Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return to host The CMA Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) for the sixth time, live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
They are both also slated to perform as are Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Hunter Hayes with jason Mraz, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton, Lennon & Maisy Stella, Taylor Swift with Vince Gill and Alison Krauss, The Band Perry and the Zach Brown Band with Dave Grohl.
Other planned duets will come from Miranda Lambert with Keith Urban, Alan Jackson and George Strait doing a George Jones tribute, and Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker pay tribute to Kenny Rogers.
Animal mating rituals can be just as tortured as those for humans. Tonight’s “Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) looks at a lot of different behavior among birds, fish and mammals and occasionally they add music to it.
A new season of “Beverly Hills Pawn” (Reelz, 9 p.m.) include a spacesuit and Beatles memorabilia.
The witchy students defend their school on a new “American Horror Story: Coven” (FX, 10 p.m.).
“Full Circle” (Direct TV, 9 p.m.), Neil LaBute’s series that focuses on one couple at a time at a restaurant’s table ends with Billy Campbell and kate Walsh sharing the meal.
Since they’re in New Orleans, the contestants on “Top Chef” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) have to make Creole tomatoes.
The Windsor 75 Restaurant in Windsor, Conn., gets a makeover by Robert Irvine on “Restaurant Impossible” (Food Network, 10 p.m.).
We can probably count on Thanksgiving going all wrong on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (FXX, 10 p.m.).
A former NASA engineer finds ghosts around the house on “Paranormal Witness” (Syfy, 9 p.m.).
Somebody on Redemption Island finally gets back into the game, just as the merge hits on “Survivor” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
The final 12 all sing on a live two hour episode of “The X Factor” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
Guys tend to do stupid things, so it figures someone would establish a “Guy Court” (MTV2, 11 p.m.) to take them to task.
Turner Classic Movies begins a month-long, 29-movie Wednesday night salute to Burt Lancaster tonight with “The Killers” (8 p.m.), “Come Back, Little Sheba” (10 p.m.), “From Here to Eternity” (11:45 p.m.), “The Swimmer” (2 a.m.) and “The Gypsy Moths” (4 a.m.).
Hockey action includes Pittsburgh at Rangers (NBC Sports, 7:30 p.m.). In the NBA it’s Bulls at Pacers (ESPN, 7 pm.) and Mavericks at Thunder (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Rob Lowe. The View: Liv Tyler, Giada De Laurentiis, Brad Garrett. The Talk: Tori Spelling, the Twice Baked Twins, Chris Hardwick. Ellen DeGeneres: Ashton Kutcher, Jose Andres, Sting. Wendy Williams: Kathy Griffin, Jacqui Stafford.
Late Talk
David Letterman: Natalie Portman, Chris Elliott, James Blunt. Jay Leno: Ellen DeGeneres, Tired Pony. Jimmy Kimmel: Dr. Phil McGraw, Erin Andrews, Florida Georgia Line. Jimmy Fallon: Jason Statham, Tom Green, Emeli Sande. Craig Ferguson: Martin Short, Doris Kearns Goodwin. Carson Daly: Eric Andre, Chrome Sparks. Tavis Smiley: Dennis Haysbert, Scott Adams. Stephen Colbert: Brian Lehrer. W. Kamau Bell: Bill Burr. Arsenio Hall: Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, Sheryl Underwood, George Wallace. Conan O’Brien: Aziz Ansari, Deepak Chopra, Adam Yenser. Chelsea Handler: Kelly Osbourne, Kerry Kenney-Silver, Jamie Lee, Jo Koy. Pete Holmes: Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Gracie Gold & Max Aaron.