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Q: What happened to the TV show about a front-line hospital in Iraq that aired last season? Also, what about the show on USA about the FBI agent taking out the prisoner to help him solve cases?

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I've got some good news and some bad news. Or, to match the order of your question, bad and good.

"Combat Hospital," the Canadian-produced military medical drama (which was actually set in the other war zone of the time, Afghanistan) aired on ABC (and in Canada on Global, the network that produced it) from June to September of last year. Though Global has made no announcement either way, ABC announced in late October that it would not be picking up the show for a second season.

But you can take heart from the fact that USA Network is bringing back the other series you're worried about, "White Collar," premiering the second half of its third season this very week. The series follows convicted con artist Neal Caffrey, who convinces FBI agent Peter Burke to give him limited release from prison in exchange for help catching thieves, embezzlers, counterfeiters and other white-collar criminals like himself.

The series has proven to be a hit for the network, built on the same template as the network's flagship series, "Burn Notice" -- a glamorous team dealing with a weekly, often light-hearted case at the same time as an ongoing and much darker background plot.

The show aired its mid-season finale -- a little thing USA likes to do to drive its many dedicated viewers crazy -- on Aug. 9, with the remaining six episodes of Season 3 slated for air in January and February. However, last summer the network also renewed "White Collar" for a fourth season as well, presumably to premiere later this year.

 

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