Local terrorism victim on 'The Wanted' tonight

Roger Carstens, from left, Adam Ciralsky and Scott Tyler track terrorists on NBC's ‘The Wanted'.

Ellen Bomer, a Wimberley resident who was blinded in a 1998 embassy bombing in Nairobi, was inteviewed for tonight's 8 p.m. CT episode of NBC's 'The Wanted.'

The show has taken a beating from critics for applying cinematic drama and over-the-top, 'Bourne Identity' posturing and visuals to what are basically clerical maneuvers in extradition cases of known terror suspects. (Slate Magazine wrote that the show was 'coming to air just in time for Walter Cronkite to roll over in his grave.')

The show's first outing last week scored such low ratings, according to televisionbythenumbers.com, that NBC moved the show up an hour and filled the 9pm slot with 'Dateline' to avoid damaging the ratings for 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien.' Ouch.

It's difficult to argue against the idea of raising public awareness about convicted terrorists walking free — just ask Bomer. But maybe an overblown mess like 'The Wanted' isn't the best way to do it.