Wednesday’s TV Highlights: “South Park” on Comedy Central

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HOT WHEELS: Cartman fulfills his dream of becoming a NASCAR driver as “South Park” returns for a new season at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central.

SERIES

Biography: Marilyn Manson is profiled in this new episode (7 and 11 p.m. Biography).

America’s Next Top Model: Supermodel Karolina Kurkova serves as a guest judge and gives the contestants some advice on healthy eating, in this new episode (8 p.m. KTLA).

Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook: The series premiere looks at music of the 1950s and 1960s (8 p.m. KCET).

Criminal Minds: Similar murders of several women have Rossi (Joe Mantegna) reopening an unsolved case from more than two decades earlier. Daniel J. Travanti guest stars as the suspect in the original case, who now has Alzheimer’s disease, in this new episode (9 p.m. CBS).

Great Performances: Patrick Stewart portrays Shakespeare’s melancholy hero in this presentation of the theatrical production of “Macbeth” (9 p.m. KCET).

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Duane “Dog” Chapman and his team are in Colorado on the trail of a fugitive known as the Ice Man, who was arrested with almost a pound of methamphetamine, in the season premiere (9 p.m. A&E).

The Whole Truth: A well-respected judge (Judd Hirsch) is the defendant in a murder case — and asks Jimmy (Rob Morrow) to represent him, in this new episode (10 p.m. ABC).

Steven Seagal Lawman: In the season premiere the deputies watch a horrific accident unfold before their eyes (10 p.m. A&E). In a second new episode (10:30 p.m.) Seagal tests out a rare Japanese sword.

Harry Loves Lisa: Harry Hamlin (“L.A. Law”) and Lisa Rinna (“Melrose Place”) and their family are the subjects of this new unscripted series (10 p.m. TV Land).

SPORTS

Baseball: Playoffs: The Texas Rangers visit the Tampa Bay Rays (10:30 a.m. TBS); the Cincinnati Reds visit the Philadelphia Phillies (2 p.m. TBS); the New York Yankees visit the Minnesota Twins (5:30 p.m. TBS).

Women’s soccer: United States vs. China (4 p.m. ESPN2).

College football: Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida (5 p.m. ESPN).