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