Wednesday’s Highlights

SERIES

Web Soup: This series spotlighting viral videos and Internet oddities returns for another season (8 p.m. G4).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Kathy Griffin guest stars as a lesbian-rights activist in a new episode (9 p.m. NBC).

Cougar Town: Beverly D’Angelo guest stars as Laurie’s (Busy Phillips) wild and crazy mom (9:30 p.m. ABC).

Nip/Tuck: The plastic surgery drama starring Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh ends its seven-season run (10 p.m. FX).

Psych: Shawn and Gus (James Roday, Dulé Hill) investigate a possible case of murder-by-shark (10 p.m. USA).

The Locator: The reality series that searches for long-lost loved ones returns with new episodes (10 p.m. WE).

First Love, Second Chance: TV Land offers this new series that seeks to reignite romantic sparks by reuniting former flames for one make-or-break week (10:52 p.m. TV Land).

SPECIALS

Mayday! Bering Sea: This new documentary revisits Coast Guard efforts to rescue 47 fisherman whose vessel sank in the frigid waters off Alaska in March 2008 (9 p.m. Discovery).

The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special: Previous Academy Award winners interview the stars of “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker” and other nominated films in this new special (10 p.m. ABC).

MOVIES

Quarantine: A mysterious virus turns apartment dwellers into cannibals in this effective 2008 terror tale; Jennifer Carpenter and Steve Harris star (3 and 11 p.m. Starz).

Heaven’s Gate: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken and Sam Waterston star in director Michael Cimino’s ill-fated 1980 western fable (9:15 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Soccer: U.S. vs. the Netherlands (11:30 a.m. ESPN2).

Hockey: The Capitals visit the Sabres (4 p.m. VS) and the Ducks host the Avalanche (7 p.m. FSN).

Pro basketball: The Clippers host the Suns (7:30 p.m. FS Prime).