Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Coolest Movie Characters’ on TVGN

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Inside the Actors Studio The series pays tribute to the late James Gandolfini with an encore of host James Lipton’s 2004 interview with the former “Sopranos” star. 6 p.m. Bravo

Big Brother The reality competition returns for its 15th season. Julie Chen hosts. 8 p.m. CBS

Nova Stunning views of “Earth From Space” illustrate the interconnectedness of our planet’s ecological systems in this repeat. 9 p.m. KOCE

Franklin & Bash “Dr. Quinn’s” Jane Seymour and Buck Henry guest star. 9 p.m. TNT

How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) The short-lived sitcom airs its final episode. 9:31 p.m. ABC

SPECIALS

Coolest Movie Characters James Bond, “Dirty Harry” Callahan and “Die Hard’s” John McClane are among the fictional film favorites featured in this special. 8 p.m. TVGN

United in Anger The birth of ACT UP, the organization founded in the 1980s to combat the AIDS crisis, is revisited. 9 p.m. KCET

King of the Grill Ritch Robin, a genuine Texas barbecue master, is profiled. 10 p.m. Discovery

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Steve Carell; the Golden Sisters; Soleil Moon Frye; Backstreet Boys; chef Nadia G. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Miley Cyrus; Jamie Foxx. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Rachael Ray OneRepublic performs. 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Steve Carell; Miley Cyrus; Backstreet Boys. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Sunny Hostin; Johnny Galecki; Jeanine Pirro. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Larry King; Dr. Mike Dow. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Preview of “Big Brother.” (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

Anderson Live Sarah Paulson. 1 p.m. KTTV

The Doctors The brain. 2 p.m. KCBS

Steve Harvey Pampered son. 2 p.m. KNBC

The Dr. Oz Show Randy Jackson. 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil Single father with three boys. 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Josh Duhamel; Bethenny Frankel; Alicia Keys performs. 3 p.m. KNBC

Katie Kelly Rowland; backup singers to the stars. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ricki Lake Show Woman who grew up homeless. (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

Tavis Smiley 9/11 first-responder advocate John Feal; Johnny Galecki. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

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

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Filmmaker and environmental activist Josh Fox. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately Eve. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan Elijah Wood; basketball player Chris Bosh; comic Bill Burr; Ryan Bingham performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Colbert Report Bill Moyers. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Whitney Cummings; model Alex Minsky; John Fogerty performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Jamie Foxx; Backstreet Boys; Wale performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Channing Tatum; director Paul Feig; Pharrell performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Christopher Meloni; Cat Deeley; Broken Social Scene performs; Feist performs. 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Sandra Bullock; comic Jim McDonald. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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

Last Call With Carson Daly “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner; writer Katie Dippold; Foals perform. 1:36 a.m. KNBC