wednesday
Best Bets | Daytime | Primetime | Late Night
Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm)
New episode of My Adventures In Television (ABC, 8:30pm)
Lauren Graham, Moby on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm)
Caroline Rhea, Elvis Costello, Tommy Davidson on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm)
Jay Thomas, Dennis Miller on Politically Incorrect (ABC, check your local listings).
Remington (Pierce Brosnan) poses as a long-lost heir to a duke on Remington Steele (PAX, Noon).
Baseball: Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs (WGN or ESPN, 1pm).
Star Wars: The Force is Back (E!, 1pm). On the set of Attack of the Clones with Samuel L. Jackson.
Dennis Franz, Adam Ferrara, Linda Eder on The Rosie O’Donnell Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
“9/11 Victim Lauren Manning Comes Home” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings). Follow-up to a previous show about Lauren Manning and her family.
Yet another airing of the season premiere of The Dead Zone (USA, 5pm).
“Nightmares” and “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 5pm, 6pm).
Baseball: Anaheim Angels at St. Louis Cardinals (ESPN, 6pm). Game may vary or be blacked out depending on where you live.
College Baseball: NCAA World Series, Game 11 (ESPN2, 6pm).
Neil Patrick Harris (the artist formerly known as Doogie Hauser) guest stars as a guy who models his law practice on Ed’s (complete with co-workers who look like Phil & company). Warren joins the wrestling team. On Ed (NBC, 7pm).
“I, Robot” episode of The Outer Limits (Sci-Fi, 7pm). Leonard Nimoy guest stars.
“Tuna: the Other Red Meat” on Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm). Grilling tuna, avoiding fake soy.
Traylor Howard guest stars as a magazine reporter who also happens to be Sam’s ex-girlfriend. She’s doing a profile of Sam on the night of the State of the Union address on The West Wing (NBC, 8pm). Marlee Matlin, Mary-Louise Parker also guest star.
“Wanda gets a week of vacation and decides to spend it with the kids” on The Bernie Mac Show (FOX, 8pm).
“Flying Boat” and “Fire-Fighting Flotilla” episodes of Junkyard Wars (TLC, 8pm, 9pm).
“When IBS launches a diversity program, David feels the pressure of trying to please minority groups” on a new episode of My Adventures In Television (ABC, 8:30pm). Ivan Sergei (of Jack & Jill), Ed Begley Jr., Melinda McGraw, and John Cleese star in this series from Peter Tolan that was formerly titled Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central).
Three hopefuls make the cut on American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (FOX, 8:30pm).
A murder investigation leads to the discovery that two men who were sent to prison years ago in a case worked by Van Buren may have been wrongly convicted on Law & Order (NBC, 9pm).
Baseball: Boston Red Sox at San Diego Padres (ESPN2, 9pm). Game may vary depending on where you live.
Cynthia McFadden on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Lauren Graham (of Gilmore Girls), Moby on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Jamie Lee Curtis, Greg Behrendt, Alanis Morissette on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Caroline Rhea, Elvis Costello, Tommy Davidson on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).
Jackie Collins, Morris Chestnut, comic Ralphie May on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).
Jay Thomas, Dennis Miller, Monica Crowley, Scott Ritter on Politically Incorrect (ABC, check your local listings).
Lil’ Kim, Wyclef Jean on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
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