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Happy Wednesday, TV viewers! Tonight, we say goodbye to the agents of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division and their show that started big yet with a whimper before becoming appointment television. When did that happen? Depends who you ask. I say the improvement wasn't really until season three, but most others will point to late season one and season two. During the past seven seasons, the team has faced a lot of bad guys, meant some amazing allies, and gone on plenty of bonkers adventures through time and space, especially as the distance between it and the Marvel Cinematic Universe grew. In their final mission together, they fight to restore the their timeline and keep SHIELD intact. (And no Disney, I will never call it Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.)
Elsewhere, Shark Week and NBC's competition duo help breathe some life into the usually sparse Wednesday listings. Also helping out is the latest nature doc from Smithsonian, HBO looks back at the Yusuf Hawkins killing, ID examines Charlottesville, and BET gives Ruff Ryders docuseries treatment.
Wheels up in five, here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, August 12!STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
(Un)well (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. No, this isn't a series adaptation of that terrible Matchbox 20 song. This docuseries takes a deep dive into the lucrative wellness industry, which touts health and healing. But do these wellness trends live up to their promises? Spoiler: They do not.✔️
The Fugitive (Quibi, 3 a.m.): Kiefer Sutherland is still chasing Boyd Holbrook.
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl 🎥 (Netflix, 3 a.m.): An Indian biopic, inspired by the life of a fearless young officer who made history by becoming the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil War
Quantum Leap 📺 (Comet, 7 p.m.): In 1959, Sam becomes a disc jockey helping an FM station manager battle a puritanical reporter bent on obliterating rock 'n' roll.
Trust Me (Hulu, 3.a.m.): SEASON TWO. No, this isn't a revival of the short-lived Eric McCormack-Tom Cavanagh ad agency drama. This is the final season of the British medical thriller starring Jodie Whittaker.
THE GUEST LIST:
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 📺 (Decades, 7 p.m): Jean Stapleton, Jack Carter, and Henny Youngman (16 Oct 1972)
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The 100 (The CW, 8 p.m.): "Bellamy is missing somewhere in the universe." Yeah, that's not a broad search area at all.
America's Got Talent (NBC, 8 p.m.): Five acts from the previous show move on to the semifinals. Next week, regionals!✔️
Iceland's Fire and Ice (Smithsonian Channel, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Visit the world's largest volcanic island on this aerial tour over Iceland's landscapes, forged by fire and ice.
Monster Under the Bridge (Discovery Channel, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Scientists believe that monster sharks make their home under the Old Seven Mile Bridge. Fishermen claim that one of the sharks is a 15-foot-long, half-ton great hammerhead named Big Moe.
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Adam Devine's Secret Shark Lair (Discovery Channel, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Adam Devine and a team of marine biologists deploy a CATS camera tag on a massive tiger shark, and it yields a surprising scientific discovery: a secret tiger shark lair.
⭐ Agents of SHIELD (ABC, 9 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. This is it, folks. The last mission for the SHIELD team. With Nathaniel and Sibyl edging ever closer to eliminating SHIELD from the history books, the agents must rely on their strengths to outsmart and outlast the Chronicoms.
Coroner (The CW, 9 p.m.): When Jenny is called to a luxe condo to investigate the death of cannabis mogul Vic Stenton. she enters an alternate world where nothing is as it seems. Jenny traveled through a breach... and so begins Coroner's chapter in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Impact of Hate: Charlottesville (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Charlottesville votes to remove its Confederate statues, and the Far Right descends for 2017's Unite the Right Rally. As concerned citizens gather versus an influx of hate, a car plows into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer on her first demonstration.
Law & Order 📺 (WE tv, 7 p.m.): Kincaid's new partner in the DA's office, Jack McCoy, pursues murder charges for a woman who provided questionable alternative treatments for women suffering from breast cancer.
No Limit Chronicles (BET, 9 p.m.): Master P blows up Lil' Romeo and rebrands No Limit in the face of heavy blowback from the criminal trials of C-Murder, Mac, Mystikal, and others.
World of Dance (NBC, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. So they think they can dance? Tonight the next best dance crew is awarded.
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Racial tensions come to a boil when an angry mob murders Black teenager Yusuf Hawkins in Brooklyn on Aug. 23, 1989. The aftermath of Hawkins' death leads to a social movement as his family and community protesters demand justice.✔️
Final 24 (AXS TV): John Belushi
FOR THE RECORD: Cennet (Telemundo); Food Paradise (Cooking Channel); Forged in Fire (History); Guy's Grocery Games (Food Network); Médicos, línea de vida (Univision); The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo); Restored (DIY Network); Tough As Nails 💲 (CBS); True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories (MTV)
🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL
Corporate (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.): Jake learns the importance of a five-star rating, John desperately seeks Matt's approval, and Grace attempts to come out of her shell.
Great White Double Trouble (Discovery Channel, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. Australia is in the midst of a rising wave of shark attacks, with great whites leading the way, and scientists have just discovered that Aussies are facing not one population of great whites, but two.
Ruff Ryders Chronicles (BET, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Waah survives poverty, violence and hustling on the streets of New York and sets his sights on making it in the music business. He co-founds Ruff Ryders and signs his first artist, DMX, known for rapping and robbing in Yonkers.✔️
FOR THE RECORD: Como tú no hay 2 (Univision); Enemigo íntimo (Telemundo); House Hunters (HGTV); Marrying Millions (Lifetime); Super Factories (Science)
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THE GUEST LIST:
The Carol Burnett Show 📺 (MeTV): Carl Reiner (29 Nov 1972)
FOR THE RECORD: Build Me Up (HGTV); Cash Cab 💲 (Bravo, 11:30 p.m.); Expedition Unknown: Josh Gates Tonight (Discovery Channel); Nightly Pop (E!, 11:30 p.m.); The Soup (E!); Vice News Tonight (Viceland)
LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE
The Dick Cavett Show 📺 (Decades, 9 p.m.): Faye Dunaway, Frank Perry, and Raymond Buckland (18 Aug 1971)
Johnny Carson 📺 (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): George Carlin and Chuck Yeager (21 Aug 1985)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 a.m.): Brian Cox, Tim Minchin, and Sara Bareilles
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:36 a.m.): Jeff Goldblum, Annie Murphy, and Sam Jay
A Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.): Jason Sudeikis and April Ryan
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 p.m.): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paula Pell, and Jessie Reyez
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home (Bravo, 10 p.m.): Kyle Richards and Teddi Mellencamp
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it⭐: Top Pick
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Happy watching, everyone!
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