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Weren't we just talking about Halloween? Well, now, Thanksgiving is here, and that, of course, means parades.

They're almost like an endangered species: The elusive male TV watcher. Sure, they can be found in large numbers watching sports or "South Park," but when you move beyond that, it's more difficult to get them to tune in.

Everything we know we learned from television:

-- Most wince-inducing holiday-themed headline ever: "Jon and Kate will reunite for Christmas."

For viewers uninterested in "UFO Hunters," "Gangland" and "Pawn Stars," TV watchers who long for the days when History was known as "the Hitler Channel," your time has come again.

Oh, so that's what it was all about.

Many were caught off-guard when "The Prisoner" aired in 1967. It was nonlinear television full of symbols and deeper meanings -- sort of like "Lost" for the hippie era. "The Prisoner" was a statement about the Cold War and international instability.

It takes a village to keep a community of souls together, goes the common thinking, and examples are everywhere. Pleasant places for industrious, law-abiding folks.

There are other villages in America as well that are not so pleasant -- the internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II, for instance.

In the world of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," this is the mother of all crossovers.

A three-part story will intertwine all three "CSI" shows -- the original "CSI" set in Las Vegas, "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: NY." The crossover begins with the "Miami" episode (airing 10 p.m. Monday, CBS).

A viewer's political allegiance will largely dictate whether he or she chooses to watch HBO's "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" (9 p.m. Tuesday). For virulent Obama opponents, the documentary represents just another opportunity to paint the media with an extra-large Obama-lovers brush. For supporters, it's a chance to re-live the president's rise to power.

During last week's season finale of "Real Time With Bill Maher," newsman Chris Matthews ribbed the host about the evening's lineup: five middle-aged white guys. It wouldn't have taken a "Dateline" investigation for Matthews to take the observation one step further.

It's 1994 all over again.

At least that's what TNA Wrestling is hoping after signing deals this week with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.