Even politicians love Patti LaBellea s famous pies

Patti LaBelle is running late. But no one here seems to mind. The crowd of staffers, members, Walmart execs and the lucky legislative aide who happened to get "the email," are too busy rubbernecking the passed trays carrying slices of sweet potato pie to notice that the woman of the hour is missing.

Come Watch the West Wing Debate Episode With Us

This week's presidential debate! It was a something, right? Since presidential debate season is upon us , this time around we're taking a slight detour from films: For our next Political Theater segment, we'll watch a " Game On ," the debate episode of The West Wing . "Game On" finds President Bartlet running against the George W. Bush-esque Governor Ritchie, and the episode contains, for my money, everything I love to hate-and hate to love-about The West Wing : blithe partisanship, broad-brush treatments of complicated public policies, optimistic institution porn, characters delightfully pranking each other.

South Park Mocks Trump and Clinton by Depicting Them Self-Sabotaging Their Campaigns

South Park released a new episode, and it's clear they they intend to keep the season chockfull of political satire for the 2016 election. The show recently took a look at the election's progression, during which, Donald Trump stand-in Mr. Garrison realizes that someone as inexperienced and politically inept like him shouldn't be president, and he must make sure Hillary Clinton wins instead.

a Versaillesa screening steams up the French Embassy

From left, actor George Blagden, co-creator/executive producer Simon Mirren, actress Noemie Schmidt, actor Alexander Vlahos and co-creator/executive producer David Wolstencroft attend the premiere of Ovation TV's "Versailles" Tuesday at the French Embassy in Washington. Replace the living room with an auditorium at the French Embassy and your parents with a crowd of well-heeled Washington folk fresh from work on Capitol Hill and Embassy Row.

Take heart, Mr. Trump: Lots of debaters have rebounded

If there is any silver lining for Donald Trump, it's that the road to the White House is often lined with abysmal performances in the first presidential debate. Ronald Reagan had to fend off concerns about dementia in 1984 after stumbling through his first battle with Walter Mondale.

Sinclair Showcases Responsible Drone Reporting On Capitol Hill

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. today joined leaders in the unmanned aerial vehicle, or "drone," industry at a Capitol Hill science and technology fair aimed to educate Members of Congress and their staffs on the uses of this innovative advancement in aeronautics. The fair capped off a day of meetings with lawmakers, including members of the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus, organized by AUVSI, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Viewers turn to Twitter, late-night shows for lighter side of presidential debate

Top responses to the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Monday weren't of the late-night TV variety. Sure, live broadcasts from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" at 11 p.m., followed by CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" and finally, NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers" scored some laughs.

NBC looks to Lester Holt for debate win after 2016 mishaps

There is a great deal at stake at the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One of those things - not nearly so significant as who will be the most powerful person in the world, certainly, but unquestionably there - is the reputation of a news network.

Around the remote: Chuck Barney’s picks for Sept. 25-Oct. 1

DON'T MISS: The presidential debate - They've been throwing long-distance verbal jabs at one another for months. On Monday the candidates - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump - finally come face to face on the same stage at New York's Hofstra University in the first of three scheduled debates.

HCTV Program Schedule for Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2016

Two interviews with U. S. World War II veterans, from the series taped by HCTV at Laurel Lake Retirement Community, will be shown on HCTV this week: Joseph Zapytowski of the U. S. Army and Edmund Lutz of the U. S. Marine Corps. Hudson Rotary Club presents Katie Schilling, director of Student Development at Kent State University, and exchange student Jasiek Dolkowski, who tells a bit about his home community in Poland.

Donald Trump Invites Gennifer Flowers to Attend Monday’s Debate

Gennifer Flowers blows a kiss to talk show host Larry King during her live interview on CNN's Larry King Live show in Hollywood, CA. According to reports leaked to the press, US President Bill Clinton admitted during a deposition in the Paula Jones investigation to having an affair with Flowers while he was governor of Arkansas.

Donald Trump unleashes on ‘dopey’ Mark Cuban, threatens to…

Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to put Gennifer Flowers, a woman Bill Clinton said he had an affair with, in the front row of Monday's debate as a direct result of Hillary Clinton's campaign giving Mark Cuban a front-row seat at the titanic event. "If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him," he wrote on Twitter .

Clinton, Trump look to overcome weaknesses on debate stage

A technician examines the lighting grid as preparations continue for Monday's first debate presidential between Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. less A technician examines the lighting grid as preparations continue for Monday's first debate presidential between Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, Saturday, Sept.

TV Gord’s What’s on for the Week of September 25-October 1, 2016

A couple of new shows , many more returning shows, and a couple of notable events . Happy viewing! Charles Osgood, who has hosted this easy-going, casual news and human interest series for 22 years, is leaving the show at the age of 83. His final broadcast is a tribute to his long and varied career by the show's correspondents.

TV this week: Clinton, Trump square off in first debate

DON'T MISS: The Presidential Debate - They've been throwing long-distance verbal jabs at one another for months. On Monday the candidates - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump - finally come face-to-face on the same stage at New York's Hofstra University in the first of three scheduled debates.

Trump’s Director of African-American Outreach Says Detractors…

Omarosa Manigault, the director of African-American outreach for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, told PBS' "Frontline" that critics of the Manhattan billionaire will have to "bow down" to him when he is president. In a clip from "The Choice 2016," an upcoming "Frontline" special, Manigault, a former contestant on Trump's NBC show "The Apprentice," discussed attending the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner with Trump and watching President Barack Obama poke fun at the real-estate magnate over his charge that the president was not born in the United States.

Trump calls for racial unity, embraces a stop and friska

PITTSBURGH >> Lamenting a “lack of spirit” between whites and blacks, Donald Trump encouraged racial unity on Thursday even as he called for one of the nation's largest cities to adopt “stop and frisk” policing tactics that have been widely condemned as racial profiling by minority leaders. The Republican presidential contender, eager to blunt criticism that his campaign inspires racism, confronted racial tensions after police-involved shootings of black men in Oklahoma and North Carolina.