Richard Attenborough celebrates his nearly six decades in nature filmmaking with a three part series on “Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) that tracks not only his work from black and white film to digital, color, time lapse HD of today’s remarkable events.
The affable host is still full of enthusiasm and many interesting stories from his past explorations and spends a lot of the first episode exploring the technological advances that allowed for amazing new glimpses in remote locations on land, sea and the air. The two future episodes will eamine how films have broadened understanding of species as well as environmental forces
After four seasons of “Life in the Fab Lane,” Kimora Lee Simmons is back to TV for the first time in almost two years with the new “Kimora: House of Fab” (Style, 9 p.m.). It concentrates more on her online JustFab business and her colorful employees than her everyday life. Though she does seem to be a demanding boss.
It comes after another new series, “Big Rich Atlanta” (Style, 8 p.m.), a variation of the Texas show that follows awful social climbers from Georgia and their spoiled daughters.
Bad timing for the new “Lords of War” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.), which follows a weapons expert on the search for antique guns and such, without background checks. Other guns-r-fun shows have been quietly canceled or shelves in the days since Newtown. This one comes after another school shooting on Tuesday.
Elizabeth Pena and Stephanie Beatriz play some relatives of Gloria who come up from Colombia to see the new baby on “Modern Family” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
Time to close up the asylum and that whole crazy storyline as the second season of “American Horror Story” (FX, 10 p.m.) comes to an end. We’ll expect none of the story but half of the cast in whatever comes for season three.
A third two hour episode of auditions on “American Idol” (Fox, 8 p.m.) will give Nicki Minaj a chance to use her arbitrary fake British accent even more.
A party is thrown to fete the success of the single “Wrong Song” on a new “Nashville” (ABC, 10 p.m.) and some real life country singers show up, Brantley Gilbert and Chris Young. As usual, there’s drama with Rayna and Juliette but not necessarily with eachother.
A new show sampling the globe’s goodies, “Street Eats” (Travel, 10 p.m.) begins in Latin America with ceviche in Peru and tacos in Mexico and Amazonian fruits.
“Necessary Roughness” (USA, 10 p.m.) returns, a little late to the phenomenon of a mysterious death inside the football club.
The public TV series on volcanoes, “Life on Fire” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) concentrates on the Masaya in Nicaragua.
Felicia Day returns to “Supernatural” (The CW, 9 p.m.).
We learn more about the dog plastic surgeon on the second episode of “The Kroll Show” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.).
I’m only just learning that the best interviewer on TV may well be this guy “Feherty” (Golf, 8 p.m.).
Wonder if “The Soup” (E!, 10 p.m.) will even mention the inauguration (depends I guess what happened on “The Bachelor”).
The month-long Wednesday night salute to Loretta Young on Turner Classic Movies begins with largely comedies from the 1940s, “The Doctor Takes a Wife” (8 p.m.), “Bedtime Story” (9:45 p.m.), “Wife, Husband and Friend” (11:15 p.m.), “A Night to Remember” (12:45 a.m.), “Week-End Marriage” (2:30 a.m.) and “Grand Slam” (3:45 a.m.).
In college hoops, it’s Lehigh at Bucknell (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.), Duke at Miami (ESPN, 7 p.m.), South Florida at Seton Hall (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), TCU at West Virginia (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.), Colorado at New Mexico (CBS Sports, 8 p.m.), Georgia Tech at North Carolina (SPN, 9 p.m.), Iowa State at Texas Tech (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), San Diego State at Nevada (CBS Sports, 10 p.m.) and Denver at New Mexico State (ESPNU, 11 p.m.).
In tennis, the women’s semifinals begin in the Australian Open (ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.).
And there’s NHL hockey: Boston at New York Rangers (NBC Sports, 7 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Jason Statham, Christine Branski, Oily Murs. The View: tracy Morgan, Ali Wentworth. The Talk: Joan Collins, Char, Carnie Wilson & Kim Coles. Ellen DeGeneres: Simon Baker.
Late Talk
David Letterman: Michael Strahan, Jessica Chastain, Conor Maynard (rerun). Jay Leno: Heidi Klum, Seann William Scott, Gary Allan. Jimmy Kimmel: Naomi Watts, Allison Williams Gin Wigmore. Jimmy Fallon: Fred Armisen, Common, Shae Bradley & Shain Gandee, Lupe Fiasco (rerun). Craig Ferguson: Bradley Cooper, Wolfgang Puck (rerun). Carson Daly: Nate Silver, Ronda Rousey, the Features (rerun). Jon Stewart: Missy Cummings. Stephen Colbert: Sally Field. Conan O’Brien: Kathy Griffin, Blake Anderson, Elecric Guest. Chelsea Handler: Jenna Elfman, Bobby Lee, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Dov Davidoff.