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• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by the premiere of Wanna Bet? and a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, followed by new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• Versus has more coverage of the Tour de France at 8.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, featuring Laurence Fishburne.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9, followed by a new How'd That Get On My Plate?
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

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• At 8, ABC has a new reunion episode of The Bachelor, then two new episodes of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, followed by new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence with Bill Murray, followed by A Night at the Opera.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• Also at 9: TNT has the season premiere of The Closer, then the season premiere of Saving Grace.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• MTV has a new Legally Blonde at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has the season finale of The Bachelorette, followed by the reunion show.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, about Sydney Pollack. It's followed by Tootsie.
• Also at 8: Versus has more Tour de France coverage.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup Presents at 10.
• MTV has a new Legally Blonde at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

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At least that's the somewhat sarcastic conclusion I'm jumping to. As I started watching the east coast feed, an email bounced into the TV Squad inbox from reader 'Jay.' He noted that when he tried to record The Middleman on his PC, he was greeted with an error message. I had to wait three hours for the regular airing on the left coast, but I dusted off an old Media Center PC and got that very same error, as you see in the picture. I like to think that Wendy is showing her shock and outrage at the snafu in that shot. But wait, there's more ... after the jump.

• At 8, ABC has two new episodes of The Bachelorette, followed by a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators, then a new, two hour Nashville Star.
• USA has the U.S. Olympic Trials at 8, then a new Monday Night RAW.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9, about cereal.
• There's a new World Poker Tour on GSN at 9.
• VH-1 has A Concert For Nelson Mandela at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new episode of The Middleman.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
• Food Network has a new Drive-Ins, Diners, and Dives at 10.
• E! has a new The Soup Presents at 10.
• Also at 10: MTV has a new Legally Blonde.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Bachelorette, followed by a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then a new Nashville Star.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 8.
• ABC Family has a new episode of The Middleman at 8.
• There's a new Good Eats on Food Network at 8.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has the Harold Lloyd movie Movie Crazy.
• At 9, GSN has a new World Poker Tour.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• MTV has a new Legally Blonde at 10.
• VH-1 has a new I Love The Millennium at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.

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• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Bachelorette, then a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, followed by the two hour season premiere of Nashville Star.
• CBS has an episode of The Bill Engvall Show at 8.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, then new episodes of Heavyweights and Unwrapped.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8.
• Also at 8: History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• Hallmark has the movie Charlie & Me at 9.
• At 10, MTV has a new Legally Blonde.

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And the winner for The Jeopardy Award for 2008, given to the game show requiring the most skills, is ... American Gladiators!

Out of the five nominees, AG not only got the most votes from the TV Squad staff but also our readers (getting about 50 votes more than Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?).

The show may not require a lot of brain power, but it is so physically demanding that some competitors leave the arena seriously injured.

Each week, four competitors (two women and two men) test their physical and mental strength, endurance and confidence in a series of wacky and challenging events such as the Joust, the Wall, Hang Tough and The Eliminator.

• At 8, ABC has Vacation Swap, followed by a new episode of The Bachelorette.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then a new Dateline.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then a new Wildfire.
• Also at 8: TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon.
• At 8:30, ESPN has the NBA Playoffs.
• At 9, Larry King Live has all the finalists from American Idol.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• A&E has the premiere of The Andromeda Strain at 9.
• At 10, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• E! has the premiere of Denise Richards: It's Complicated, then the premiere of Living Lohan.
• Also at 10: MTV has two new episodes of The Paper.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new episode of Samantha Who? and the season finale of The Bachelor.
• CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has a new, two hour American Gladiators at 8, then a new Medium.
• FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
• There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8.
• TNT has another NBA Playoff game at 8.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour, also at 9.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, then a new episode of The Paper.
• HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Hear that sound -- a nearly inaudible rumbling coming over the horizon? Everyday it is getting louder and louder. Soon, the stampede that is the return of scripted series back from the depths of the WGA strike will overrun our televisions and computer screens, bringing overwhelming joy to our lives.

Okay, that statement may be a little flowery, but the sentiment is still there. After a very long dry period a good many of our favorite comedies and dramas are returning to the television landscape. We've had a taste of it these last few weeks with the return of shows like The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Dirt, The Riches and Smallville. That was just a preview of what is to come. Over the next few weeks we will see the return of The Office, Scrubs, Ugly Betty, all of the CSIs, Battlestar Galactica, and Lost, among others.

Gallery: 2007-08 Season: After-strike series returns