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• At 7:30, FOX has Game 5 of The World Series.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8, then episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has new episodes of Heroes, Trauma, and The Jay Leno Show.
• The CW has a new One Tree Hill at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then the season finale of Greek.
• There's a new Good Eats on Food Network at 8.
• ESPN has a new Monday Night Football at 8, the Falcons vs. the Saints.
• At 9, PBS has a new American Experience.
• USA has new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
• At 9:30, Lifetime has three new episodes of Rita Rocks.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• TLC has two new episodes of Cake Boss at 10.
• Bravo has a new Million Dollar Listing at 10.
• Also at 10: E! has a new episode of The Soup Presents.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

NBC canceled Southland and they canceled Trauma. But they're interested in a crime-solving magician.

The network has given the greenlight to a pilot for a new drama that will feature a magician who solves crimes. It will be produced and directed by Jon Amiel and written by NCIS' Dan Fesman. No title yet, but I bet NBC will lean towards something like The Magician (hey, it's sorta like The Mentalist!) instead of something lame like Hocus Pocus or Now You See It or something other magic cliche.

Of course, NBC already had a show called The Magician that was about... a crime-solving magician! I loved this show. It starred Bill Bixby, pre-Hulk. It's the show Mulder was watching when Samantha was kidnapped.

You really can't leave your computer or your TV screen anymore or you'll miss the latest news/cancellation from NBC. The latest? Trauma, the new, heavily-hyped medical drama that had that big splashy pilot with the helicopter and car crashes.

Does this news really surprise anyone though?

• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
• NBC has a new Heroes at 8, then new episodes of Trauma and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by a new Lie To Me.
• The CW has new episodes of One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8, followed by a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 and two new episodes of Cake Boss.
• There's a new Good Eats on Food Network at 8.
• Also at 8: Nickelodeon has a new Glenn Martin, DDS.
• At 8:30, ESPN has Monday Night Football, the Redskins vs. the Eagles.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 8.
• At 9:30, Lifetime has a new Rita Rocks.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• Bravo has a new Million Dollar Listing at 10.
• Fine Living has a new Three Sheets at 10.
• At 10:30, Lifetime has another new Rita Rocks.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

The "Ask TV Squad" column, published every Wednesday, answers your questions about current and past TV shows, as well as about the celebrities appearing on TV. Every week, I will pick a question (or more) sent to us and provide answers in the column. If your question is not picked for a column, it may be answered in a subsequent column or in TV Squad's APB Podcast. To submit questions to the "Ask TV Squad" column, you can post them below in comments or email them at asktvsquad@gmail.com.

This week, I answer questions about Battlestar Galactica, 30 Days, Trauma and how to find titles of songs that played in episodes.

• TBS has Baseball Playoffs all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8, then new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has new episodes of Heroes, Trauma, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new House at 8, then a new Lie To Me.
• The CW has a new One Tree Hill at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• Nickelodeon has a new Penguins of Madagascar at 8, followed by a new Glenn Martin, DDS.
• Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
• Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Othersiders at 9.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
• MTV has the series premiere of DJ AM's reality show Gone Too Far at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• TBS has a Family Guy marathon all night.
• At 7, Lifetime has the series premiere of Sherri, then the season premiere of Rita Rocks.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother, followed by new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has new episodes of Heroes, Trauma, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new House at 8, the a new Lie to Me.
• There's a new One Tree Hill on The CW at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• TCM has An American in Paris at 9.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• At 11, BET has the series premiere of The Mo'Nique Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

I watched the series premiere of Trauma the other night (which, quite frankly, I probably won't be watching, because I've already got enough trauma in my own life without watching other peoples' trauma on TV), but one of the things I thought while watching the show was, "Who hired these people anyway?"

I'm not talking about the actors. I'm talking about the fictional trauma team on the show. Much of the trauma they dealt with was trauma that they themselves caused, including the mid-air helicopter crash at the beginning and the scene later where one of the team drives recklessly through the streets and takes a guy's finger off in the process. I don't know about you, but if this team was in my town, I'd be looking for a recall or some firings or something!

What's next? A giant pile-up on the freeway because one of the team was texting while driving? Or perhaps one of them will crack under the pressure, strap on a bomb, and head for the nearest mall.

(S01E01) The first question I had after watching the new NBC medical drama Trauma was this: can the show keep this up every week?

You can tell a lot of money was spent on the pilot, because the first 20 minutes is like Irwin Allen: The Movie. Helicopters crash, cars explode, children are endangered. It's like those big episodes of ER where something massive happened, only this is going to be a regular thing with this show (if, as I said above, they can spend a lot of money on future episodes).

