What to Watch Wednesday: Futurama Is On the Hunt, Top Chef Gets Frisky, Five Finales and More

On TV this Wednesday: Melissa & Joey, Necessary Roughness and two other series take a breather; a Supernatural repeat doubles your pleasure; Top Chef Masters the use of aphrodisiacs; and in Futurama’s mid-season finale, Bender proves that no good deed goes unpunished. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to watch tonight.

8 pm So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) | Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson returns to the judges’ panel as the Top 8 give it their all.

8 pm Melissa & Joey (ABC Family) | Season 2 finale: When Joe proposes to Elena to avoid her deportation to Russia, Mel decides to perform the wedding. (Rejoice, fans: The show’s already renewed for next season.)

8:30 pm Baby Daddy (ABC Family) | Season 1 finale: Riley’s ready to be Katie’s maid of honor, and Ben takes it upon himself to make the wedding a bit more interesting. (Yep – already renewed.)

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9 pm Supernatural (The CW) | In this Repeat to Revisit, Leviathans take Sam and Dean clones on a killing spree that lands the Winchester brothers on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list… again.

9 pm Royal Pains (USA Network) | In an episode directed by Paolo Costanzo, HankMed treats a famous pop star who’s resting up in the Hamptons, Hank and a local pediatrician (‘Til Death‘s Kate Foster) get to know each other better and Divya falls for a hot polo player (Mexican soap opera smolderer Khotan).

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10 pm Futurama (Comedy Central) | Mid-season finale: Bender saves a robotic fox from hunters — and in turn, becomes hunted himself. Keep your ears open for Patrick Stewart’s guest voice spot.

10 pm Top Chef Masters (Bravo) | This week’s challenges include aphrodisiacs and Thai food, and pin-up girl Dita Von Teese swings by to guest-judge.

10 pm Restaurant Stakeout (Food Network) | Season 2 premiere: Restaurateur Willie Degel visits Staten Island’s Trends Restaurant, where the out-of-control staff is putting the business at risk.

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11 pm Retired at 35 (TV Land) | Season finale: On their wedding day, Amy finds out Jared may be marrying her just to get his green card. Further complicating things? Brandon. So which guy will she choose?

Which of the above is must-see for you? Also, hit Comments to offer your own tune-in suggestions. 



Comments (20)

  • Damages!!!!

    Comment by Olivia – August 29, 2012 03:10 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • No Necessary Roughness tidbit? They found a body and Dani/Nico might finally be happening! I find that this information definitely deserves a tidbit. Although this website does seem to have something against the aforementioned TV show.

    Comment by JP – August 29, 2012 03:21 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • Futurama? Does anyone really still watch that?

    Comment by Miffy – August 29, 2012 03:45 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
    • Been watching it since 2999!

      Comment by Bender2 – August 29, 2012 04:48 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
    • Your kidding right? Futurama is still fun and fresh way better then some non cartoon shows are.

      Comment by david – August 29, 2012 06:49 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • Tonight’s Big Brother will contain one of the greatest game moves in its history and it didn’t rate a mention? Shame on you.

    Comment by TMW – August 29, 2012 08:08 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
    • Allison Grodner will come out and say she is no longer going to dictate who she wants to win. Also Julie Chen will finally be ashamed of how she can be a host to a show on a network that her husband runs, and how it turns out the same stuff for going on close to 10 years.
      If my wife financed a show that produced the same stuff for this long of a period, I would be embarrassed. But paying minimum wage to production people will probably get you these tired results.

      Comment by PayLess Moonves – August 29, 2012 05:00 PM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • I want to see Paul Ryan’s speech at the National Republican Convention. Then Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness.

    Comment by Bella – August 29, 2012 08:49 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
    • I would also like to watch the RNC Convention. I watched some of it last night. I was also on hurricane watch and trying to watch recorded Pysch from the weekend. Wow, too much TV to watch and so little time.

      Comment by Velvet – August 29, 2012 09:23 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
      • Oops, Psych.

        Comment by Velvet – August 29, 2012 09:24 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
        • I’ve been watching the Saturday Psych-athons on Ion. I forgot how funny they are when you’re stoned.

          Comment by Velvet – August 29, 2012 09:26 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • Supernatural
    Royal Pains
    Haunted Collector
    Dirty Jobs Down Under

    Comment by Velvet – August 29, 2012 08:54 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • Melissa&Joey
    Baby Daddy
    Honey Boo Boo
    Hollywood Exes
    Haunted Collector

    Comment by Jared – August 29, 2012 09:28 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • Watching ABC comedy repeats and/or America’s Got Talent, and saving Melissa & Joey for later.

    Comment by nick1372 – August 29, 2012 10:39 AM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • I hate celebrity judges on SYTYCD!!

    Comment by Shaun – August 29, 2012 01:42 PM PDT  Reply To This Post
    • I hate most of them too. I think of the guest judges Jesse Tyler is probably the most amusing and Christina Applegate the most informative. If they have Toni Basil on again I may riot though.

      Comment by Lauren Kirsch – August 29, 2012 02:25 PM PDT  Reply To This Post
  • SYTYCD, Royal Pains and Supernatural…. I know, I’m weird.

    Comment by Lauren Kirsch – August 29, 2012 02:23 PM PDT  Reply To This Post

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