The week ahead on television

Most Manhattanites slog through traffic as if they were blindfolded. But Gerry McCambridge really is. Blindfolded. Putt-putting through Times Square on a gas-powered scooter.

Although he has a minor mishap, McCambridge emerges from this stunt in one piece, which means he is able to star in "The Mentalist," a varied display of his skill tapping into other peoples' minds.

Or, at least, seeming to.

"If you're fully committed to your thoughts, you can take a leap of faith," says McCambridge, the sort of explanation that might get anyone else committed.

The NBC special, airing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, introduces TV audiences to a personality who has long amused the A-list as an entertainer on the Hollywood party circuit.

Other feats: McCambridge visits a New York firehouse and predicts in which order six firefighters will slide down the pole.

Appearing in front of an audience, he recites details about one woman's long-ago first love.

Who knows how he does it, or if it's on the level? This hour of McCambridge's "hocus-knowcus" is a lot of fun.

Other shows to look out for:

"He just keeps tossing me a little crumb here and a little crumb there, and I keep thinking eventually I'm gonna get a whole piece of the cake." That's what Jodie says about Buck, the husband she loves. But Buck is cheating on her, and Jodie turns private eye to catch him in the act. "Caught in the Act" is a charming comedy-drama inspired by a real woman. It stars Lauren Holly as Nashville's own Sherlock Holmes. It airs on Lifetime at 7 p.m. Monday.

After seeing "Whole," you may conclude there's no conceivable malady someone doesn't have. This shocking documentary delves into abnormal psychology to investigate an impulse among otherwise normal people to amputate a healthy limb. The condition is vividly described in the film by psychiatrists, as well as by numerous men from around the world who have either willfully undergone amputations or who fantasize about losing a leg to fulfill their ideal body image. This serious, sympathetic film by Melody Gilbert airs on Sundance Channel at 8 p.m. Monday.

Carol Burnett is back with "The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump up the Lights," another tribute to her comedy-variety series, which ran from 1967 to 1978. The special reunites Burnett with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner, who introduce never-before-seen clips from the off-the-cuff opening of every "Burnett" show -- when Carol and the gang answered questions from the studio audience. It airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.