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Today's giveaway tries to have a pleasant bedside manner

Our penultimate giveaway is a late offering from NBC.

"Mercy" ran for one season (so you'll get he complete series), back when shows about nurses were all the rage. (Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" and TNT's "Hawthorne" survived that grand time.)

This show was about nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan (Taylor Schilling), who returned to her hospital job after a tour in Iraq, so she was kind of damaged.

You'll get a five-disc set with 22 episodes, including a guest appearance by James Van Der Beek. Bonus features include interviews with the cast, a never-before-seen director's cut of the final episode and a gag reel.

Send an email by 7 tonight (12/23) with your address in the body and we'll show no mercy in our effort to get it to you. If you win the random drawing, that is.

Canceled: "Trauma" and "Mercy"

With the blood of "Law & Order" still on their hands, NBC execs also canceled medical shows "Trauma" and "Mercy" today.

Frankly, I don't think the mediocre "Mercy" should exist in a world without "Law & Order," so I'm good with that one. But the "Trauma" cancellation hurts. I liked that show a lot, and not just because of my undying love for Rabbit (left). NBC actually canceled this show last year and then un-canceled it for a short season. Ratings weren't great, so I am not at all surprised it didn't last long after this second mini-run. The best I can hope for now is that Cliff Curtis (aka Rabbit) gets his own show, preferably on another network.

If you like numbers: "Mercy" was getting about 1.4 million viewers, "Trauma" a little over 2 million, and "Law & Order" averaged around 7.3 million this season. 

What to Watch on Wednesday: Johnny Depp narrates Doors documentary

America's Next Top Model (8pm, CW) - In the season finale, four contestants are whittled to two, who then shoot a cosmetics commercial and walk the runway in an Anna Sui fashion show.

New Adventures of Old Christine (8pm, CBS) - The season finale has Christine at a surprise engagement party getting to know Max's friends, but she soon starts to feel intellectually inferior to them. Eric McCormack stars.

The Doors: When You're Strange (9pm, UNC-TV) - Johnny Depp narrates a new documentary about the rock group, the Doors, which includes lots of previously unseen footage of Jim Morrison and his bandmates.

Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - The families finally make it to Hawaii. Jay wants peace and relaxation but that is not in the game plan. Also, Mitchell and Cameron have very different views on sightseeing.

Mercy (9pm, NBC) - In the season 1 finale, Veronica helps some kids trapped in an empty building, and Aida Turturo guest stars as a psychic patient who makes a prediction about Sonia.

What to Watch on Wednesday: A turtle murder on "Modern Family"

Mercy (8pm, NBC) - Veronica copes with her post traumatic stress disorder by working extra shifts and getting it on with Sands. Also, Chloe tags along on a VIP house call with Dr. Briggs (James Van Der Beek). 

Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - No good can come of this: via Facebook, Phil invites an old girlfriend (Judy Greer) to stop by the house for a visit, and Jay (left, with Manny) invents an alibi after he accidentally kills Manny's pet turtle. 

American Idol (9pm, Fox) - The boys sing and it's only one hour long. 

Criminal Minds (9pm, CBS) - The team profiles a truck driver who abducts women. Gabrielle Carteris guest stars.

What to Watch on Wednesday: "Being Erica" returns for second season

Mercy (8pm, NBC) - A man awakens from a 10-year coma and decides to confront his true love, while Sonia treats a family with money. Kelly Bishop, right, from "Gilmore Girls" guest stars.

Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - Jay dismisses Mitchell's suggestion that one of his oldest friends, played by Chazz Palminteri, might be gay.

Human Target (9pm, Fox) - This Mark Valley action show settles into its regular time slot tonight, as Chance takes a job protecting a passenger on an airplane, but ends up protecting everyone on board.

Being Erica (10pm, SoapNet) - It's the season 2 premiere of this popular Canadian import about a woman (Erin Karpluk) whose shrink sends her back in time to relive her regrets. In this episode, Erica explores the troubled past of Dr. Tom after Dr. Naadiah takes over her therapy sessions. You can watch season 1 right now on Hulu, and you can watch the current season's eps there the day after they air on SoapNet.

Also: The "Life Unexpected" pilot repeats on The CW at 8pm (if you missed it Monday, watch it!) and Blair Underwood returns as Christine's ex on "The New Adventures of Old Christine," CBS at 8pm.

What to Watch on Wednesday: Lots of new shows tonight

New Adventures of Old Christine (8pm, CBS) - Last season ended with Richard getting gilted by new Christine, and Barb (Wanda Sykes) getting apprehended at his wedding by a sexy INS agent. Wait, Richard is single and Barb needs an American husband. Hmmmm.... (Can't recommend it, but "Gary Unmarried" follows at 8:30).

Mercy (8pm, NBC) - It's another nurse show, and despite having their own version of McDreamy (James Tupper from "Men in Trees"), reviews are pretty sketchy. The main drama involves a former Iraq war vet nurse (Taylor Schilling, left with Tupper) and her coworkers in a New Jersey hospital. 

Law & Order: SVU (9pm, NBC) -  Producers promise that this season will be more intense than ever, which is a fairly scary thought. Tonight's episode features Christine Lahti as an Executive ADA assisting in a serial rape case.

Criminal Minds (9pm, CBS) - This premiere picks up where last season ended: Hotch (Thomas Gibson) being shot by the Reaper (C. Thomas Howell). 

Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - In a(nother) mockumentary style sitcom, Ed O'Neill plays the patriarch of the Pritchett family. He's divorced from Shelly Long, but remarried to a woman half his age, and his gay son has just adopted a Vietnamese baby with his partner. Hilarity ensues.

Cougar Town (9:30, ABC) - A new comedy that appears to be better than its awful title would indicate. Courtney Cox plays a 40-something struggling with the usual issues of aging: re-entering the dating game, raising a teenage son, arm flab, etc. 

Eastwick (10pm, ABC) - A new show based on John Updike's novel and the 1987 movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Three New England women (Rebecca Romijn, Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price) discover their witchy powers while keeping a close eye on possible love interest/possible bad guy (Paul Gross).

CSI: NY (10pm, CBS) - Tonight's premiere will answer the question of who got shot at the end of last season's finale episode. Are Mac (Gary Sinise) and Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) both okay? 

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