We are in the age of the “Gleek,” baby. FOX will release the first 13-episodes of the musical drama “Glee” on DVD by the end of the year, Variety reports. “Glee Season One: Road to Sections,” will be available December 29 with a director’s cut of the pilot and lots of special features.

Sebastian Roche will join FOX’s “Fringe” as a bad guy — a solider from another universe who’s part machine.

Lisa Kudrow will jump into a new project. She’s working with Dan Bucatinsky to develop a comedy for Showtimw based on the memior “Why the Long Face?: The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor,” by Craig Chester. The show, for now called “Rapture,” chronicles the actor’s upbringing as the gay son of a religious household.

Adult Swim approved a pilot for a live action comedy produced by Conan O’Brien’s company. The show, “Eagleheart,” is about a washed up action star who gets a TV show.

Sarah Shahi will top the pilot for “Facing Kate,” for USA Network. She was previously the female lead on NBC’s “Life,” Cynopsis reports.

Finally, “Dollhouse” is not being included in the November sweeps for FOX due to poor ratings for the now struggling show — the latest Joss Whedon show with a rabid fan base that never seems to watch the damn show when it’s on TV.

The NFL announced yesterday that, if the Phillies make the World Series, two November 1 football games will be moved to the NFL Network: the Giants/Eagles game and the hotly anticipated Vikings/Packers.

A&E green-lighted a pilot for a drama called “The Quickening” about a female Los Angeles police detective who’s bipolar.

Matthew Perry recently signed on to star in, co-write and executive produce a new untitled comedy about a guy that turns 40 and begins to question his small town life managing a sports arena.

Finally, Richard Harris and Alan Ruck (”Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) were added to ABC’s “Cougar Town,” Entertainment Weekly reported.

By the way, on this day in 1943, RCA sold off one of the two NBC radio networks. Edward J. Noble paid $8 million for the NBC Blue network. He renamed it the American Broadcasting Company — ABC.

CBS has the most premieres tonight with “The New Adventures of Old Christine” at 8, “Gary Unmarried” at 8:30, “Criminal Minds” at 9, and “CSI: New York” at 10. The drama continues on NBC with premieres of “Mercy” at 8 p.m. and “Law and Order: SVU” at 9.

ABC offers the series premiere of “Modern Family” tonight at 9 p.m., which is Ed O’Neil’s return to primetime. Blast will be running our interview with O’Neil later today, and we’ll continue to talk about our time on-set with ABC.

ABC also has premieres of “Cougar Town” at 9:30 and “Eastwick” at 10 tonight.

FX is starting a new comedy show about fantasy football. “The League” follows a bunch of guys in the suburbs and their shenanigans. That will start-up on October 29 at 10:30 p.m. following “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” FX has ordered six episodes of the new comedy show.

MTV continues the reality shows with “Disaster Date,” a hidden-camera show about people who set up their friends on a blind date with an actor who makes things disastrous for them. The fun times begin September 28 at 6 p.m.

Nielsen says that SyFy’s season finale of “Eureka” gained 2.3 total viewers last Friday at 9 p.m., which is impressive for the cable network.

Syfy’s season three finale of Eureka last Friday at 9p averaged 1.1 million A18-49, 1.2 million A25-54 and 2.3 million total viewers. HBO’s return of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Sunday night gained 1.1 million viewers on Sunday night. A new show followed, “Bored to Death,” to the tune of about 1 million viewers.

Finally for you Melrose Place fans, Heather Locklear will join The CW’s version of the show on November 17, reprising her role as Amanda Woodward.

“My first assignment for finals in drama class was Shakespeare and the teacher said I couldn’t do it because a Latino wouldn’t do it well. I remember practicing with a little tape recorder, and he ended up giving me an A. He said that I was good, but that I should go to Mexico to do soaps because as an actor I wouldn’t make it in the U.S.,” recalls Hector Luis Bustamante talking to Blast recently.

That teacher is probably biting his tongue now because Bustamante, like many other Latino actors, is making it in the U.S. His latest gig casts him as Pedro Vera in Lifetime Network’s Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story. He is also Luis Aramboles, opposite Michael Chiklis and Walton Goggins on FX’s hit series The Shield and, oh yeah, his 30-plus episodes as a heartthrob on NBC’s soap Passions.

