She takes down knife-wielding thugs in back alleys, runs faster than speeding cars, and when she makes love, well, we can't even start to talk about that in a family newspaper.

Meet the new Bionic Woman, aka Jaime Sommers (Michelle Ryan), arriving tonight on NBC, the network that just can't seem to have enough prime-time heroes. This is one reluctant sci-fi warrior, though, who looks like she could be a winner for the network that last year finished in the ratings basement.

On TV Private Practice airs at 9 tonight on WMAR-TV (Channel 2)