The 12th cycle for "America's Next Top Model" (The CW, 8 p.m.) begins in Las Vegas at Cesar's Palace. Host, head judge and co-creator Tyra Banks tries to bring in unusual women into the mix. This time they include a street preacher, a young woman with huge eyes and a woman scarred by accidental scalding who refuses to hide the marks. In many ways, the women seem the same: pretty, leggy and tall (it's the next cycle where all the candidates will be 5-foot-7 inches and shorter). The 34 hop

Just because the economy has gone to the dogs doesn't mean we can't turn to the catwalk for some distraction. The twelfth season of "America's Next Top Model" (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) opens in Las Vegas. After a photo shoot in the gambling mecca, host Tyra...

I'm leaving Sunday for Las Vegas, where I'll spend next week covering the MLB winter meetings at the Bellagio hotel. As was the case during my first trip to the winter meetings back in 2006 my plan is to post any Twins-related information and non-baseball stories on AG.com, but the bulk of my writing will be found at Rotoworld and NBCSports.com. I'll be posting new entries on the Hot Stove Blog constantly throughout each day, so make sure to bookmark the page or sign up for the RSS feed. My age

12. Top Chef: Las Vegas. It's the season opener with seventeen new chefs competing in Las Vegas. 8:00 PM CT Bravo. 13. Gordon Ramsay's F Word. Chef Ramsay learns how to make dum sum, and comedian Jo Brand makes vegetable curry, ...

9 pm: Criminal Minds (CBS); America's Got Talent (NBC); America's Next Top Model (CW); Wipeout (ABC); Top Chef: Las Vegas (Bravo; 9-10:15 pm); Leverage (TNT); Ghost Hunters (Syfy); Gordon Ramsay's F Word (BBC America); ...