Primetime Preview: Better Off Ted Premieres

What should you set your TiVo for tonight? And what should you say Ti-NO to?

Our staff combs through this evening's television listings and helps readers set their viewing schedules:

• 8:00 p.m. Turk tries out a new procedure on Scrubs (ABC); Christine helps her friend through labor on The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS); see pretty girls on America's Next Top Model (CW); People watch Lie to Me (FOX)
• 8:30 p.m - Better Off Ted debuts! (ABC)
• 9:00 p.m. - Namaste, new initiatives on Lost (ABC); Criminal Minds (CBS);it may be fixed but you'll still watch American Idol (FOX)
• 10:00 p.m. - Watch Life on Mars (ABC) while you still can; or watch South Park (Comedy Central) like me

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