In House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays a duplicitous, self-serving networker who masterfully manipulates the political process for his own career gain. He is now playing this role in real life, as well.

The sweeping, over-the-top intro music to The West Wing was like a drug: get one taste of the rousing timpani and you knew that your fix of political intrigue wasn't far from reach. Though The West Wing is dead and gone, House of Cards has deftly taken its place as a favorite of government wannabes everywhere. This Sunday morning mashup of the two intro sequences, courtesy of Wayne Wolfe, should be enough to beckon a few presidential tears to spill forth onto your tie.

Don’t worry, it’s very PG-13. Otherwise, beware of spoilers ahead.

Did you watch all of the second season of Netflix’s House of Cards this weekend? Good. So did I. Let’s talk. Spoilers ahead.

Those Hollywood dream masters are narrowing the field of actresses in contention for the lead in their adaptation of the dystopian teen book series The Hunger Games, and we're not thrilled with their choices. Also today: some bigger name actresses land in TV pilots and Superman gets a mom.

Some goodbyes go on for a very long time. But the day does come when the train pulls out of the station. Live singing Shrek, memory-erased Eliza Dushku and Michael Jackson, it's time to take your seats.