Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘The X-Factor’ on Fox

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The X Factor Simon Cowell’s talent search returns for a new season, with Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio. 8 p.m. Fox

Earthflight, A Nature Special Presentation This new episode offers a bird’s-eye view of Africa. 8 p.m. KOCE

America’s Got Talent Terry Fator and Olate Dogs perform as six acts advance to the final. 9 p.m. NBC

MasterChef Gordon Ramsay crowns the winner of this cooking competition. 9 p.m. Fox

The Presidents’ Gatekeepers Airing over four hours on two nights, this new special brings together all 20 living White House chiefs of staff to share their memories of what’s been called the second most powerful job in the nation’s capital — and the toughest. 9 p.m. Discovery

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Sugar Bear gets dressed up in a camouflage tuxedo in this new episode. 9 p.m. TLC

Royal Pains Hank (Mark Feuerstein) treats a young paleontologist (Pippa Black) who is preparing a dinosaur skeleton for auction, while Evan and Paige (Paulo Costanzo, Brooke D’Orsay) realize they need to take drastic measures to save their marriage. Reshma Shetty also stars in the season finale. 9 p.m. USA

Brains on Trial With Alan Alda In the premiere of this new series, Alda examines the potential effect advances in neuroscience could have on criminal law. 10 p.m. KOCE

Duck Dynasty A termite infestation at Duck Commander forces the guys to move their operations in this new episode. 10 p.m. A&E

SPECIALS

9/11 Remembered The firefighters of 10 House, at the base of the World Trade Center, tell their story of 9/11 in this a special (8 p.m. Discovery), and a new episode of “Nova” documents the completion of One World Trade Center in New York. (9 p.m. KOCE). In addition, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks is commemorated by numerous specials on Discovery, CNN, Fox News, History, MSNBC and National Geographic.

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Condoleezza Rice; Michael C. Hall. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Bill Dedman. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America Jenny McCarthy; Michelle Pfeiffer; Ali Larter. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray John Gidding. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL

Live With Kelly and Michael Michelle Pfeiffer; Rachael Ray. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Keith Urban performs. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Talk Craig Ferguson; Michael Chernow and Daniel Holzman. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Doctors Hollywood health fads; Chaz Bono; foods to spice up the sex life. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Kim Coles, Cheryl Burke and Kandi Burruss; mood swings; Stepp Stewart. (N) 2 p.m. KABC

Dr. Phil Guests’ loved ones fear that online con artists are deceiving them. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Taylor Schilling; Jason Biggs. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Céline Dion. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC

To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé Stephanie Schriock, EMILY’s List. (N) 6:30 p.m. KVCR

Between the Lines Crazy Loco Love. 9 p.m. KLCS

The Arsenio Hall Show Magic Johnson; George Lopez; rapper Nas. (N) 11 p.m. KTLA

Tavis Smiley B.B. King. (Part 2 of 2) (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately James Davis; Heather McDonald; Gary Valentine; swimmer Diana Nyad. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan (N) 11 p.m. TBS

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

The Colbert Report Sheryl Crow. (N) 11:31 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Charlie Sheen; Jim Rome; Trombone Shorty performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Keith Olbermann; Keith Urban. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Tim Gunn; Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Ricky Gervais; Michael Shannon; MGMT; Simon Townshend. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Max Greenfield; Amy Smart. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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