TV picks for Aug. 15: "Wipeout," "Get Trucked," "Private Benjamin"

August 14, 2013 at 6:31PM
FILE - In this 1980 file image released by Warner Brothers Pictures, actress Eileen Brennan as Capt. Doreen Lewis in a scene from, "Private Benjamin." Brennan's manager, Kim Vasilakis, says Brennan, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, in Burbank, Calif., after a battle with bladder cancer. She was 80. (AP Photo/Warner Brothers Pictures, File)
Eileen Brennan starred as Capt. Doreen Lewis in “Private Benjamin.” Brennan, who died recently, reprised her role for the TV series, which aired for two seasons. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Model behavior

If they thought the Q&A portion of beauty pageants was tough, wait until these former contestants face the Tropic Blunder and the Miami Pound Machine in "Wipeout" (7 p.m., KSTP, Ch. 5). If the obstacle course doesn't kill them, the bad puns will.

Keep on truckin'

Minneapolis isn't the only city wild about mobile luncheonettes. In "Get Trucked" (8 p.m., Cooking), "Top Chef" winner Kevin Sbraga helps revive failing food trucks. Tip No. 1: Make sure there's plenty of gas in the tank.

She's in the Army now

Eileen Brennan, who died last month, earned an Oscar nomination playing the salt to Goldie Hawn's sugar in 1980's "Private Benjamin" (8:45 p.m., Starz Comedy). The movie was followed by a TV series, which, fortunately, will not be airing anytime soon.

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