When Marshall visits his father’s grave to uphold an important tradition, things do not go exactly as planned.

This Christmas, we were gifted with two finales of British shows that had rocky seasons. And while the ‘Merlin’ finale was naughty, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t take a look at ‘Downton Abbey’ and figure out how to be nice.

FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ completed its first season last week, and fans will be happy to learn that it was already picked up for a second season some time ago. What you may not know, though, is that next season is going to look a lot different that the first. And I dig that. A lot.

The last release of the year includes ‘Archer,’ ‘The Borgias,’ ‘Shameless,’ ‘Jersey Shore,’ ’60 Minutes,’ ‘Todd Margaret,’ ‘Himawari,’ ‘Eden of the East,’ ‘Slayers,’ ‘D. Gray-man,’ ‘Heroic Age,’ ‘Dino Dan,’ ‘Peanuts,’ ‘Looney Tunes,’ and ‘Dora.’

My pony, Josh Krajcik, finished a respectable second on this first season of ‘The X Factor’ on Fox. I knew he probably would. Still, a girl can hope, can’t she?

The final three gave it their all (or at least what they could) in pursuit of winning the five million dollar prize on the finals of The X Factor tonight. So, who do you think won? Only the votes will tell us now. And goodness knows the results may not be what’s expected.

This week on Top Chef: Texas, social media and culinary teachers take center stage as the chefs are slowly disappearing.