Your Wednesday Night Lineup
TONIGHT: A jam-packed schedule! We've got new episodes of Law & Order: Los Angeles, Undercovers, Better with You, The Defenders, The Whole Truth, Hell's Kitchen, The Middle, Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and much more!
8:00 PM
Undercovers Steven and Samantha go to Berlin to make contact with an informant who claims to have a code-breaking device that could put all CIA agents at risk. During the mission, the pair struggle to find a balance between their personal and professional liv (NBC)
Hell's Kitchen Challenges facing the 11 remaining chefs include devising menus for a retro-themed high-school prom (with the losing team having to set up for the prom) and preparing entrée salads (the winner is to be featured in Bon Appetit magazine). Then, undercooking and overcooking bedevil dinner service. (FOX)
The Middle Frankie is humiliated when she goes shopping for baby diapers for Sue, who has run out of them while babysitting, and the clerk thinks she's looking for adult diapers. (ABC)
America's Next Top Model Supermodel Karolina Kurkova visits the models to discuss healthy eating. At the photo shoot, the ladies pose with Mexican masked wrestlers. (CW)
Survivor: Nicaragua NaOnka and Kelly B. exchange a war of words over the hunt for the hidden immunity idol, and a secret is revealed that solidifies a powerful alliance. At tribal council, another castaway is voted out of the game. (CBS)
8:30 PM
Better with You Ben is a little put out when, after nine years of being left out of the Putneys' annual Christmas-card photo, new-to-the-family Casey is asked to sit in. So Ben and Maddie design their own holiday greeting card. (ABC)
9:00 PM
Law & Order: SVU Detectives investigate a teenage girl's death and discover that she was a victim of human trafficking. They then seek help from a friend (Gloria Reuben) at the U.S. attorney's office. (NBC)
Criminal Minds Several women are murdered, and a familiar pattern prompts Rossi to revisit a cold case that has troubled him for 25 years. (CBS)
Modern Family When an earthquake strikes, Cameron and Mitchell see a way out of a costume brunch thrown by their friend Pepper (Nathan Lane); Claire is trapped in the bathroom with a plumber; and Manny undergoes a crisis of existential proportions on an outing with Jay. (ABC)
Hellcats Savannah betrays Alice when she talks the team into letting Dan direct their bid video, which goes against Alice's wishes, but it could end up with her losing her role as captain; Marti looks into Julian's case; and Red and Derrick quarrel when Red makes it clear that he intends to pursue Vanessa. (CW)
MythBusters Two canine myths are put to the test with the help of crime-fighting dogs. (Discovery)
9:30 PM
Cougar Town Jules' empty-nest syndrome means she'll be seeing a lot more of Grayson—-whether he likes it or not. Meanwhile, Travis needs his father's advice to reinvent his identity at college; and Ellie tries to keep an emotional distance from her new nanny. (ABC)
10:00 PM
Law & Order: Los Angeles Dets. Rex Winters and Tomas "T.J." Jaruszalski are on the case after a cult member is stabbed to death. The cult's leader is questioned, along with the victim's cell mate and Winters' wife, Lori. (NBC)
The Defenders Nick defends a stripper charged with solicitation. Meanwhile, Pete is forced to take an undesirable case after he loses at poker. (CBS)
The Whole Truth Jimmy is hired by popular judge Ruben Wright (Judd Hirsch) to defend him against murder charges, though Kathryn is torn by the prospect of prosecuting Wright, her former mentor. (ABC)
Top Chef: Just Desserts The pastry chefs create exotic flaming desserts as inspired by the Lucent Dossier Experience performance troupe, but one culinarian feels the heat of stressful competition and must leave the contest. (Bravo)
The Challenge: Cutthroat The season kicks off with 30 fan favorites heading to Prague, where they're divided into three player-selected teams. After each challenge, the losing teams must send a girl and a guy to the Gulag battle arena to determine who remains in the competition. (MTV)
South Park Cartman's dream to become a NASCAR driver comes true, with Butters as his pit boss. (Comedy Central)
Who's on the Late Night Couches Tonight?
The Daily Show: Philip Dray (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report: Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Dancing with the Stars" castoff David Hasselhoff, Band of Horses (ABC, Repeat)
Lopez Tonight: Selena Gomez, Wilmer Valderrama, Rob Schneider (TBS, Repeat)
Chelsea Lately Kelly Osbourne, Jo Koy, Randy Sklar, Loni Love (E!)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Shaun White, Florence Henderson, Toby Keith (NBC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Diane Lane, Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Fistful of Mercy (NBC)
Late Show with David Letterman: David Axelrod, Julie Chen (CBS)
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Debra Winger, Adhir Kalyan, Julie Gribble (CBS)
