Article: Founding Fathers swept into the limelight.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Our knowledge of three Founding Fathers - Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr - gets, ahem, "fleshed out" in a couple of this week's "sweeps" programs.

Lust in his heart

Those who like their history lessons to maintain the tone of a Harlequin Romance will swoon over "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal" (Two out of four stars, 8 p.m. today and Wednesday, WCCO-Ch. 4), a not-so-in-depth look at the relationship between Thomas Jefferson (Sam Neill) and Hemings (Carmen Ejogo), his reputed slave mistress.

This production isn't about Jefferson as writer, president or architect. Its sole interest is Jefferson the playboy. He's not a ...

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