Wednesday, May 10
7 p.m. “40 Freakiest Concert Moments”
This is stuff like Ozzy Osborne biting the head off a bat, Alice Cooper singing a duet with a python, Gene Simmons breathing fire and the time Madonna didn’t lip synch. VH1.
7 p.m. “”Hitler’s Secret War on America”
How the German madman intended to invade America and replace all the McDonald’s with Der Wienerschnitzels. Discovery Times Channel.
8 p.m. “Rising Sun”
Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes play a pair of Los Angeles detectives investigating a murder in the headquarters of a large Japanese corporation where the two are forced to dig out the clues from beneath several layers of broad cultural generalizations and racial stereotypes. (1993) Spike TV.
8 p.m. “The Bedford Diaries”
Tonight’s episode is titled “Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder.” When we were in college, abstinence meant you waited until your dorm roommate went to the library. WB.
9 p.m. “Law & Order”
Detective Falco finds a woman murdered in his bathroom. Hopefully he has more than one bathroom. Things could get uncomfortable. NBC.
9 p.m. “King of Cars”
This reality show goes inside a Las Vegas car dealership where a flamboyant salesman uses showmanship to sell cars. The sad truth is that “reality” is never allowed to occur in a car dealership. It’s outsourced to the billing department. A&E Network.
10:35 p.m. “Late Show with David Letterman”
Jack Hanna has dragged more animals onto talk shows than Jerry Springer. CBS.