1. "Mad Men." Missed any of the episodes from the sizzling second season? They re-air in a row starting 4 p.m. CT Sunday on AMC.
2. "The Shield." Still as fearless and operatic and deftly hilarious as it ever was. The final act for Vic Mackey and the rest of L.A. baddest bunch of cops begins 9 p.m. CT Sept. 2 on FX.
3. Nightly political coverage. I guess the whole next-leader-of-the-free-world business was sufficient cause to pre-empt "CSI" reruns.
... AND WHAT'S NOT
1. "American Idol" adds fourth judge. Yes, that's just what "Idol" needed: more cacophony.
2. Olympic video delays. NBCOlympics.com took the silver in Web traffic, behind Yahoo, and it's NBC's own fault for refusing to stream live video of key events.
3. "Obama-Bayh 08." I don't blame KMBC's Mike Mahoney for reporting this bumper snicker of a story. I blame KMBC for rushing it to air without doing a smell test first.
