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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - Page updated at 02:00 p.m.

'Abandoned' tops TV picks for Wednesday


'Abandoned'

Another of those "one man's junk is another man's treasure" series where adventurer/collectors search for hidden treasures. In tonight's back-to-back episodes, carpenter/collector Jay Chalkin and his friends Dan and Mark head to a the former Pabst Brewing headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis, and an abandoned silk mill in Lonaconing, Md. 9 p.m. Wednesday on Nat Geo (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop, Seattle Times staff

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Also on Wednesday

"Casablanca" (1942), 7 p.m. (TCM): Cafe owner Rick helps an old flame and her husband escape from Nazis in Morocco.

"America's Got Talent," 8 p.m. (NBC): Four wild-card acts advance to the semifinals.

"So You Think You Can Dance," 8 p.m. (Fox): The dancers perform with all-star partners; contestants face elimination; guest judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

"Restaurant: Impossible," 9 p.m. (Food): An authentic Mexican restaurant has suffered from growing pains.

"Dirty Jobs: Down Under," 10 p.m. (Discovery): Mike heads to South Australia to extract deadly, venomous brown snakes from people's homes.

"Necessary Roughness," 10:01 p.m. (USA): The team teeters on disaster as the season opener nears.

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