"In the Balance" (10 p.m. and 11 p.m., PBS): A videotape claiming that a terrorist attack will

"In the Balance" (10 p.m. and 11 p.m., PBS): A videotape claiming that a terrorist attack will happen within days at a shopping mall is sent to a major news outlet. How does that organization respond? Who should get involved -- the FBI, the CIA? How much or little should the public know? These and other questions are explored in a two-part series from Fred Friendly Seminars examining the political, economic, health and safety issues posed by a terrorist threat. Moderated by Cynthia McFadden of ABC News, a diverse panel explores the kinds of choices that the press, public officials, health care workers, law enforcement authorities and citizens may all have to confront.
"Surface" (8 p.m., NBC): A sci-fi fish tale about strange sea life washing up all over the globe. Stars Lake Bell as a pretty oceanographer trying to figure out what these crazy creatures are.
"How I Met Your Mother" (8:30 p.m., CBS): A promising sitcom about pals and their gals living in New York, one of whom decides it's time he found Ms. Right and settled down. Judging from the title, he will -- but who she is remains to be seen. Stars Neil Patrick Harris as one of the pals.
"Kitchen Confidential" (8:30 p.m., Fox): Chef Jack Bourdain was a rising culinary star who crashed and burned. Now sobered up, he lands a comeback gig as chef at a ritzy Manhattan restaurant. Can he make it cook? This single-camera comedy was created by Darren Star ("Sex and the City").
"Just Legal" (9 p.m., WB): A teenage legal prodigy and a courtroom burnout (the latter played by Don Johnson of "Nash Bridges") join forces defending the unjustly wronged in this drama with comic overtones.
"Out of Practice" (9:30 p.m., CBS): A sitcom about an ill-assorted family of physicians who squabble and hug, it stars TV veterans Paula Marshall, Stockard Channing and Henry Winkler.
"Arrested Development" (8 p.m., Fox): Michael (Jason Bateman) finds his father in the most unexpected place -- Reno, Nev.