
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• USA has renewed Royal Pains and Burn Notice. — TV.com
• Due to its underperformance in some major international audiences, Monsters vs. Aliens may not get a sequel. — The Hollywood Reporter
• ABC Family has ordered 10 additional episodes of Make It or Break It. — Variety
• Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan, Kelli Gellar, Rob Riggle, and Jason Sudeikis round out the cast of the romantic comedy Going the Distance, starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. — ComingSoon
• Corbin Bleu and Elle Macpherson have been promoted to series regulars on The Beautiful Life. — The Hollywood Reporter

On the second episode of ABC Family's Make It or Break It, a group of world-class teenage gymnasts fights off some scary-looking guys by doing cartwheels and back handsprings. Girl power via tumbling runs? That's when I knew I'd love this show.

Granted, the show wasn't a hard sell for me — or at least the part of me that gets obsessed with the Olympics every couple of years. But over the few weeks it's been on, Make It or Break It has become one of my favorite shows of the Summer. Why? A few reasons:

• The girls themselves. I love three of the four main characters — and the fourth is gaining fast. I adore perfect Payson, the champion good girl; devious Lauren, the troublemaker with daddy issues; and newbie Emily, the playground recruit who works a secret pizza parlor job to pay for the gym. I relate least to girly-girl Kaylie, who might want romance more than a gold medal, but she's growing on me.
• Ayla Kell. The serious perfectionist, Payson, could be the dullest character in the cast — but I am loving actress Ayla Kell, who gives Payson a sweet vulnerability to go with that tough tomboy exterior.
• The capers. In one episode, Kaylie does a fancy gymnastics trick on a keg at a party. In another, the girls use a climbing rope to swing Emily to an open window so she can make her shift at the pizza place. Turns out, standard teen show situations are just funnier when there's tumbling involved.

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