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Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Modern Family’ on ABC

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SERIES

Underground Everyone must pay for their sins when the day of reckoning arrives in the season finale. 7, 8, 9 and 10 p.m. WGN America

Heartbeat Alex’s (Melissa George) father (guest star Michael Nouri) needs a kidney transplant, and the identity of a willing donor causes family strife. JoBeth Williams also guest stars. 8 p.m. NBC

Arrow Tom Amandes is back as Felicity’s (Emily Bett Rickards) father. She seeks his help in the fight against Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough). Stephen Amell also stars. 8 p.m. KTLA

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The Middle Having gotten used to keeping their own hours at school, Sue and Axl (Eden Sher, Charlie McDermott) worry Frankie and Mike (Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn) with their late hours while home during summer vacation. Atticus Shaffer also stars. 8 p.m. ABC

Nature This new episode examines teamwork-like collaborations among animals that enable different species to survive, and even thrive, through unlikely partnerships. 8 p.m. KOCE

The Goldbergs Beverly and Lainey (Wendi McLendon-Covey, AJ Michalka) -- are determined to get rid of Barry’s (Troy Gentile) most treasured shirt. 8:30 p.m. ABC

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Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders In Johannesburg, South Africa, an American college student is killed and his brother disappears in the first of two new episodes. In the second, bodies of Americans are found in different locations in Cuba. Gary Sinise, Alana De La Garza, Daniel Henney and Annie Funke star. 9 and 10 p.m. CBS

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A contestant on an unscripted dating TV show claims she was sexually attacked, drawing Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her colleagues into the behind-the-scenes operations of the series. Guest stars include Larisa Oleynik and Michael Gross (“Family Ties”). 9 p.m. NBC

Modern Family Dede (returning guest star Shelley Long) is headed to the altar again and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) persuades the family to take the train to get to the ceremony. Julie Bowen also stars. 9 p.m. ABC

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Black-ish With his immediate family battling the flu, a work-obsessed Dre (Anthony Anderson) fears catching it as he tries to take care of everyone else. 9:30 p.m. ABC

Chicago P.D. Burgess (Marina Squerciati) is in the hot seat after shooting someone she believes wounded Roman (Brian Geraghty). The story also introduces next season’s series “Chicago Justice,” with guest stars Philip Winchester and Carl Weathers as the attorneys they’ll play on that show. 10 p.m. NBC

Nashville Derek Hough and music’s Kesha guest star, both figuring into Juliette’s (Hayden Panettiere) efforts to lobby for an Oscar nomination for her work in the movie “Shenandoah Girl.” 10 p.m. ABC

SPECIALS

MOVIES

The Painted Veil (2006) 8 a.m. HBO

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 8:30 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. TMC

Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) 8:55 a.m. Cinemax

Flight (2012) 9 a.m. FX

Let Me In (2010) 9 a.m. Syfy

Gunga Din (1939) 9 a.m. TCM

Rain Man (1988) 9:15 a.m. Encore

Back to the Future (1985) 10 a.m. CMT

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) 10:30 a.m. Showtime

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) 10:30 a.m. Sundance

The Professional (1994) 11 a.m. AMC

Conan the Barbarian (1982) 11:15 a.m. IFC

X-Men 2 (2003) 11:35 a.m. Encore; 8 p.m. Encore

Zodiac (2007) 12:30 p.m. Showtime

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) 12:45 p.m. TCM

Dick Tracy (1990) 1:30 p.m. OVA

Patriot Games (1992) 1:30 p.m. Sundance

Terms of Endearment (1983) 1:50 p.m. Encore

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 2 and 10:25 p.m. Starz

Big Eyes (2014) 2:25 p.m. TMC; 10 p.m. TMC

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 2:30 p.m. Freeform

Jungle Book (1942) 2:45 p.m. TCM

King Kong (2005) 3:15 p.m. Showtime

The Good Lie (2014) 3:20 p.m. Cinemax

The Hurt Locker (2008) 4 p.m. AMC

Weird Science (1985) 4:05 p.m. Encore

The Imitation Game (2014) 4:10 p.m. TMC

The Bounty (1984) 5:45 p.m. EPIX

Cliffhanger (1993) 6 p.m. AXS; 9 p.m. AXS

The Parent Trap (1998) 6 p.m. Freeform

Scream 2 (1997) 6 p.m. LOGO

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 6:05 p.m. TMC

Camp Rock (2008) 6:15 p.m. Disney

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) 6:40 p.m. HBO

I a.m. Legend (2007) 7 p.m. AMC

Alien (1979) 7 p.m. BBC America; 9:30 p.m. BBC America

The Fugitive (1993) 7 p.m. Sundance

To the Ends of the Earth (1948) 7 p.m. TCM

Today’s Talk Shows Wednesday, May 11, 2016

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Nick Green and Gunnar Lovelace, Thrive Market. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Kate Beckinsale; B.J. Novak; Louis Gossett Jr., Ben Vereen, Sandy Duncan and John Amos; Jason George; Anna Chlumsky; Cole Swindell performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Demi Lovato; Lana Parrilla. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Morris Chestnut (“Rosewood”); David Giuntoli (“Grimm”); Maria Shriver. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Chelsea Handler (“Chelsea”); Lana Parrilla. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Carlysia Levert. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Meredith Vieira Show Valerie Harper; Clay Aiken (“American Idol”). (N) 11 a.m. KNBC

The Doctors Sarah Jessica Parker; a surgeon trash-talks a patient; a mom has a seizure; endometriosis; muscle loss. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Loretta Devine (“The Carmichael Show”); Shaun T. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Bradley Whitford; Monica. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Rachael Ray Christina Applegate (“Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”); Candace Cameron Bure. (N) 1 p.m. KABC

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The Dr. Oz Show Botched cosmetic surgeries; a doctor sends out live video streams of private procedures. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil A woman says someone is using photos of her children and posing as their mother online. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, Johnny Brown and Ja’net DuBois (“Good Times”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Patricia Heaton (“The Middle”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wanda Sykes; Journey performs. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley Cyclist Rahsaan Bahati; Rob Reiner; Nick Reiner. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

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

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Nate Silver. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Jodie Foster; Gad Elmaleh; Mike Posner. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore Angie Martinez. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jada Pinkett Smith; Andy Cohen; Gallant. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Kate Beckinsale; B.J. Novak; Desiigner performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Alec Baldwin; Riley Keough; Cole Swindell performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Simon Helberg; Chloe Grace Moretz; Adam Pally. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Anderson Cooper; Cush Jumbo; Walk the Moon performs; Eric Kretz performs. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

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

Last Call With Carson Daly Jack O’Connell; Day Wave performs; Gabe Dixon. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC


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