A production company set up mini-arches — six of them, each 14 by 12 feet — on the Gateway Arch grounds Tuesday as part of a shoot for the upcoming NBC reality-competition “Great American Road Race.” The show, due July…

So CBS had “Big Brother” fans vote for a week on which eliminated houseguest should return. Many votes were cast, resulting in a win for  Alex (whom I don’t really remember, except that he’s handsome) over No. 2 Parker, my…

Do I really need to say “spoilers” when I discuss the elimination the morning after? Won’t everyone who cares already know at this point. In any case:

After the disaster that was Beatles night, I was a little surprised to see…

Fox has announced the 15 competitors in the new season of “Hell’s Kitchen,” and one of them is listed as “Christina, 25, a culinary student from St. Louis.” Anybody know more about her?

The winner this season, which begins April 1, gets…

Seriously, this should be illegal. I couldn’t listen to a single performance all the way through — almost made it through “Let It Be,” but no — and hated even the ones the judges liked. I’m not a Beatles purist: I…

The wait is over for St. Charles County. The CW has set an April 30 debut date for “Farmer Wants a Wife,” the dating show in which 10 city gals compete for the hand of Mr. Green Jeans. The show…

A true fan would already have watched the finale. But it was only 12 hours ago, so I’ll give laggards a bit of a spoiler break. Stop reading now if you don’t want to know, however.

So, I was wrong twice…

Forget “Bad Day.” The new “American Idol” exit song, as of tonight, is “Hollywood’s Not America,” by a singer called Ferras (feh-RAS), who also performed Tuesday morning on the “Today” show. I’m hearing Ferras grew up in Southern Illinois, although I…

Allison Grodner, who produced “Big Brother,” has a definite evil side, and I can just hear her chortling over the latest twist they’ve come up with. The new season, arriving Tuesday, is subtitled “Til Death Do You Part,” and it…

In addition to “Fans vs. Favorites,” which premieres Feb. 7, CBS has ordered two more editions of “Survivor.” Casting on the first of those — “Survivor 17″!!! — is open at CBS.com. For some reason, “Survivor” wears unusually well, which…