'Today Show' heads to Chicago Monday

Remotely interesting: NBC's "Today Show" comes to Chicago Monday morning to air from WMAQ Channel 5's studios at 401 N. Michigan Ave. Matt Lauer interviews Judge Joan Lefkow, and the Second City comedy troupe will be featured.

WTTW Channel 11's restaurant-review series "Check, Please!" returns for its seventh season, with Alpana Singh as host, at 8 p.m. today. … ABC's "Men in Trees" with Anne Heche returns for its second season at 9 p.m. today on WLS Channel 7. … Jon Bon Jovi plays host to NBC's "Saturday Night Live" at 10:30 on WMAQ Channel 5. Thank goodness the Foo Fighters are along as the musical guest. … Drew Carey makes his debut as the new host of "The Price is Right" at 10 a.m. Monday on WBBM Channel 2.

Lifetime gets the Halloween fright season rolling with the return of "Blood Ties" at 10 p.m. today. And don't forget the two-part, four-hour miniseries "The Gathering" at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Lifetime.

End of the dial: Arbitron's quarterly fall ratings book is scheduled to be released Monday.

Classic-rock WDRV 97.1-FM holds a charity motorcycle road rally to benefit Make-A-Wish starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Blue Chip Casino Hotel, 2 Easy St., Michigan City, Ind. Registration opens at 8 a.m.

Waste Watcher's choice

"Young Frankenstein" is one of Mel Brooks' best and most enduring movie parodies, mainly because the horror genre is so ripe to be lampooned with its natural camp and black-and-white style. Gene Wilder stars as the title character, but Teri Garr, Madeleine Kahn, Marty Feldman and Peter Boyle (a moment of silence, please) all do fine work as well. It's at 9 p.m. today on AMC.