`Spartacus,' premiering Sunday and Monday on USA Network.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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Byline: Mike Duffy

Hey, Dr. Kovac, put down your itsy-bitsy scalpel.

Now ditch those pale green "ER" scrubs.

It's time for a prime time Sparty Party. That's right, you're playing the courageous rebel gladiator in Spartacus," where the scalpels are a whole lot bigger and you get to operate on evil Romans.

Goran Visnjic, the tall, dark and handsome Croatian actor who plays the tall, dark and handsome Dr. Luka Kovac on "ER," is up to the swashbuckling challenge. He gets his miniseries mojo workin' in "Spartacus," a lavish two-parter with glossy production values ...

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