WEDNESDAY’S BEST PICKS
8PM ^ Changing Planet Airing in conjunction with Earth Month, this new two-hour special touches base with conservationist Dr. M. Sanjayan as he checks on current conditions in seven of Earth’s bellwether biomes stretching from the Arctic down to the Amazon. This annual wellness check is part of
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Sanjayan’s unprecedented seven-year global effort to monitor the health of Mother Earth. The special includes the latest science and most eloquent local voices in the ongoing climate crisis, pointing out positive change, cautionary notes and reasons for hope.
8PM & Chicago Med Will and Hannah (Nick Gehlfuss, guest star Jessy Schram) scramble to save a surrogate’s baby, while Charles (Oliver Platt) treats one of Lonnie’s (guest star Nora Dunn) former patients who has gone on a hunger strike in the new episode “Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes.” Meanwhile, Ethan and Archer (Brian Tee, Steven Weber) help a patient with ties to Ethan’s late father. Elsewhere, Dylan and Maggie (Guy Lockard, Marlyne Barrett) are baffled by a drunk patient who claims to be sober.
8PM G Freddie Mercury: The Final Act This new documentary chronicles the final professional chapter in the life of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, including how his friends and band colleagues staged an unforgettable tribute concert at Wembley Stadium
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after Mercury died from AIDS. The film, which airs here on the 30th anniversary of the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, features extensive footage from that epic musical event, as well as behind-the scenes rehearsal footage and interviews with Mercury’s Queen colleagues Brian May and Roger Taylor. 8PM (SHO) Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain This new documentary from filmmaker Estevan Oriol (“LA Originals”) takes its audience on a smoke-filled journey through the lives and careers of Cypress Hill, a genredefying hip hop group. Celebrated for their unique sound, which is a product of their Latin roots and West Coast upbringing, the group built their reputation on authenticity. Their influence on hip hop has been forever burned into the musical language of the genre, but after 30 years, band mates B Real, DJ Muggs, Sen Dog and Eric “Bobo” Correa fight to remain relevant.
8PM (MAGN) For the Love of Kitchens In this new home renovation series, Paul O’Leary, Helen Parker and Robin
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McLellan of deVOL Kitchens and their skilled team of artisans craft beautiful kitchens and furnishings for their clients from their 16th-century water mill-turned-workshop in the heart of the English countryside. The series premiere, “A Kitchen Fit for a Castle,” finds Paul and Helen in Cornwall, where they are challenged to rescue their clients’ existing kitchen. However, they also need to maintain the cohesive design that ties the house together.
9PM (HGTV) Why the Heck Did I Buy This House? Host Kim Wolfe once again comes to the rescue of a family with a bad case of buyer’s remorse in the new episode “Clash of the Decades.” The West family originally fell for the nostalgic feel of their vintage house, but the lack of modern conveniences is giving them cause to regret their hasty purchase. Kim manages to give them a functional, modern home to live in, while also preserving the period charm that first worked its magic.
10 PM (FREE) Good Trouble In a new
episode called “Take These Chances,”
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Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) invites the RB girls to Bulk Beauty, and Davia (Emma Hunton) reaches out to Luca (Booboo Stewart) and invites him to stay at the Coterie. Elsewhere, Malika (Zuri Adele) continues to learn how to play the game at work, while Joaquin (Bryan Craig) grills Dennis (Josh Pence) about his sister. Later Dennis asks Davia to work for him.
