Matt's Help guide to Wednesday TV: A Great Dark night for Guest Stars

T.R. Dark night Say it ain't so, George. T.R. Dark night, not so long ago the beatific Best friend of all of the Grey's Anatomy gals, is week's guest rapist on Law & Order: SVU? He can't accept is as true either, as well as in this week's episode (NBC, 10/9c), which supplies new cast people Kelli Giddish and Danny Pino using their best showcase yet, Dark night is completely convincing like a family guy who never stops protesting his innocence, although the evidence is damning. Told that DNA does not lie, he sputters, "Neither will i!Inch because he literally sweats out this ordeal. But always remember this really is SVU, noted for the outlandish twist, then when the DA declares, "You have to be kidding me!" in a critical juncture, you question if she's ever viewed this show. Bravo to Dark night for his bravura work here. He's been skipped. Another always welcome talent, Megan Mullally, requires a break from playing among Parks and Recreation's Tammys - and never the most well known one any longer - to look on ABC's Happy Being (9:31/8:31c) as Penny's perky mother Dana, a nomadic cabaret singer so upbeat "she even makes Columbus Day seem awesome." She's a delight, although the episode strains for laughs even more than ever before, with running gags about couples improv (never funny even if they refer to it as out to be unfunny) and fake tour-guiding, among other dead-finish subplots too silly to become amusing. However when Mullally and Casey Wilson perform together, at some point singing their feelings so they won't confront more uncomfortable facts, they forces you to believe happy being are possible. Want more fall TV news? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now! Other visitors of note: The Practice's Emmy-winning Camryn Manheim returns to David E. Kelley territory like a DA on NBC's Harry's Law (9/8c). She squares off against Kathy Bates' Harry within the topical situation of the teenage "snark full" cyberbully billed with negligent homicide when among her targets, a closeted lesbian, commits suicide. ... Within the reality circus arena, the Kardashian siblings (Kim, Khloe, Kourtney) attend a runway challenge marketing their fashion line around the CW's America's Next Top Model All-Stars (9/8c). Then things get ghoulish because the models pose as various incarnations of Michael Jackson for any photo shoot, underneath the supervision of shame-free guest judge LaToya Jackson. The only real factor on television tonight that may be creepier is really a new "Home Invasion" episode of FX's nutsy-cuckoo American Horror Story (10/9c), which finds Vivien and Purple at risk when left alone, as Ben dates back to Boston to cope with some uncomfortable personal business. ... A much more unnerving evil reaches operate in the 3rd episode of BBC America's unhinged Luther (9/8c), in which a new menace is terrorizing London, his actions determined with a gamble. Luther is around the situation, though distracted through the thugs who're threatening youthful Jenny and also have the copper "on the barrel," doing their putting in a bid at the chance of his job and the colleagues' trust. How fitting the second-season premiere of Bravo's stimulating reality competition Thing of beauty: The Following Great Artist (9/8c) challenges the eclectic new cast - including one that passes the title "The Sucklord" - to change bits of cringeworthy kitsch into gallery-ready art. Not unlike how Thing of beauty itself handles to raise this frequently schlocky genre into an entertaining celebration of the entire process of creation, with a few startling and visionary (and from time to time disturbing) pieces created under intense pressure. As you contestant memorably puts it: "I've not been this nervous since i have got examined for STD's." Expect in the event that eventually ends up on the canvas eventually. What exactly else is on? ... Fox's The X Factor (8/7c) makes its way into the "judges' houses" part of your competition, using the top 32 functions now split in four groups, each designated to another judge/mentor. This twist has motivated Fox to grow tonight's and all sorts of successive episodes within this round to 2 hrs. ... I can not promise this week's episode of ABC's The Center (8/7c) is going to be on componen using the last amusing outing - by which Frankie's terrible encounter with Axl's clipped toenails sent her crying on her very own mother. But Poor Sue Heck (the brilliant Eden Sher) is testing out for cheerleading, and that we can't suppose ending well. ... Around the enjoyable reveal that follows, Suburgatory (8:30/7:30c), Tessa's father George joins the PTA, rendering him even a lot more like catnip towards the school's mother brigade. ... Profiling Britain's favorite sister act, E!'s THS: Kate and Pippa (10/9c) compares the lives from the commoner whose royal wedding transfixed the country captured, and her more youthful spitfire of the brother or sister. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!