A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

WE'VE FINALLY CONQUERED PRIVACY: By now, you know exactly what you're going to get out of Better Off Ted: absurdist comedy, cleverly efficient plotting, more laughs in a half-hour (or two) than are available in the entire rest of the summer prime-time network schedule combined, and a lecture from me about how you should be watching it. Because in the world of network television something this beautiful must be killed, I'll let our friend Fienberg tell you about how how he and Sepinwall pointed out to Ted creator Victor Fresco that ABC passed on a prime opportunity to use current headlines to promote the show. Also, Sepinwall is on the case about why we can't see all the Veridian Dynamics commercials. I get why ABC can't carry programs that people don't watch, but would it kill them to do a couple of obvious and nearly free things to get a few more eyeballs? And not the spilled-on-the-floor kind?