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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: (:01) Chicago P.D.: 8:30 PM The Post-Mortem Blues Lewis’ death is team searches for the bombers. (N) investigated. (N) (HD) (HD) Survivor: Cagayan (N) (HD) Criminal Minds: Fatal Obsessed with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Greek mythology. (N) (HD) Kitty Cyber crime-related murder. (N) (HD) The Middle: The Suburgatory: Modern Family: (:31) Mixology: Nashville: Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Optimist (N) (HD) Dalia Nicole Smith Sleeper Phil’s lie. Liv & Jim (N) (HD) Bad Everyone is blaming each other. (N) (HD) (N) (HD) (N) (HD) Nature: Love in the Animal Kingdom NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the Nazi Mega Weapons: Super Tanks Flirting gorilla; flamingo seeks mate. Butterflies Butterfly’s arduous yearly Production of heavy-duty Nazi (HD) migration. (HD) landship. (N) (HD) American Idol: 5 Finalists Perform (N) (HD) WACH FOX News at 10 Local news report and weather forecast. Revolution: $#!& Happens Miles is separated from the group. (N) (HD)
Arrow: City of Blood Oliver decides to surrender to Slade. (N) (HD)
The 100: Contents Under Pressure Abby directs Clarke through operation. (N) (HD)
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Shifts in media landscape seem to occur by the hour BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The more television changes, the more it stays the same. And for some, how you watch has become as interesting as what you watch. Media watchers felt the ground shift a little last week. Everyone, it seems, wants to be the next Netflix. AOL announced it would begin a free streaming movie service and that it made a deal with Miramax for the rights to show more than 700 films from that studio’s library. The AOL news was largely overshadowed by the announcement that the Amazon Prime streaming service would start to show HBO content, beginning May 21. This is important for a number of reasons. It’s a way for Amazon to show that Netflix is hardly the only major player in the growing streaming business. More importantly, it indicates that HBO sees it as necessary to get outside the walled domain of cable and HBO GO. Up until now, you had to subscribe to the premium network in order to watch its shows. And that suited its parent company just fine, because Time Warner was in the cable business. These announcements came during the same week that the FCC hinted at changes in so-called “net neutrality” and the Supreme Court heard a case challenging the Aereo company’s right to rent tiny “private” broadcast antennas to consumers. The shift away from cable is gradual, but gaining steam. An article on rapidtvnews.com cited a survey from Experian Marketing Services, which found that nearly half of U.S. households stream or download video onto their smartphones, consoles and tablets, or onto their TVs via smart DVRs, Roku, Apple TV or other devices. It also estimated that 7.6 million households consider themselves “cord cutters,” who have abandoned cable, up from 5.1 million in 2010. No wonder HBO wants to reach them outside the cable realm. Meanwhile, back on good
old-fashioned TV, Wednesday nights remain a matter of “back to the future.” With the exception of “Modern Family,” now in its fifth season, two of the most-watched Wednesday night shows remain “Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG), from 2000, and “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG), from 2002. A repeat of “CSI,” which also debuted in 2000 (technically, last century), was the most-watched show at 10 p.m. last week. • Want another sign of TV’s unchanging nature? You can watch “Mrs. Doubtfire” (8 p.m., The Hub) tonight. According to Variety, the 1993 Robin Williams comedy was the most frequently broadcast movie on basic cable in 2013. • Miles gets separated from the group on “Revolution” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14). Fans of this show are a dwindling lot, which hasn’t been helped by the series’ hit-and-miss scheduling. • An old enemy sports a new vendetta on “The Americans” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). FX announced that this critically acclaimed series would return for a third season.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Diggle and Felicity put roadblocks in Oliver’s path on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV14). • Internal affairs targets Benson on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • Phil’s minor fib sparks major anxiety on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • FBI interference on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • The search for bombs continues on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14), as does the storyline that began on last night’s “Chicago Fire.” • Scarlett’s breakdown inspires reflection on “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • “Nazi Mega Weapons” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) focuses on the Tiger tank.
SERIES NOTES Frankie covers her tracks on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Dalia has no safety school on “Suburgatory” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Greek
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Nick Stokes (George Eads) and D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) examine some evidence that could be key to the murder of a prominent casino owner’s wife on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” airing at 10 p.m. on CBS. myths inspire a predator on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A rescue mission proves complicated on “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Instant karma on “Mixology” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14).
CULT CHOICE Matthew Modine stars in director Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Vietnam epic “Full Metal Jacket” (10 p.m., Starz).
LATE NIGHT Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page are scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Seth Green, Dave Attell and O.A.R. appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Helen Hunt, John Caparulo, Claire Titelman and Greg Fitzsimmons are booked on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Audra McDonald sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kiefer Sutherland, Adam Resnick and Benjamin Booker appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes David Spade, Sophia Bush and The Both on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Leslie Mann, Tony Hale and Franz Ferdinand appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Lucy Liu, Barney Frank and Parquet Courts visit “Late Night With
Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Jim Gaffigan and Rachael Taylor on “The Late Late
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