But what about the rest of the show? It's one thing to have big accidents and pyrotechnics (which are actually very impressive) but what about the cast, the writing, the stories?

• TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
• WE has a Golden Girls marathon all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8, then new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has a new Heroes at 8, followed by the series premiere of Trauma and a new Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new House at 8, then the season premiere of Lie To Me.
• The CW has new episodes of One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.
• PBS has a new episode of The National Parks: America's Best Idea at 8.
• There's a new Lincoln Heights on ABC Family at 8, then a new Greek.
• Also at 8: Nickelodeon has a new Glenn Martin, DDS.
• At 8:30, ESPN has a new Monday Night Football, the Panthers vs. the Cowboys.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9.
• At 10, A&E has a new Hoarders.
• TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Remember the show Emergency? I used to love that show. Along with Adam-12, it was just about the calls that the paramedics went on and we got very little info about the personal lives of the characters. I'm sure NBC's new medical drama Trauma (say that 10 times real fast: drama Trauma, drama Trauma, drama Trauma) will have lots about the personal lives of the characters, though I think I'm going to be be more interested in the action scenes, and this one below is a doozy.

Trauma premieres on Monday after Heroes (I wonder if that will work out).

The networks have had a quiet summer, quietly introducing scripted bomb after scripted bomb, so they're certainly ready to jump into the new fall season. And It looks to be an interesting one. ABC is scheduling a two-hour block of new comedies on Wednesdays as the sitcom tries to make a comeback.

Even more risky is NBC handing 10:00 to Jay Leno every night of the week. Everyone's waiting to see how that one plays out. FOX is banking on huge positive buzz for Glee to make it a hit, while ABC is hoping FlashForward can pick up where Lost is leaving off when it wraps its run this season.

To help you with it all, TV Squad has put together a handy calendar of all the premieres so you can schedule responsibly in this busy time of TV watching. Some nights have as many as twelve premieres scheduled, so you might need to invest in a few more DVRs to catch all your favorites; Monday's still look grim. Bookmark this page and you'll have it handy to help see you through.

Previewing NBC's fall offerings has been a long process. First I gave you Community and Trauma, then Parenthood. Now, I have NBC's second medical drama that's premiering this year: Mercy. While Trauma follows first responders in San Francisco, Mercy follows nurses in a hospital in New York.

While it's true that I've seen the pilot and should be able to give you some insight into what to expect when it premieres (Wednesday September 23, at 8 PM ), the fact is, every single thing you need to know about Mercy is summed up in its synopsis:

"Nurse Veronica Callahan (Taylor Schilling) has just returned to Mercy Hospital from a tour in Iraq and knows more about medicine than all of the residents combined. Together with fellow nurses Sonia Jimenez (Jaime Lee Kirchner) who turns the heads of everyone at Mercy hospital and Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg) a naïve newcomer who learns to deal with the difficulties of working in a challenging and sometimes unsettling profession, they navigate the daily traumas and social landmines of life and love both inside the hospital and out."

NBC seems to be sending out their screeners in dribs and drabs, so I'm making my way through their fall offerings very slowly. I've already given you previews of both Community and Trauma, and now we've got Parenthood, a new series based on a movie that was already turned into a series nearly twenty years ago. Who says Hollywood is out of ideas?

Parenthood is basically a less-melodramatic Brothers & Sisters. It follows the Braverman clan, a family in Fresno made up of four siblings: Adam (Peter Krause), Crosby (Dax Shepard), Sarah (Maura Tierney), and Julia (Erika Christensen), along with their children and parents, played by Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia. They all have their share of drama, but at the end of the day, they're all brought together in the most suburban of pursuits: Little League. Say it with me now: "awwww."

NBC isn't exactly engendering a lot of goodwill among people, with their cancellations of shows like Life and Medium, and My Name is Earl. The fact that they're replacing these shows with not one but two medical shows, isn't exactly a confidence booster. NBC hasn't sent screeners of all their pilots yet, hence the "Part 1" in the title. But I have gotten a taste of both their comedy and drama offerings with Community, a comedy starring The Soup's Joel McHale, and Trauma, one of the aforementioned medical dramas.

Going into this, I didn't have high hopes for Trauma, and while I wanted to like Community, I had a bad feeling that it wasn't going to be the vehicle that would change Joel McHale from cute host of a basic cable show to primetime star. Now, after seeing both of them, I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by one.