Grammy speculators

TALKING GRAMMY NOMINATION COUNTDOWN BLUES: We'll know all shortly, but the time has seemed to drag for those tasked, like us, with covering--and especially predicting--Grammy nominations. "It's a brutal year to be in the Grammy nominations handicapping game," reads a CBS News post, reflecting the consensus among the brigade of journalists, bloggers and pundits waiting for word from the Nashville concert/announcement fest. The prevailing spin: No Adele or other gigantic, dominating figure (and Taylor Swift's Red won't be eligible until next year), so all eyes on the likes of Frank Ocean, Mumford, The Lumineers, Carly Rae Jepsen, fun., Gotye, et al. MTV's prognosticators predict nods for Ocean, The Lumineers and the other likely suspects, but also see Lionel Richie's Tuskegee as a possible album spoiler. To the feed, everyone! (12/5p)