Sneak Peek of AJ Trauth on Bones! Caution: Spoiler Alert for Bones fans!!

Check out AJ's Trauth's amazing transformation on Fox's hit Bones! The episode, "Mayhem on a Cross", has the Bones Team investigating a murder involving a death metal band! AJ plays Pinworm, a rocker accused of using a dead body as a prop for his metal band.

After competing at IMTA in the late 1990s, AJ starred for three seasons on the Emmy-nominated Disney series Even Stevens and also starred in The Even Stevens Movie. He has guest starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 7th Heaven, Oliver Beane, House, Ghost Whisperer, Reba, Pepper Dennis (with fellow IMTA alumna Brooke Burns) and the crime drama Numb3rs. In addition to voicing the character of Josh on the animated Disney series Kim Possible, AJ has starred in the television movies You Wish, The Deerings, Mystery Woman: Game Time and Wild Hearts. He co-starred in the feature The Last Word alongside Ray Romano and Winona Rider.

Watch Bones on Fox on April 16th to see AJ in this exciting role!

2008 Top 10 US Shows in TV Ratings

For the nth time, American Idol remains the no. 1 tv program in America by topping the latest survey of Nielsen’s Year-End TV Ratings list.

According to Nielsen, Season 7 of American Idol is first among primetime programs that saw the biggest total gain in audience from households that watched live to households that watched within seven days. The performance show averaged a gain of 2.2 million households while the results show every Wednesday got 1.9 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 shows were: NBC’s Heroes and ABC’s Lost (an increase of 1.8 million); Fox’s Fringe (1.6 million); Fox’s House (1.5 million); CBS’ The Mentalist, CBS’ Survivor: Gabon, and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (1.4 million); and Fox’s Bones (1.3 million).

TOP 10 SHOWS of 2008

1. American Idol Performance Night (Fox)
2. American Idol Results Show (Fox)
3. Heroes (NBC)
4. Lost (ABC)
5. Fringe (Fox)
6. House (Fox)
7. The Mentalist (CBS)
8. Survivor Gabon (CBS)
9. Grey’s Anatomy (CBS)
10. Bones (Fox)

Nielsen also released a Top 10 list of the prime-time shows that saw the biggest percentage increase in household rating when comparing its live audience to the audience watching it within seven days. Here are the Top 10:

Top 10 Shows with Biggest Percentage Increase

1. Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi) - 53%
2. Burn Notice (USA) - 37%
3. Heroes (NBC) - 35%
3. 90210 (CW) - 35%
3. Sanctuary (Sci Fi) - 35%
4. Eureka (Sci Fi) - 34%
5. My Boys (TBS) - 32%
6. Psych (USA) - 29%
7. In Plain Sight (USA) - 28%
8. America’s Next Top Model (CW) - 27%
9. Fringe (Fox) - 27%
10. The Starter Wife (USA) - 27%