Testosterone Television: Wednesday May 23rd

All times Eastern.

• 6PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Plastic cups and cutlery; special effects makeup; gold; harps.
• 6PM, Travel Channel – Getting Rich in Vegas: Being a profitable low roller.
• 6PM, Discovery Health – Code Blue: Witching Hour. Shooting victim; crash victim; child spills hot soup on himself.
• 6PM, Science Channel – Survivorman: Sonoran Desert. Les strands himself in the Sonoran Desert and must obtain food and protection from the elements.
• 6:30PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Fiberglass insulation; wooden ducks; gumball machines; exhaust systems.
• 7PM, Speed – Chop Cut Rebuild: Crunch Time. The Chevy gets a new rear window cowl; the Porsche’s fiberglass work is completed in time for the primer to be sprayed.
• 7PM, Food Network – Good Eats: Peachy Keen. Peaches.
• 7PM, History Channel – Modern Marvels: Bulletproof. Experts design materials that can catch gunfire.
• 7PM, Science Channel – Mega-Tsunamis: Huge landslides create skyscraper-sized waves.

8PM and on after the jump!

• 8PM, TLC – Face Eating Tumor: A woman in Africa has a tumor that has shifted her jaw and pushed her eye out of its socket, and is restricting blood flow to her brain.
• 8PM, G4 – X-Play: “Arthur and the Invisibles”; “Yu-Gi-Oh”; “Rogue Galaxy.”
• 8PM, PBS (NY 713) – Secrets of the Dead: Voyage of the Courtesans. Female convicts set up a lucrative business, offering themselves to sailors on a ship sailing from London to Australia in 1789.
• 8PM, History Channel – Modern Marvels: World’s Fastest. The Koenigsegg CCR; the Shanghai Maglev; Ken Warby and the Spirit of Australia; Kingda Ka; Holloman test track.
• 9PM, ABC – Lost: Through the Looking Glass. Jack and the castaways begin efforts to make contact with Naomi’s rescue ship.
• 9PM, Discovery Times – Most Evil: Deadly Desires. Deviant serial killers.
• 9PM, Food Network – Challenge: Memphis in May BBQ. Top barbecue teams compete for $24,000 and the title of world champion.
• 9PM, Discovery Channel – MythBusters: Exploding Lighter. Jamie and Adam test the explosiveness of a butane lighter.
• 10PM, Military Channel – The First World War: To Arms. The effect of World War I on modern-day politics.
• 10PM, Discovery Times – Decoding Disaster: Mudslides. Deadly mudslides in Venezuela and the San Bernadino Mountains. What causes mudslides and how architecture is adapting to the environment.
• 10PM, VERSUS – Strongman: Strong men!
• 10PM, Discovery HD – Really Big Things: Really, Really Big Show. Goodyear’s “The Spirit of America” blimp; California trash compactor.
• 11PM, History Channel – The History of Sex: The Middle Ages. Medieval sexual and courtship practices; practices promoted by the early Christian Church.
• 11PM, Comedy Central – Daily Show: Lt. Col. Kevin Robbins.
• 11PM, Science Channel – Surviving Urban Disasters: Survival expert Les Stroud demonstrates ways to safely escape rising floodwaters.
• 11:30PM, Comedy Central – The Colbert Report: News correspondent Bob Deans.