Backtrack: The Best and Worst of December Entertainment

The good reviews weren't really alive for The Sound of Music Live!, despite some heartfelt performances by Stephen Moyer, Carrie Underwood, and the rest of the cast. Underwood's acting took a lot of the heat, but whatever it was, I think we can just keep the original movie with Julie Andrews as one of our favorite things.

American Hustle has already been showered with award nominations, but in our eyes, it's already won a very important category: best coifs. There's Christian Bale's epic comb-over, Amy Adams's curls, Jennifer Lawrence's dancing updo, Bradley Cooper's tight perm — the acting is good, but those 'dos deserve a supporting award for their performance.

The buildup for Jimmy Fallon's episode of Saturday Night Live with Justin Timberlake as musical guest was pretty big, since the duo's past performances on the show had been so good. They didn't disappoint, reprising The Barry Gibb Talk Show, and delivering skits like "Wrappinville." Merry Christmas to us, indeed!

Once Upon a Time went out for its Winter hiatus in a spectacular fashion, and we couldn't be more stoked about the twist. In the midseason finale, everyone from Fairy Tale Land went back, while Emma and Henry were left to make a new life in the real world. Like Hook says, Emma has to remember, so we can't wait to see what happens when the show picks back up in March.

Who knew Martin Scorsese could deliver this many laughs? The director's Wolf of Wall Street is earning award nominations and praise for its star, Leonardo DiCaprio, and it's well deserved — his acting is great, but what you won't be able to forget are the scenes in which he's overindulging in drugs and raunchy sex and putting a candle where the sun does not, incidentally, shine.

This year's Golden Globe nominees had quite a few surprises in the TV categories. We're still scratching our head at the exclusion of heavy hitters like Mad Men and Homeland, but we're happy that there was so much room made for deserving nominees like Parenthood's Monica Potter.

Brody had had a target on his back since day one of Homeland, and he was finally hit (so to speak) in the season three finale. Brody was killed off in a graphic scene, leaving Carrie pregnant and distraught. Now we're left wondering where the show will go from here.

The charm of A&E's hit reality show Duck Dynasty hit a low note earlier this month when star Phil Robertson made some homophobic comments to GQ. He was suspended by the network, his supporters cited free speech, and things got hairier than a Robertson beard. The suspension has been lifted, but it remains to be seen whether this dynasty will remain one of TV's most popular.