Wednesday’s TV Highlights

SERIES

The New Adventures of Old Christine: Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) persuades Matthew and Barb (Hamish Linklater, Wanda Sykes) to throw her an engagement party in the season finale (8 p.m. CBS).

America’s Next Top Model: In the two-hour season finale, André Leon Talley visits, and the first hour closes with a surprise. In the second hour the finalists face off on the runway, shoot their final commercial and pose for a family portrait with Tyra and some special guests (8 p.m. KTLA).

Secrets of the Dead: Fearing Germany would seize the French fleet and use it to invade Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill destroys the fleet, in a new episode (8 p.m. KCET).

Criminal Minds: Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) and the team travel to Alaska to investigate murders of several residents in a small town, in this new episode (9 p.m. CBS).

Mercy: Veronica (Taylor Schilling) tries to help two boys trapped in an abandoned building (9 p.m. NBC).

American Idol: The top four are winnowed down to three in a results episode that features performances by Daughtry and Bon Jovi (9 p.m. Fox).

CSI: NY: Mac (Gary Sinise) is determined to seek justice when a 14-year-old boy is shot in front of his 12-year-old brother, in this new episode (10 p.m. CBS).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Cragen (Dann Florek) coordinates a movement to catch a man who has raped three girls. A rookie officer (Graham Davie) makes an arrest in the case (10 p.m. NBC).

Top Chef Masters: Mmmmmmm … doughnuts. “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, cast member Hank Azaria and writer Matt Selman drop by to judge a quick-fire challenge based on the long-running animated hit (10 p.m. Bravo).

SPORTS

Baseball: The Florida Marlins visit the Chicago Cubs (11 a.m. WGN A); the Tampa Bay Rays visit the Angels (4 p.m. FSN); the Dodgers visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (6:30 p.m. FS Prime).

Hockey: NHL playoffs: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Pittsburgh Penguins (4 p.m. VS).