Survivor: San Juan Del Sur: Blood vs. Water, on CBS
A tumultuous 29th season comes to a close as the finalists face their last challenges and tribal council in this finale. After the winner is crowned, Jeff Probst will host a reunion special in which this season’s contestants dish about their experiences.
Masterchef Junior, on Fox
The remaining young cooks try to wow the judges one last time with a three-course meal in this fall finale. This edition of the popular series selected America’s top 16 home cooks between the ages of eight and 13, who competed for a $100,000 grand prize.
Q: I'm loving "The Game" on BBC America. Is the woman who plays Sarah as short in real-life as she seems on the show?
She is, but what's interesting is that it doesn't seem to matter.
Victoria Hamilton, who plays the forceful spy-manager (they never really give her an official title) Sarah Montag on the '70s-set spy thriller, is in fact five-foot-four in real life, shorter than average and definitely shorter than the Hollywood average. But the show makes no attempt to exaggerate her height.
Mike & Molly, on CBS
When Molly (Melissa McCarthy) gets writer's block, Mike (Billy Gardell) worries that he may be the cause and she could lose her big advance if she doesn't find a cure quickly. This hit comedy chronicles the lives of a working class couple.
Belt it out: Michael Bublé's fourth Christmas special delivers holiday favorites
Michael Bublé performs in “Michael Bublé’s Christmas in New York”
Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People, on ABC
Barbara Walters sits down to chat with some of the year’s biggest stars in this highly anticipated annual special. This year’s interviewees include Neil Patrick Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Chelsea Handler and Scarlett Johansson.
Late Laughs for the week of December 14 - 20, 2014
The Late Show: David Letterman
Pepsi has a new Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew. No, we don't have an Ebola vaccine, but we do have the Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew.
Yesterday, a couple of guys busted into a store here in the neighborhood and stole $2 million worth of money and watches. The police described them as armed and punctual.
New Releases for the week of December 14 - 20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The evil Shredder (Fichtner) and his Foot Clan have gained control over New York City, from its politicians to its police force, in this "Turtles" reboot. The state of the city is bleak, and only four mutant brothers -- Leonardo (Ploszek/Knoxville), Donatello (Howard), Michelangelo (Fisher) and Raphael (Ritchson) -- are willing to stand up and battle it out for the greater good. With the help of reporter April O’Neil (Fox) and her cameraman, Vernon Fenwick (Arnett), the Turtles must unravel Shredder’s nefarious plan and save the city from the Clan’s corruptness.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman. Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Johnny Knoxville, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Whoopi Goldberg, Abby Elliott, Tony Shalhoub. 2014. 101 min. Action.
This Is Where I Leave You
The four combative Altman siblings return to their childhood home for their father’s funeral. Each comes bearing his or her own baggage, burdened by the realities of adult life. Together under one roof again, along with their over-sharing, celebrity psychologist mother (Fonda), Judd (Bateman), Wendy (Fey), Phillip (Driver) and Paul (Stoll) are all forced to be in each other’s company for a week as they sit Shiva. Here they reconnect with one another, as well as an assortment of significant others and former flames.
Director: Shawn Levy. Stars: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll, Rose Byrne, Kathryn Hahn, Timothy Olyphant, Connie Britton, Dax Shepard, Debra Monk. 2014. 103 min. Comedy.
Magic in the Moonlight
Stanley Crawford (Firth) is a British stage magician in the 1920s whose performances under the guise of his illusionist persona, Chinese conjurer Wei Ling Soo, are well renowned. With a strong disdain for false spiritualists, Stanley is approached by a friend to flush out a possible fraud in the French Riviera who is ostensibly taking advantage of a wealthy family. After spending some time with the young medium (Stone), however, Stanley begins to question his doubts about her abilities.
Director: Woody Allen. Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Jacki Weaver, Eileen Atkins, Erica Leerhsen, Simon McBurney, Jeremy Shamos, Catherine McCormack, Natasha Andrews. 2014. 97 min. Comedy.
Counting down country: New music awards show is coming to Fox
Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley host the American Country Countdown Awards
Counting down country: There cannot be any doubt: America loves its country music.
Happy family holiday: Rev Run and his family celebrate the season
Rev Run (second from left) and his family as seen in “Rev Run’s Happy Holidays”
Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of people. I'm sure that if you were to really dig into what the holiday means to the folks around you, you'd find that everyone has their own special memories, traditions and feelings about it.