TV critic's picks: Wednesday, 5/04

"Custer's Last Stand: I Survived Little Big Horn"; John Stamos and Lori Singer guest star on Law & Order: SVU; National Scrabble champions

May 3, 2011 at 9:05PM
John Stamos portrays a suspect on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
John Stamos portrays a suspect on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." (NBC/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

I'm a survivor The new documentary "Custer's Last Stand: I Survived Little Big Horn" (8 p.m., History) uses forensic science to float the theory that some white dude got out of the battle alive whose name isn't Larry King.

Disappearing act The detectives on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (9 p.m., KARE, Ch. 11) have a dandy of a case when they try to figure out where guest star and former "Footloose" rebel Lori Singer has been hiding since the mid-'90s. They also take some time to try and determine why her character would leave her newly adopted child alone in a playground. John Stamos plays a suspect.

I put a spell on you Every year, Jimmy Kimmel invites the middle-school winners of the National Scrabble Championships to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:02 a.m., KSTP, Ch. 5) and then attempts to humiliate them until they are crying for their mommies. Fortunately, Ellen Pompeo from "Grey's Anatomy" will be on hand to make them feel better and "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh will be there to hammer Kimmel.

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Neal Justin

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Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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