Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘Hero Dog Awards 2013’ on Hallmark

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Nova With global warming, cooling off supercomputers and more, host David Pogue explores the science of “Making Stuff Colder.” 9 p.m. KOCE

Ghost Hunters TAPS visits the purportedly haunted Hyde Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y., in this new episode. 9 p.m. Syfy

Extreme Cheapskates They’re back to their penny-pinching ways in the return of this reality series. 9 and 9:30 p.m. TLC

Super Fun Night Brooke Shields guest stars as a Xena-like heroine on a new episode of the sitcom. 9:30 p.m. ABC

Nashville “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts guest stars as herself in this new episode. 10 p.m. ABC

Top Chef The contestants cater a Halloween party for “Glee’s” Lea Michele. 10 p.m. Bravo

Houston Beauty Catch a sneak peek at this new unscripted show set at a cosmetology school ahead of its series premiere on Saturday. 10 p.m. OWN

Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life The pop star is back with a second season of her reality series. 10:30 p.m. MTV

SPECIALS

Nightmare Factory This documentary follows a team that specializes in crafting gruesome makeup and special effects for horror films. 8 p.m. Epix

American Humane Assn. Hero Dog Awards 2013 Courageous canines are saluted in this special hosted by Joey Lawrence. 8 p.m. Hallmark

TALK SHOWS

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

Today Scarlett Lewis. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America Rob Lowe; Matthew McConaughey; “Nashville.” (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Ben Kingsley (“Enders Game”); Harvey Weinstein and director Amir Bar-Lev (“12-12-12”); Sophie Nelisse (“The Book Thief”); Kara DioGuardi. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Rachael Ray Chris Noth; Gavin DeGraw performs. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Will Arnett (“The Millers”); Minka Kelly. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View J.R. Martinez; Celine Dion performs. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Wendy Williams Show Katie Couric; Corey Feldman. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Rachel Bilson; James Wolk; author Ali Larter. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Queen Latifah Show Fabio Viviani; Steve Martin and Edie Brickell perform. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL

The Dr. Oz Show Marilyn Milian; parasites. (N) 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil A private investigator tracks down a 65-year-old widow’s Internet boyfriend. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Bill O’Reilly. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ed O’Neill. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

The Doctors A smile makeover; a journey to have a child; the doctors help to save a guest’s life. (N) 5 p.m. KCAL

To the Contrary Gov. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.); House delegate at large Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.); Marjorie Clifton. (N) 6:30 p.m. KVCR

The Arsenio Hall Show Naya Rivera; Tommy Davidson; Raheem De-Vaughn performs. (N) 11 p.m. KTLA

Tavis Smiley Director J.J. Abrams. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show Diane Ravitch. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately Jen Kirkman; Greg Proops; Kate Bosworth; director Michael Polish. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan Johnny Knoxville; Casey Wilson; Queens of the Stone Age. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

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

The Colbert Report Jack Andraka. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Kim Kardashian; Abigail Breslin; Two Door Cinema Club. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Will Arnett; Clive Davis; the Avett Brothers perform. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Ben Kingsley; Rob Delaney; No No No performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Aziz Ansari; Minka Kelly; the Weeknd. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Drew Carey; Pamela Silva. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Last Call Marlo Meekins; Purity Ring performs; Powerplant Choppers. (N) 1:36 a.m. KNBC

SPORTS

Baseball The St. Louis Cardinals play the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the World Series. 4:30 p.m. Fox