Wednesday’s TV Highlights: ‘2014 ESPYs’ on ESPN and ESPN2

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

So You Think You Can Dance American Ballet Theatre’s Misty Copeland serves as a guest judge, and A Great Big World performs. 8 p.m. Fox

My Wild Affair This new nature series looks at the close ties that are sometimes forged between humans and animals. First up: elephants. 8 p.m. KOCE

Mystery Girls Nancy O’Dell guest stars as herself in this new episode of the Tori Spelling-Jennie Garth sitcom. 8:30 p.m. ABC Family

Behind the Music What’s going on with Linda Perry, former lead singer of the 1990s rock band 4 Non Blondes? Find out in this new installment, followed by the premiere of the reality series “The Linda Perry Project.” 9 and 10 p.m. VH1

The Divide Marin Ireland, Damon Gupton and Nia Long star in this new Philadelphia-set legal drama from Richard LaGravenese and “Scandal’s” Tony Goldwyn. 9 p.m. WE

Sex in the Wild Elephants are topic A in the debut installment of this series about animal procreation. 10 p.m. KOCE

Virgin Territory Young adults share their reasons for not yet having had sexual relations in this new docu-series. 11 p.m. MTV

SPECIALS

2014 ESPYs Rap music’s Drake is master of ceremonies for this year’s edition of the award show saluting athletic achievement. 6 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Author Daniel Silva. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today How bad posture affects health; rise to shine; food detours for road trips; handling stress. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

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

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Wendy Walsh (“The Great Love Debate”); Nia Long (“The Divide”); Lee Grant. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Michael Zach Braff; Andie MacDowell; Anderson Cooper. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Sara Haines; LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian; Troy Dunn. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

The Doctors Weight loss; Candace Cameron Bure. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL

The Wendy Williams Show Keke Palmer (“Just Keke”). (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Marie Osmond; Alison Sweeney; Linda Perry; Jason Santos. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Queen Latifah Show Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy; Rosie Perez; John Legend. 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL

Dr. Phil A former kindergarten teacher tells of a classroom lesson that got her a jail sentence. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

Katie Nurses; blind film critic Tommy Edison. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Singer Fergie; author Kym Douglas. 4 p.m. KNBC

Tavis Smiley Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE

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

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Jerry Seinfeld. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

Chelsea Lately Dane Cook. (N) 11 p.m. E!

Conan Michael Strahan; Famke Janssen; comic Mark Normand. (N) 11 p.m. TBS

The Arsenio Hall Show T.I.; Rocsi Diaz. 11:30 p.m. KTLA

The Colbert Report New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. (N) 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Whoopi Goldberg; Stephen Moyer; Puss N Boots performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC

Late Show With David Letterman Emma Stone; Nathan Fielder; American Authors perform. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live Bob Newhart. 11:35 p.m. KABC

Late Night With Seth Meyers Regis Philbin; John Henson; Broods perform. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Elijah Wood; Marcia Clark; Kristeen Young; Dave Grohl. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS

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