Wednesday’s TV highlights: ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ and more

SERIES

Undercover Boss The chief executive of Build-A-Bear Workshop goes undercover in the unscripted series’ season premiere. 8 p.m. CBS

Inside the Actors Studio Jessica Chastain (“Miss Sloane”) is the guest of host James Lipton in this new installment. 8 p.m. Bravo

Nightcap Janeane Garofalo guest stars as herself on a new episode of this talk-show spoof. 8 p.m. Pop

Vikings Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) negotiates with the treacherous King Ecbert (Linus Roache) in this new episode of the period drama. 9 p.m. History

Lip Sync Battle Country music stars Cassadee Pope and Dustin Lynch compete in this special holiday episode. 9 p.m. Spike

Code Black “Mission: Impossible’s” Barbara Bain guest stars as a woman who’s convinced the year is 1942 in this new episode of the medical drama. 10 p.m. CBS

Little Women: Dallas The unscripted series ends its season. 10 p.m. Lifetime

Jon Glaser Loves Gear Your host equips himself for a sailing adventure in this mocumentary series’ freshman-season finale. 10 p.m. TruTV

SPECIALS

Heaven Sent: The Journey to the Jump This documentary recalls Luke Aikins’ recent record-breaking 25,000-foot free-fall and landing, accomplished without a parachute or a wingsuit. 8 p.m. National Geographic Channel

Game Changers With Robin Roberts Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Chance the Rapper, plus-size supermodel Ashley Graham and “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the celebrities profiled in this new special. 10 p.m. ABC

Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special “Veep’s” Tony Hale hosts this festive offering that features comics Jen Kirkman, Nick Thune and “30 Rock’s” Judah Friedlander, plus musical guests the Dap Kings, Lisa Loeb and Kurt Vile. 10 p.m. IFC

Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol! Conan O’Brien, Rashida Jones, Charles Barkley and “Glee’s” Jane Lynch are just some of the stars singing in the season in this kooky new special. 10 p.m. TBS

Epic Fails of 2016 This new special surveys some of the biggest pop-culture boo-boos and celebrity blunders of the past 12 months. 11 p.m. MTV

MOVIES

Perri This 1957 Disney adaptation of Felix Salten’s 1938 book uses documentary-style footage, not animation, to tell the tale of a plucky squirrel and the various woodland critters he encounters. 5 p.m. Turner Classic Movies

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Viola Davis; singer-songwriter Hillary Scott; stress-free holiday; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Elvis Duran’s artist of the month. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Ugly sweater contest; “Game Changers With Robin Roberts.” (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day LA Cedric the Entertainer. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood; the Radio City Rockettes; Santa Claus; co-host Christian Slater. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Martha Stewart. 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray A dollar-store challenge; journalist David Muir; a woman helps homeless people; bagels and lox. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL

The Dr. Oz Show DIY beauty kits; thinning hair; make-ahead dinners. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV

Steve Harvey Patti LaBelle. 2 p.m. KNBC

Harry Keegan-Michael Key; Ali Wentworth. (N) 2 p.m. KTTV, midnight KCOP

Dr. Phil Rage-filled marriage. 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. 3 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley Filmmaker Oliver Stone. 11 p.m. KOCE

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

Conan Bryan Cranston and James Franco; comic Barry Crimmins; Billie Joe Armstrong. (N) 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. TBS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Viola Davis; Nick Kroll; chef Daniel Humm. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Robert De Niro; Amy Schumer; John Krasinski. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Andrea Riseborough; Blake Shelton performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Dana Carvey; Miles Teller; Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Rachel Maddow; Kelly Osbourne; chef Mario Batali. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

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

Last Call With Carson Daly Tricia Helfer; Temples perform; Trevante Rhodes. 1:38 a.m. KNBC

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