He fought in WWII, lost his life at the hands of a serial killer and even traveled back to the '70s to dance at Studio 54, but even after all he has done on the big screen, Ryan Phillippe is going to try his hand at primetime television...

Phillippe has signed on to star in an untitled crime drama (formally titled Golden Boy) for CBS about a cop who quickly climbs the ranks from officer to detective to police commissioner. Kevin Alejandro (True Blood) and Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies) have also signed on to co-star in the pilot. Greg Berlanti (Brothers & Sisters/Everwood) and Nicholas Wootton (NYPD Blue) will produce the drama.

Phillippe got his start on television back on One Life to Life back in the '90s as Billy Douglas, the very first gay teen on television. From there, he landed several successful film roles, including I Know What You Did Last Summer and Cruel Intentions, where he met his future wife, Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon. He is due to appear in the final season of Damages this summer, which will be his first return to television in starring role in many years.

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It looks like Mondays are about to get less entertaining -- House will no longer be around to torture his co-workers and patients when this season comes to an end.

Usually, the networks make the decision to end a series, but every once in a while the producers will make the choice to end a series that has had a long and successful run. In the case of House, it was the producers (including series star Hugh Laurie) to end the series at the conclusion of this season.

"While it's with much regret, and a lump in our throats, we respect the decision Hugh, David and Katie have made. A true original, on the page and amazingly brought to life by Hugh Laurie, there is only one Dr. House.  For eight seasons, the entire House team has given us - and fans around the world - some of the most compelling characters and affecting stories ever seen on television.  For all the above, we wholeheartedly thank them, and the fans who have supported the show." - Kevin Reilly, President of Fox Entertainment

Between Fox almost losing House to another network last year, the exit of Lisa Edelstein and the sinking ratings over the last couple of years, this announcement doesn't come as much of  surprise, but it sure will be strange to think of a television world without Dr. Crabby Pants.

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What do Eric and Annie Camden (7th Heaven), Jim and Cindy Walsh (BH 90210) and Clark Kent and Lois Lane (Smallville) have in common? They are famous television couples (from a drama series) who managed to stay together despite all of the roadblocks thrown at them over the years.

On a television drama, the chances of a couple staying together aren't very good because apparently, the writers believe a happy couple makes for a dull storyline, so they toss in as much conflict as possible. In many cases, a couple will get together after months (or even years) of endless flirting, only to fall victim to some tragic turn of events that will split them apart for years.

On Grey's Anatomy, it seemed as though Derek and Meredith would never get back together, but during the writers' strike in 2007/08, series creator Shonda Rhimes had an epiphany and realized that not only did she need to get these two back together, but that it was high time that a couple stay together no matter what and vowed to never split them apart again. She was determined to prove that there is no such thing as a perfect couple -- relationships take work and she wanted to make sure viewers would see the best and worst of a healthy relationship.

Life may not always be a fairytale, but there are several great couples on television who are striving to live happily ever after....

• Television's Most Romantic Couples

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Looks like Tom Cruise was the only actor destined to play Mitch McDeere...The Firm has lost their spot in the primetime lineup.

Effective immediately, The Firm has been yanked from their Thursday night spot and banished to the dreaded Saturday night slot where television shows go to die a quick death. The series never clicked with viewers from the very start and continued to steadily go downhill (less than 3 million viewers!) in the four weeks following its two-hour premiere. Starting this Thursday, reruns of Grimm will take up residency until NBC's promising new drama Awake arrives on March 1.

Awake stars Jason Issacs as a cop who awakes from a coma following a car accident and finds himself living in two alternate realities - one in which his son died in the crash and his wife survived and the other where his wife died and son survived. Once he returns to the force, he uses information he gets from each alternate reality to solve crimes.

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