Wednesday’s TV highlights: ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ on NBC
SERIES
Blindspot Rich Dotcom (guest star Ennis Esmer) is back, and his presence could mean fresh trouble for the team in this new episode. Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Ashley Johnson, Archie Panjabi and Michelle Hurd star. 8 p.m. NBC
Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) team up to carry out a secret mission for Diggle (David Ramsey), but Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) disapproves and elects to stay behind. 8 p.m. KTLA
The Goldbergs Adam’s (Sean Giambrone) love for the scary novels of Stephen King inspires him to try his hand at horror writing, but he makes a rookie mistake in modeling a monstrous character in his story on his mom (Wendi McLendon-Covey). 8 p.m. ABC
Nature A man, his family and a group of volunteers journey across Uganda and the Nile River to relocate a herd of the world’s rarest giraffes. 8 p.m. KOCE and KPBS
Speechless Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) gets depressed because none of the kids wants to participate in the family tradition of dressing up for Halloween. Minnie Driver also stars. 8:30 p.m. ABC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is caught in the middle when a police colleague’s (guest star Anthony Edwards) son is accused of sexual assault. Ice-T, Kelli Giddish and Peter Scanavino also star in this new episode. 9 p.m. NBC
Frequency Raimy and Frank (Peyton List, Riley Smith) race time – in the present and past – to try to prevent Julie’s (Devin Kelley) kidnapping. 9 p.m. KTLA
Modern Family Luke (Nolan Gould) hoped that the first Halloween party he’s ever thrown would be memorable, but it starts looking like a disaster until his parents and siblings help turn it around. 9 p.m. ABC
black-ish After Junior (Marcus Scribner) embarrasses his dad (Anthony Anderson) during a basketball game, Dre retaliates by planning a prank to teach his son a lesson. 9:30 p.m. ABC
Designated Survivor When diplomacy with Algeria falls short, President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to send Navy SEALs on a mission that could define his presidency. Maggie Q and Kal Penn also star. 10 p.m. ABC
South Park An entire Colorado city gets hacked. 10 p.m. Comedy Central
Rectify The drama returns for its fourth and final season in the emotional saga of Daniel Holden (Aden Young), who returned to his rural Georgia hometown after his murder conviction was overturned after 19 years on death row. Abigail Spencer and Clayne Crawford also star. 10 p.m. Sundance
Everest Air In the premiere of this new documentary series a team of experts risks life and limb to extract two injured climbers from the slopes of the Himalayan mountain. 10 p.m. Travel
TALK SHOWS
CBS This Morning Theodore Olson; David Boies; John Lithgow; Claire Foy. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Dr. Mehmet Oz; Jennifer O’Neill; Eric Paslay performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA
Good Morning America Issa Rae; “The Chew’s” Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall and Daphne Oz. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Leaving Austin performs; Sam Zimmerman (“Shudder”); gymnast Laurie Hernandez (“Dancing With the Stars”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live with Kelly Blair Underwood; Abbi Jacobson; Michael Bublé. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Singer-songwriter Phil Collins discusses his memoir. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
Rachael Ray Oz Pearlman. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL
The Doctors A hospital bills a couple for holding their newborn. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL
The Talk Tom Selleck; Lindsay Miller. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Dr. Oz Show How to find the perfect jeans size; Dr. Oz visits the set of “Dr. Ken.” (N) 1 p.m. KTTV
Steve Harvey Miss USA Deshauna Barber; Usain Bolt; Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”). (N) 2 p.m. KNBC
The Real Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”); Kenya Moore (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”). (N) 2 p.m. KTTV
Dr. Phil Three sisters want their mother to acknowledge that one of them was sexually abused as a child. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Anna Kendrick (“Trolls”); Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg; Donald Glover. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
Harry Eric Dane (“The Last Ship”); Rumer Willis. (N) 9 p.m. KCOP
Tavis Smiley Chris Hedges. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE
Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Entrepreneur John Della Volpe. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central
Conan Elijah Wood; Joy Bryant; Tove Lo performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Justin Timberlake; Tracey Ullman; Stanaj performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Joel McHale; Abbi Jacobson; Jon Glaser. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live Andrew Garfield; Mario Batali; Conor Oberst performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC
The Late Late Show With James Corden Ewan McGregor; Isla Fisher; Niall Horan. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS
Late Night With Seth Meyers Colin Hanks; Mort Sahl. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC
Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC
Last Call With Carson Daly Model Tricia Helfer; Temples perform; actor Trevante Rhodes. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC
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