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The premiere of America, The Story of Us, set record highs for the History channel last night. The first night was watched by 5.7 million total viewers and drew a 4.0 household rating.  Last night 8-11pm will go down as HISTORY’s best night ever across the board. AMERICA, THE STORY OF US – 9-11PM HH Rating:  4.0 Total Viewers:  5.7 …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: NEWS Congratulations to all the winners of the 45th annual Academy of Country Awards, including Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum. Looks like legendary actor Leonard Nimoy will be retiring from acting after his final appearance on Fringe later this season. TV SERIES NEWS Scott Porter will be back as …

In the post-Dollhouse, post-Terminator wasteland of Friday nights, a hero emerges: Merlin is airing on Syfy! Merlin – Syfy 10/9c “Lancelot and Guinevere” – Gwen is mistaken for Morgana and kidnapped by an outlaw. Arthur defies his father and heads out into enemy territory to fight for her freedom.

CBS remains stoically in reruns, aside from Survivor, so The Mentalist is a rerun. All the more time to enjoy fresh offerings from Fox and the CW! Bones – Fox 8/7c “The Predator in the Pool” – When human remains are discovered in the belly of a shark, Brennan and Booth are brought in to identify the missing person. Evidence …

Blair Brown is one of the most active working actresses appearing in more than 80 film and television roles since 1972. Her career started quietly enough with a brief appearance in the television series Dr. Simon Locke. Then, in 1973, she was cast in the film The Paper Chase which starred John Houseman and Lindsay Wagner. From that point forward, …

We don’t talk about Law & Order: SVU much here, but I do watch it periodically in large part because it features one of the strongest female roles on television in Detective Olivia Benson. Played by Mariska Hargitay for the past 11 years, Detective Benson has dealt with untold horrors and tragedies in her own life and in the lives …

OK, ABC, I get that May sweeps are just around the corner and you’re saving new episodes, but another week without new Modern Family or Cougar Town? Lame. The New Adventures of Old Christine – CBS 8/7c “I Love What You Do For Me” – Max offers to help Christine make a major life change after she realizes that her …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Elise Gatien – Elise is a newcomer to the industry, but caught attention of viewers in two recent episodes of Smallville. Previously, she has appeared in episodes of Eureka, Bionic Woman and The Guard and she appeared in …

The Good Wife remains on hiatus, but we do have aliens and Sue Sylvester voguing to entertain us! Glee – Fox 9/8c “The Power of Madonna” – Mr. Schuester is concerned that the girls in the glee club are being disrespected and bullied by the guys. Looking to Madonna and her musical message of equality as inspiration, he challenges the …

Hosted at the Screen Actors Guild as part of their Conversations Program, An Evening with Party Down was sponsored by Backstage and moderated by Janelle Riley of Backstage’s Film and Television on April 7, 2010. In attendance to celebrate the success of the show were co-creators and executive producers Dan Etheridge, John Enborn, and Rob Thomas (Paul Rudd was not …