“The teacher said to me that I had an accent, and I tried to get rid of it, but later I realized my accent is me and its not gonna change. He had his favorites in class and I speculate I wasn’t one,” Bustamante chuckled.

A native of Medellin, Colombia, Bustamante moved to America when he was 12. His family settled in New Jersey, and he became an East Coast boy. As he got used to life in the North, the actor also became interested in the television show I Love Lucy where, as he explained, it was the first time he saw a Hispanic man in an American show. “Something in me said ‘wow that’s what I want to do.’”

Like so many other boys, he first joined drama class in high school as an attempt to meet a pretty girl. As he got to rehearse and learn more about acting, Bustamante took things seriously, which included the teacher’s comments. Although he never said it out loud, the criticism made Bustamante think he would never be a good actor. When senior year came and went, he chose to study graphic design at Parsons School of Design in New York.

“I was rushed and I decided to do graphic design until I was ready to do an audition thinking to myself ‘oh my god what am I doing?’ and I told people,” he said. “They said ‘you’re crazy’ and I became a corporate investigator and did that for 10 years instead.”

Sudden twist? Yes and no. By the late 90s, Bustamante was doubtful he could be a good actor, but at the same time he yearned to act. Under everybody’s radar he lobbied for a move to the West Coast, while going home at night and watching T.V. thinking “man, one day,” he said.

“I ended up getting the job in San Francisco and it wasn’t until a couple of months later that I stumbled into an advertising for an audition. It was for a Latino actor and I said “wow they want an accent,” so I knew I could’ve done this since long ago,” said Bustamante.

With the flier, the then private investigator went home and researched what he had to do to get to Los Angeles and not fail in the business. Without caring about comments he set goals for himself. He enrolled in acting classes at Shelton’s Actors’ Studio and within a year, he started hitting up auditions.

While in the bay area, Bustamante got his first major television role, appearing on CBS’s The Agency, playing the head of the Colombian police. His television credits include roles on NYPD Blue, Monk, Without A Trace, 24 and Heroes.

“In the spring of 2003 I got a TV show and it was the same year I flew to NY to resign [as an investigator]. My boss was crazy over it and he even said ’sleep it off and come back tomorrow’. I slept it off and the next day I came in and had my resignation signed off,” he said.

His resignation came with an explanation to his direct supervisor too, who after hearing that Bustamante acted on his days off said, “Really? You’re on TV?”

“My boss was like me, interested in the industry,” he said. “When I was working I got a call from him saying he’d drive me to an audition, so along the way certain people have stood out to make things happen.”

But everything is not acting nowadays for the Colombian. Bustamante, who is very close to his family, moved his mom to Los Angeles when he relocated there. He is also a proud dad. His daughter’s only petition is that he plays a “good guy one time and a bad guy the next.” Aside from this, he has also made time to get involved with PADRES Contra El Cancer (Parents Against Cancer), Eva Longoria’s non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of life for Latino children with cancer. After attending last year’s fund raising gala and watching video greetings from children who are helped through the foundation Bustamante wanted to help more. He currently serves as an ambassador to the group, seeking donations and speaking about the children’s needs.

“Even though I feel like I made it, it has to be like I haven’t made it yet. My goal is to be a part of a big blockbuster or a cast that gives me a daily job and make me say, ‘yeah I made it.’ Many actors complain that there’s no jobs and I’ve just been blessed to have a job since I moved here so you have to make a decision and sacrifice it all to make it happen,” Bustamante confessed.

The new season of The Shield, premiering September 2, is rumored to be the best thus far. Bustamante only gushed that the show is “opening with a bang and finishing with a bang.” As far as Lifetime goes, the film, based on a true story, follows a mother whose daughter is believed to have died in a fire and is spotted six years later at a birthday party. Bustamante was “very interested in the story,” and from previews, it seems it will be an interesting tale.

The actor’s Passions episodes will begin airing in October. Of all the projects he has going on he admits that the daytime drama was a big challenge.

“Every actor has to do three scripts a day and you only have one take so it’s a lot of work! It made me a better actor and hats off to everyone who works on soaps everyday,” Bustamante said, saying that any job is a good job too. “As actors we have to be balanced and understanding and sometimes its just waiting, like going to the amusement park. Why stop in a line that takes two hours? Because there’s an amazing ride at the end and that’s exactly acting. You wait to get to the front of the line to get the ride of your life.”