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(3:30) Public Affairs Events Special Report Jesse Watters Primetime Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) The Beat With Ari Melber The ReidOut (N) (Live) (cc) All In With Chris Hayes (N)
Pregame MLB Baseball St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins. From loanDepot Park in Miami. (N)
Sports Stars Florida Under Lights Pregame MLB Baseball SportsCenter (N) (Live) (cc) College Softball Virginia Tech at Tennessee. (N) (Live) Daily Wager (N) (Live) 30 for 30 Rookie NASCAR Race Hub (cc) Bull Durham (’88) Kevin Costner. (cc) Mexico Primera Division Soccer Golf Central (N) (Live) (cc) Golf PGA Professional Championship, Final Round. (cc) Golf Central (cc) (5:00) Unforgiven (’92) Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning Sicario (’15, Suspense) Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro. A task force uses a Mexican cartel boss to (10:45) Colombiana portrait of an aged gunman. ‘R’ capture another. ‘R’ (cc) ‘PG-13’ (cc) No Country for Game Theory With Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Bill Maher: Adulting Maher’s scathing (9:10) Halloween Kills (’21) Jamie Lee Curtis. An angry mob hunts down unstoppable Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Old Men Bomani Dynasty (s) (cc) social commentary. killer Michael Myers. (s) ‘R’ Dynasty (s) (cc) (5:50) Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (s) (cc) My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (9:20) REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel A Black Lady (10:55) In the Heights
(Subtitled-English) (s) (s) (cc) Sketch Show Ramos. (cc) (5:45) Serpico (’73) Al Pacino. Undercover cop Frank Serpico exposes police Snake Eyes (’98) Nicolas Cage. U.S. official is killed at an (9:45) Event Horizon (’97) Laurence Fishburne. A search-and-rescue team The Babysitter corruption. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Atlantic City fight. ‘R’ (cc) tracks down a ghostly spaceship. (’95)
(5:20) Little (’19, Comedy) Regina Hall, Issa Rae. ‘PG-13’ (cc) (7:35) The Sandlot 2 (’05) James Earl Jones. Baseball-playing friends must outwit a (9:35) The Sandlot 2 (’05) James Earl Jones. Baseball-playing friends must outwit a (11:35) Little
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(’06) Tyrese Gibson. A man’s son is inside Adventureland (’09) Jesse Eisenberg. A college graduate takes a lowly job at (9:47) This Is 40 (’12) Paul Rudd. A long-married couple deal with personal and
an amusement park. ‘R’ (cc) professional crises. ‘R’ (cc) My Cousin Vinny (’92, Comedy) Joe Pesci. An inept lawyer tries to free his (’98, Horror) Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall. (10:45) Evolution cousin from a Dixie jail. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Jones. ‘PG-13’ (cc) The First Lady “That White House” (cc) The Green Knight (’21, Fantasy) Dev Patel. King Arthur’s nephew confronts a
mysterious giant. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (’21, Drama) Tom Skerritt, Mira Sorvino. Old Henry ‘NR’ (cc)
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Politics and Public Policy Today Hannity (N) (Live) (cc)
The Rachel Maddow Show
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Road to Glory
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The 11th Hour-Stephanie
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Golf PGA Professional
(’11, Action) Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà. (4:42) (6:22) Waist Deep
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Phoenix. (s) ‘R’ (4:45) Mississippi Burning East of the Mountains
Gene Hackman. ‘NR’ (cc) (4:33) Dawn of the (7:23) Pompeii (’14, Adventure) Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne (9:11) Rise of the Planet of the Apes Power Book IV: Force Dead Moss. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) Freida Pinto. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (s) (cc)
(5:31) Broken Arrow (7:23) Spiral: From the Book of Saw Eat Pray Love (’10, Drama) Julia Roberts. A divorcee embarks on a global quest to change her life Slater. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Rock. (s) ‘R’ (cc) for the better. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) The Wrath of God (’72) Robert Mitchum. 1920s Latin colonel wants ex-priest to (’55, Drama) Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker. kill godless tyrant. ‘PG’ (cc) (4:50) Flirting With (6:25) North Hollywood
Disaster McLaughlin. (s) ‘NR’ (cc)
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Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill. (N) (cc)
Hide and Seek (’21, Suspense) Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jacinda
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(6:16) Power Book IV: Force “Family
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The Bling Ring (’13, Crime Drama) Israel Broussard, Katie Chang. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(’01, Comedy) David Duchovny, Orlando
(’21, Western) Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze. (s)
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(’71) Al Pacino. A New York heroin addict brings (10:15) Panic in Needle Park his new girlfriend down with him.
(9:35) What Breaks the Ice (’20, Drama) Madelyn Cline, Lukas Gage. (s) ‘NR’ (cc)
(11:15) Hot Summer Nights Timothée Chalamet.
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