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I didn't really miss "Medium" (9 p.m., KOB-Channel 4) until I saw it back on the schedule and realized there would be brand-new episodes of a solidly scripted show gracing my screen.

Thank you to whoever at NBC decided to make this a mid-season replacement. Karma will reward you.

The drama following psychic police helper and mom Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette) returns tonight with everyone all in a dither because her special abilities are now public.

Allison begins having disturbing dreams about a young boy snatched from a toy store while shopping with his dad. Because of all the publicity, she's unable to turn to hunky police detective Scanlon (David Cubitt) for his usual help.

Instead, Allison calls Ameritips, a company hired by the missing boy's family, and strikes an unusual deal with their investigator, Cynthia Keener (Anjelica Huston).

I foresee excellent ratings in its short-term future.

"Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" (7 p.m., KOAT-Channel 7) is a six-week reality series with "Dancing With the Stars" judges and choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.

I guess Len, the snarky British judge they sit with on that show, wasn't available during this search for America's most talented amateur performers - who can both dance and sing.

Big mistake as far as I'm concerned. Carrie's fine, and Bruno certainly has a vast well of weird expressions, but a meanie Brit is a necessary ingredient to most reality competition shows.

Leaving that out is like failing to put sugar in a chocolate chip cookie.

Unforgivable.

Without Len, Bruno and Carrie Ann create two rival teams and battle it out on the dance floor to fashion a performance group.

After the audition show, "Dance War" divides the top 12 contestants into two teams.

Bruno and Carrie Ann will mentor their teams through themed song-and-dance numbers ranging from Latin to pop and country.

Then, like millions of other talent-based competitions these days, the fate of the teams is in the hands of viewers.

Afterward, the captain of the lowest scoring team must choose one of their performers for elimination.

"Dancing With the Stars" second-season champion Drew Lachey hosts this sure-to-be-successful spinoff that I will boycott in favor of "Designing Women" reruns on cable.

Now that's compelling TV.