The more things change, the more they stay the same … and that’s just fine with me if we’re talking about ‘The Vampire Diaries’ with its characters, surprises and reveals.

It’s about time! Top Chef: Texas has a huge barbecue event in the challenge we all thought had already happened several times this season.

Is there some significance to the fact that Stratton intimated to Gibbs that he knew about Gibbs’ big secret down in Mexico? Is that oldie about to come back again as well?

The “Biggest Loser” premieres with two new plot twists: eliminating contests BEFORE day one and splitting up the partners. Were you as ticked as I was with the new format change?

Despite its flaws — namely the ‘walk-in-on-Sarah’ storyline — ‘Parenthood’ kicked off 2012 in fine form.

Was this episode of ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’ a let down for you? I was under the impression fireworks were a given being it featured disgraced pastor Ted Haggard and eccentric Gary Busey. But that wasn’t the case at all.

The hottest new sitcom of 1980 premiered … oh, wait, it’s 2012 and the worst new sitcom of the year (yes, I have declared this the winner three days in) graced the airwaves courtesy of ABC.