Wednesday’s TV highlights: ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ on NBC

SERIES

Blindspot Rich Dotcom (guest star Ennis Esmer) is back, and his presence could mean fresh trouble for the team in this new episode. Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Ashley Johnson, Archie Panjabi and Michelle Hurd star. 8 p.m. NBC

Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) team up to carry out a secret mission for Diggle (David Ramsey), but Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) disapproves and elects to stay behind. 8 p.m. KTLA

The Goldbergs Adam’s (Sean Giambrone) love for the scary novels of Stephen King inspires him to try his hand at horror writing, but he makes a rookie mistake in modeling a monstrous character in his story on his mom (Wendi McLendon-Covey). 8 p.m. ABC

Nature A man, his family and a group of volunteers journey across Uganda and the Nile River to relocate a herd of the world’s rarest giraffes. 8 p.m. KOCE and KPBS

Speechless Jimmy (John Ross Bowie) gets depressed because none of the kids wants to participate in the family tradition of dressing up for Halloween. Minnie Driver also stars. 8:30 p.m. ABC

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is caught in the middle when a police colleague’s (guest star Anthony Edwards) son is accused of sexual assault. Ice-T, Kelli Giddish and Peter Scanavino also star in this new episode. 9 p.m. NBC

Frequency Raimy and Frank (Peyton List, Riley Smith) race time – in the present and past – to try to prevent Julie’s (Devin Kelley) kidnapping. 9 p.m. KTLA

Modern Family Luke (Nolan Gould) hoped that the first Halloween party he’s ever thrown would be memorable, but it starts looking like a disaster until his parents and siblings help turn it around. 9 p.m. ABC

black-ish After Junior (Marcus Scribner) embarrasses his dad (Anthony Anderson) during a basketball game, Dre retaliates by planning a prank to teach his son a lesson. 9:30 p.m. ABC

Designated Survivor When diplomacy with Algeria falls short, President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to send Navy SEALs on a mission that could define his presidency. Maggie Q and Kal Penn also star. 10 p.m. ABC

South Park An entire Colorado city gets hacked. 10 p.m. Comedy Central

Rectify The drama returns for its fourth and final season in the emotional saga of Daniel Holden (Aden Young), who returned to his rural Georgia hometown after his murder conviction was overturned after 19 years on death row. Abigail Spencer and Clayne Crawford also star. 10 p.m. Sundance

Everest Air In the premiere of this new documentary series a team of experts risks life and limb to extract two injured climbers from the slopes of the Himalayan mountain. 10 p.m. Travel

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Theodore Olson; David Boies; John Lithgow; Claire Foy. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Dr. Mehmet Oz; Jennifer O’Neill; Eric Paslay performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Issa Rae; “The Chew’s” Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall and Daphne Oz. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Leaving Austin performs; Sam Zimmerman (“Shudder”); gymnast Laurie Hernandez (“Dancing With the Stars”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live with Kelly Blair Underwood; Abbi Jacobson; Michael Bublé. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Singer-songwriter Phil Collins discusses his memoir. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Oz Pearlman. (N) 10 a.m. KCAL

The Doctors A hospital bills a couple for holding their newborn. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Talk Tom Selleck; Lindsay Miller. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show How to find the perfect jeans size; Dr. Oz visits the set of “Dr. Ken.” (N) 1 p.m. KTTV

Steve Harvey Miss USA Deshauna Barber; Usain Bolt; Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”). (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

The Real Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”); Kenya Moore (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”). (N) 2 p.m. KTTV

Dr. Phil Three sisters want their mother to acknowledge that one of them was sexually abused as a child. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Anna Kendrick (“Trolls”); Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg; Donald Glover. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

Harry Eric Dane (“The Last Ship”); Rumer Willis. (N) 9 p.m. KCOP

Tavis Smiley Chris Hedges. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Entrepreneur John Della Volpe. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Conan Elijah Wood; Joy Bryant; Tove Lo performs. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Justin Timberlake; Tracey Ullman; Stanaj performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Joel McHale; Abbi Jacobson; Jon Glaser. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Andrew Garfield; Mario Batali; Conor Oberst performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Ewan McGregor; Isla Fisher; Niall Horan. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers Colin Hanks; Mort Sahl. (N) 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

Last Call With Carson Daly Model Tricia Helfer; Temples perform; actor Trevante Rhodes. (N) 1:38 a.m. KNBC

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