Remember when private eyes lived by their wits? When detectives used weapons like logic, observation, psychology and deduction? Nowadays, investigators require some notable quirk, a disease (“Monk”) or psychic affliction (“Medium”) to get their work done.

This trend continues with the 2005 made-for-TV mystery movie “Mind Over Murder” (8 p.m., Lifetime). Tori Spelling stars as a Holly Winters. A hotshot prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, she’s certainly no slouch in the crime-fighting department. But after a head injury, she wakes up with something extra: the ability to “hear” other people’s thoughts. This gives her a real edge when trying to build cases against bad guys. But when she gets close to unraveling a dark conspiracy, she becomes the target of a politically connected hit man. Dean McDermott (“Missing”) co-stars.

Spelling returns to prime time on a more regular basis sometime in 2006. The pug-loving former “Beverly Hills 90210” star will have her own single-camera comedy series, “Notorious,” based loosely on her life. It will air on VH1.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ On back-to-back episodes of “Prison Break” (Fox), an unexpected visitor (7 p.m.), the plan gets a stamp of approval (8 p.m.).

¢ A military fitness freak trades spaces with a civilian slob on “Wife Swap” (7 p.m., ABC).

¢ Monica is mistaken for a superheroine by comic-convention attendees on “Las Vegas” (8 p.m., NBC).

¢ The Vikings and Packers meet on “Monday Night Football” (8 p.m., ABC).

¢ A violent video game inspires street violence on “CSI: Miami” (9 p.m., CBS).

¢ Allison’s visions of three-dimensional sculptures lead her to suspect the artist of murder on “Medium” presented in 3-D (9 p.m., NBC).