Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Americans’ on FX

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) has trouble making amends with Tommy and Diggle (Colin Donnell, David Ramsey), so he focuses his attention elsewhere in this new episode. 8 p.m. KTLA

The Middle Frankie’s (Patricia Heaton) dad (Jerry Van Dyke) makes Mike (Neil Flynn) listen to long-winded life stories in this new episode of the comedy. 8 p.m. ABC

Nature The new episode “Legendary White Stallions” profile Lipizzaner stallions, bred for their courage, strength and character. 8 p.m. KOCE

MythBusters The skeptics celebrate their 10th anniversary with a look at some favorite segments over the years. 8 p.m. Discovery. Then, in a second new episode they test the myth of a rocket car. 9 p.m.

Family Tools A heart attack forces a handyman (J.K. Simmons) to turn the family fix-it business over to the his son Jack (Kyle Bornheimer) in this new comedy. With Leah Remini, Edi Gathegi and Johnny Pemberton. 8:30 p.m. ABC

Criminal Minds The team investigates the ritualistic murders of two males in Rapid City, S.D., as Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) struggles with grief, in this new episode which Gubler directed. Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore and A.J. Cook also star. 9 p.m. CBS

Nova Hosted by Richard Smith, the final installment of “Australia’s First 4 Billion Years” focuses on Australia’s unusual creatures, such as the kangaroo. 9 p.m. KOCE

The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius Kal Penn hosts this new competition series that pits highly intelligent people against one another in a series of high-tech challenges. 10 p.m. Discovery

The Americans Philip and Elizabeth (Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell) are ordered to go through with a meeting that could be a set-up in the spy drama’s season finale. 10 p.m. FX

Psych Shawn (James Roday) investigates the death of the mayor in what looks like a surfing accident in this new episode. 10 p.m. USA

MOVIES

Manhunt This new documentary from Greg Barker chronicles the U.S. intelligence community’s effort to take down Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network. 8 p.m. HBO

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Martha Stewart; Lindy Boone Michaelis, Pat Boone and Debby Boone; Hillary Duff; Vinny Guadagnino. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Amanda Knox; Joel Edgerton; Kyle Bornheimer. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Clinton Kelly; Debra Messing; Buddy Valastro. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Jim Parsons; Ann Marie Rooney; Carly Rae Jepsen performs. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Jenny McCarthy; Kirstie Clements; Patricia Heaton; Hillary Duff. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Sheryl Crow. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Bob Newhart; The Band Perry performs. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Doctors Carmen Tarleton’s amazing transformation after her 15-hour face-transplant surgery; food cures. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Sherri Shepherd. (N) 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil A woman is encouraged to end relationship with abusive boyfriend. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Video-game addiction; a man shot by his teen son over a video game. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Cher and mother Georgia Pelham; Theresa Caputo. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley Pierce Brosnan. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show Kay Bailey Hutchison. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately Sarah Chalke; Josh Wolf; Mary Lynn Rajskub; Jo Koy. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan Bo Burnham. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

Charlie Rose Global economic roundtable with the Financial Times. (N) 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Colbert Report Music group Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Kathy Griffin; Eli Roth; Cheap Trick performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show Tobey Maguire; Tom Odell performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Pierce Brosnan; Greta Gerwig; Alice Russell performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night Ben Kingsley; Kal Penn; Johnny Marr performs. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

Late Late Show Michael Ian Black; Lena Headey. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS