Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Wayward Pines’ on Fox

SERIES

MasterChef The remaining 12 contestants create 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their birthdays at a sweet 16 party. 8 p.m. Fox

American Gothic The Hawthornes’ possible connection to the Silver Bells murders goes public, making the family virtual prisoners in their home as the media pursue them. Antony Starr and Catalina Sandino Moreno also star. 9 p.m. CBS

The Night Shift The staff deals with the aftermath of an explosion right outside the hospital. Eoin Macken, Jill Flint and Scott Wolf star. 9 p.m. NBC

Wayward Pines What happens to the human race ultimately rests on Theo’s (Jason Patric) shoulders as this M. Night Shyamalan-produced drama ends its second season. Djimon Hounsou, Nimrat Kaur, Josh Helman and Kacey Rohl also star. 9 p.m. Fox

Suits While Jessica and Harvey (Gina Torres, Gabriel Macht) try to land a critically needed “whale” for the law firm, Mike (Patrick J. Adams) continues to keep a low profile in prison, trying not to violate any of the facility’s unwritten rules. Rick Hoffman and Meghan Markle also star. 9 p.m. USA

Greenleaf After the grand jury declines to press charges against the policeman (Deji LaRay) who shot and killed an unarmed teenager, Grace (Merle Dandridge) braves the resulting public outcry and reaches out to the officer in the new episode. 10 p.m. OWN

The A Word A speech and language therapist (Lisa Millett) arrives to assess Joe (Max Vento) in this new episode. 10 p.m. Sundance

Mr. Robot Elliot (Rami Malek) offers friendship to Ray (Craig Robinson), hoping this new alliance may help him finally “delete” Mr. Robot (Christian Slater). 10 p.m. USA

Black and White Co-hosts Christian Finnegan and Sherrod Small focus on racial profiling in the premiere of this topical new series. With Jim Gaffigan, Charlamagne Tha God and Negin Farsad. 10:32 p.m. A&E

SPECIALS

Democratic National Convention C-SPAN begins its third day of coverage with a preview of scheduled events, programs and speeches (8 a.m.), followed by live coverage (1:30 p.m.). Cable news channels, including CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, Fox News, Bloomberg and MSNBC, will incorporate coverage into their programming and as breaking news. Special programming will air on PBS (5 p.m.); CBS, NBC, KTLA and ABC (7 p.m.).

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Democratic National Convention; President Obama; Questlove; John Cho; Ashley Tisdale; Ian Ziering; Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen; Jordan Fisher. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Pentatonix performs; Michael Strahan; Steve and Michel Gleason; Layla Luciano. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

The View (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Talk Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn; Yesi Ortiz. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show “Property Brothers” Drew and Jonathan Scott; dogs detecting cancer. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Real Time With Bill Maher Charles Cooke; D.L. Hughley; Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.). (N) 8 and 11 p.m. HBO

Tavis Smiley (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Mila Kunis; Max Loughan the “Science Kid.” (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Journalist Eliana Johnson. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Matt Damon; David Feherty; Sturgill Simpson performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert John Oliver; Jai Courtney; Charlamagne Tha God; DMC performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Andy Garcia; Jack Huston; the Go-Go’s perform. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Dave Franco; Cara Delevingne; Leon performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Amy Sedaris; John Cho; Bleached performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

SPORTS

International Champions Cup Soccer Two of the world’s top soccer teams, Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC, longtime rivals from across the pond, meet on the pitch at Rose Bowl. 8:30 p.m. ESPN

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