Wednesday’s TV highlights
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Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 25 - May 1 in PDF format This week’s TV Movies
GREAT DANE: Sir Patrick Stewart, front, and David Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s retelling of “Hamlet,” on “Great Performances,” at 8 p.m. on KCET. SERIES
America’s Next Top Model: The models visit New Zealand, then all model the same dress, accompanied by a very special sheep. Tyra Banks hosts the new episode (8 p.m. KTLA).
Mercy: Several inmates are brought in for treatment after a prison riot in this new episode (9 p.m. NBC).
Fly Girls: Louise’s family confronts her about her career and hard-partying lifestyle in this new episode (9 p.m. KTLA).
American Idol: Lady Antebellum performs; Rascal Flatts perform in the results show (9 p.m. Fox).
High Society: In the season finale, a sex scandal threatens Paul and Tommy’s relationship (9:30 p.m. KTLA).
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) ex-partner (Sharon Stone) works the case of two young sisters killed in a fire, but she soon enlists Stabler and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) for help in this new episode (10 p.m. NBC).
Top Chef Masters: Chefs are challenged to make classic dishes more modern for the cast and crew of the ABC sitcom ‘Modern Family’ in the new episode (10 p.m. Bravo).
South Park: Jimmy and Timmy head off to very special summer camp in this new episode (10 p.m. Comedy Central).
Sunset Daze: Seniors try to recapture the excitement of their youth in this new episode (10 p.m. WE).
Happy Town: A small town in Minnesota has enjoyed an uneasy calm in the wake of several unsolved kidnappings, and Deputy Tommy Conroy (Geoff Stults) finds his life turned upside down when a new crime rocks the area. Sam Neill, Steven Weber and Amy Acker also star in this new drama (10 p.m. ABC).
SPORTS
Baseball: The Dodgers visit the New York Mets (10 a.m. FS Prime); the Cleveland Indians visit the Angels (4 p.m. FSN).
Basketball: NBA playoffs: The Milwaukee Bucks visit the Atlanta Hawks (5 p.m. TNT); the Utah Jazz visit the Denver Nuggets (7:30 p.m. TNT).
Hockey: NHL playoffs: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Washington Capitols (4 p.m. VS).