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Durham Mayor Bill Bell reviews "Brick City"

Tomorrow night (Sunday at 8), the Sundance Channel presents the second season of "Brick City," six one-hour episodes chronicling the challenges facing famed mayor, Cory Booker, his police director Garry McCarthy, and the citizens of Newark, New Jersey.

We loved the first part, but this time Happiness decided to get an expert opinion of the series. So we turned to Durham Mayor Bill Bell. Bell, we figured, could gage the authenticity of the show and testify to the difficulty of handling budget cuts, angry citizens and crime.

His overall opinion after screening two episodes?

Janeane Garofalo joins "Criminal Minds" spin-off

The CBS "Criminal Minds" spin-off is coming together nicely.

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker already has signed on to lead the show, and now actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo has joined the cast.

Garofalo and Beau Garrett will play two female agents working for Whitaker.

Also, the spin-off now has an official title -- "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior."

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