TV to watch tonight

Trauma - on NBC - debuts tonight at 9pm. Saw the pilot episode a little while ago and WOW is it intense. Cliff Curtis and Derek Luke (among others) star in the show that is a more action-packed version of the 1970s show Emergency!. There are giant action sequences in the pilot that had to have cost a pretty penny. Love the pilot but not sure if the cost of it is prohibitive in it getting viewers and making money. Good though. Curtis plays a maverick helicopter pilot who ....well, you'll see if you watch it. (I love that Curtis plays an American in this and he's actually Maori from New Zealand.) Curtis started his career in Once Were Warriors and has been in Training Day (as a Mexican gang member) and Live Free or Die Hard with Bruce Willis.

Also tonight on CBS, How I Met Your Mother Episode 2 this season. I liked the premiere last week, but it wasn't a very strong start. I imagine it'll get better.

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