The Amazing Race
Amazing Race 15
8/7c CBS
One of the show's most daunting Roadblocks is revisited when the five remaining teams travel to Stockholm and encounter the game's first-ever Switchback. What's a "Switchback"? It requires teams to complete a task performed on a previous season. In this case, it's unrolling bales of hay to find a clue. Fans may recall in Season 6 that poor Lena Jensen unrolled 100 bales of hay over eight hours and never found a clue. Phil eventually came to the field and told her to stop because she had already been eliminated. Maybe these teams will have better luck.
Read on for previews of Sunday Night Football, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, Bored to Death, Mad Men and Brothers & Sisters.
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Morris Chestnut, Brian Williams
This week, TV was filled with surprise appearances. Tommy returned on Brothers & Sisters. Rihanna spoke about ex Chris Brown. The JFK assassination was front and center on Mad Men. Kate Hudson distracted Fox cameramen during the World Series. And the pilot episode of V taught us that appearances can deceive. Welcome to this week's Top Moments: Screen Time Edition.
10. Worst Return: Guess who's back on Brothers & Sisters? Prodigal son Tommy, who we last saw abandon his family to join a hippie commune in Mexico. What's he up to now? ...
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Ian Somerhalder (Vampire Diaries, Pauley Perrette (NCIS, Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives)
Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
What's coming up on Vampire Diaries? — Monique
MICKEY: Witches and vampires aren't the only supernatural creatures in Mystic Falls. It won't be right away, but a major male character will reveal himself to be a werewolf. And don't think having read the books will help you figure this one out. In fact, the werewolf in question won't even know he's a werewolf, initially at least.
Got any scoop on Abby from NCIS? — Lyn
ADAM: How would you like to meet Abby's best friend? Well, you'll get to in this season's Christmas episode...
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Brothers & Sisters
David Marshall Grant has been named the showrunner of Brothers & Sisters, replacing Monica Breen and Alison Schapker, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
A show rep tells us that Breen and Schapker, who have been showrunners since the end of the WGA writers' strike, will remain as executive producers of the show and will continue to be "involved in the daily creative development of the series."
Check out photos of the Brothers & Sisters cast
Grant joined the show during its second season ...
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The New York Yankees, Desperate Housewives
Fox's coverage of the American League Championship series Sunday night was the big winner, according to Nielsen's estimates.
The New York Yankees pennant-clinching win over the Los Angeles Angels averaged 15.5 million viewers, making it the night's most-watched show.
Baseball also loosened NBC's stronghold on Sunday nights, as the network's football coverage fell to 12.8 million viewers and second place among adults 18 to 49.
ABC fared best against the sports coverage, as Desperate Housewives (13.8 million viewers) and Brothers & Sisters (10 million) both hit their averages. For CBS...
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Gilles Marini, Brothers & Sisters
Gilles Marini is ready for more romancing on Brothers & Sisters.
The Dancing with the Stars alum, whose five-episode arc as Sarah's French beau on the ABC drama kicked off Sunday, will return for four additional episodes with the possibility ...
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Brothers & Sisters
Brothers & Sisters
10:01/9:01c ABC
Now that Kitty's decided to stay in California for her cancer treatment, she'll be able to depend on the proximity of her family, including Sarah, who surprised her sister last week by returning early from a trip to France. To take Kitty's mind off her chemotherapy, Sarah regales her with tales of a whirlwind affair with a dashing artist (Gilles Marini). Sarah's sultry narrative does the trick, but is this Gallic romance real, or is her French connection just another grand illusion?
Read on for previews of The Simpsons, The Amazing Race, Cold Case, Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) and Storm Chasers Greatest Storms.
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Gilles Marini, Brothers & Sisters
Has Brothers & Sisters' Sarah found herself a potential husband in Gilles Marini?
The Dancing with the Stars alum begins his five-episode arc on the ABC drama Sunday as Sarah's French suitor, Luc Laurent, who "could be it for her," Marini tells TVGuide.com.
"It's more than a fling. He's different than her past [significant others]. It's a beautiful relationship between them," he says. "Going into the filming of the fifth episode, there was a lot of talk of me coming back, so you may not see the last of Luc."
But we — and Rachel Griffiths' Sarah — have to meet him first, which she does while in France and it was...
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Thomas Gibson, Mark Harmon, Stephen Moyer
Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
I'd like to know if there will be an evolution in the Abby/Gibbs relationship on NCIS this season. — Lucia
ADAM: Are you one of those Gabby 'shippers? Because if so, ew. In any case, executive producer Shane Brennan sounds delighted about an arc he has planned for Abby this season — and says Gibbs plays a big part in it. "[Abby] does have a special relationship with Gibbs, [who has changed] because of the journey he has taken over the past two-and-a-half seasons," Brennan says. "Most people will see that Gibbs smiles more now; he's kind of warming up. There's certainly more to learn about the relationship between Gibbs and Abby, and we play toward that in this special arc of Abby's."
How soon before we find out who took Bill on True Blood? — Dyan
MICKEY: "We will discover who has Bill...
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Pam Beesly and Paris Hilton
Let's face it: TV this week was pretty disgusting. On Heroes, Sylar crawled out of his grave and back from the dead — a development that made us disgusted with the show's writers. A sense of moral outrage accompanied the news that Chase killed an African dictator on House. Paris Hilton made us feel shame for liking her, and then got graphically beheaded on Supernatural. The Office elevated a pregnancy cliché — morning sickness — to high comedy art. South Park made us rethink Mexican cuisine. And Madonna and Lady Gaga made a gross display of themselves on SNL. Welcome to this week's Top Moments: Profound Disgust Edition.
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