While Eileen Davidson (“Days of our Lives,” “The Young and the Restless”) won’t be appearing on the reality series until its third episode, Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” managed to snag its highest-rated season premiere in over three years, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings data, with 2 million total viewers tuning in, up 25 percent from the prior season premiere (11/4/13), on Tuesday, November 18. The renewed success of “Beverly Hills Housewives” follows the recent performance of “The Real Houseweives of Atlanta,” which premiered its seventh season on Sunday, November 9 and became the network’s highest-rated season premiere in Bravo history with over 4.5 million total viewers (based on L+3 ratings data) and 2.7 million Adults 18-49 (based on L+3 ratings data), up 26 percent and 27 percent respectively from the season six premiere.

On Sunday, November 23, OWN’s “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” will feature former “Family Ties” star Meredith Baxter, who is currently appearing as Maureen on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless.” The episode picks up from Baxter’s 2011 appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” where Baxter opened up about coming out as a lesbian. In “Where Are They Now?” the actress talks candidly about life with her wife of two years and the influence of her 1980’s sitcom.

Lifetime announced last week that it wasn’t moving forward with a third season of “Witches of East End,” reports Deadline. The series followed a new generation of witches based on the book of the same name. Featuring former “Days of our Lives” and “Revenge” actor, Eric Winter, “Witches” ended its second season in early October.

If seeing “The Young and the Restless’” Max Ehrich (Fenmore Baldwin) appear on both his CBS Daytime home and in his recurring role as “Under the Dome’s” Hunter isn’t enough for you, then you’re in luck: The actor will soon be showing up on Nickelodeon’s new comedic series, “100 Things To Do Before High School!”

Yesterday, we reported that “General Hospital” star Parry Shen (Brad Cooper) will be guest-starring on an upcoming episode of “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and today, Soap Opera Network is bringing you the first look of the actor in his primetime role!

The CW announced today that the fourth season of “Hart of Dixie” will launch on Friday, January 9 at 9:00 PM, ET, with 10 all-new episodes. The series, starring Rachel Bilson (“The O.C.”) and Wilson Bethel (“The Young and the Restless”), follows a big city girl who moves to quirky BlueBell, Alabama and finds herself more at home there than anywhere she’s been before.

As previously reported, the seventh season of CBS’ “The Mentalist” will be its last. The network confirmed the news today when it announced the series will return to the primetime schedule on Sunday, November 30 at 9:30 PM, ET/9:00 PM, PT*, before moving to its regular Wednesday 8:00 PM time slot on January 7. “Mentalist” will bridge the gap between new episodes of “The Good Wife” during its Sunday run and take over for “Survivor” on Wednesdays before it concludes with a special two-hour series finale airing on Wednesday, February 18. In addition to “The Mentalist,” “Undercover Boss” returns to the lineup with three special Sunday broadcasts on December 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), and December 21 and 28 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/8:00-9:00 PM, PT*). On January 2, it will move to its regular Friday (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) time period.

Congratulations are in order for “General Hospital’s” Kimberly McCullough (ex-Robin Scorpio): The actress just landed a directing job!

Get ready to see “General Hospital’s” Parry Shen (Brad Cooper) in a whole new light: The actor is headed to CBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles!”

Hot on the heels of the news that FOX ordered an extra six episodes of its much-buzzed about series, “Gotham,” comes news that the drama series has reversed its recent ratings trend: After weeks of declining numbers, “Gotham” is finally on the rise!