L ate last Saturday night, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey said their goodnights on SNL and threw it to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, who belted out a rousing version of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” Everyone on stage looked absolutely giddy, from Maya Rudolph dancing around in a fabulous cocktail dress to Kenan Thompson, singing the late Clarence Clemons’ old “better be good for goodness’ sake” part. By the time Little Steven Van Zandt waved surprise guest Paul McCartney over to his microphone, the whole performance started to feel like a benediction. It was like television itself was signing off for the year. This whole week was filled with shows switching out the lights and locking the doors: some just for the holidays, some for the season, and some for good. Many went out strong. Stodgy characters made big changes, and long-running series saw things happen that have never happened before. An atomic bomb went off, and a pop culture institution laughed its way into … [Read more...] about Top 5 TV: ‘Big Bang’ Gets Sexy, Steve Harvey Screws Up