TV Daily

Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: "Howard Schultz and Starbucks" tells the story of how one man took some coffee beans ... and built a huge corporate beanstalk.

Published August 29, 2007 10:00AM (EDT)

Prime Pick

Photo: A&E

You hate Starbucks with a vengeance. But who's to blame, really? Well, tonight on Biography, "Howard Schultz and Starbucks" (9 p.m. EDT on Biography) tells the story of how Starbucks chairman Schultz transformed a company that sold coffee beans into a ubiquitous global menace, with 13,000 stores in 39 countries. Is Schultz a brilliant entrepreneur or a diabolical genius? And is he the one who dreamed up the pretentiously moronic Tall-Grande-Venti nomenclature?

Also…

"Nureyev: The Russian Years" airs on Great Performances (9 p.m. EDT on PBS, check local listings). And in "Crazy Sexy Cancer" (9 p.m. EDT on TLC), 31-year-old Kris Carr documents her battle with cancer, traveling the country in search of other women determined to beat the disease.

On the talk shows

Regis and Kelly

ABC, 9 a.m. EDT

Relly Nominees: Funniest Guest

The View

ABC, 11 a.m. EDT

Julia Stiles, Zac Efron, guest co-host Chelsea Handler (repeat)

Ellen DeGeneres

Syndicated, check local listings

Barbara Walters, Gym Class Heroes, Serena Williams (repeat)

Oprah Winfrey

Syndicated, check local listings

An Oprah Special Report: Katrina -- What Will It Take to Recover?

Charlie Rose

PBS, check local listings

Connie Schultz, Alfred Taubman, Shen Wei

Larry King

CNN, 9 p.m. EDT

TBA

Jon Stewart

Comedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT

Denis Leary (repeat)

Stephen Colbert

Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT

Michael Jacobson (repeat)

David Letterman

CBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT

Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Garlin, Against Me!

Jay Leno

NBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT

Jeff Foxworthy, Sen. John McCain, Mat Kearney

Tavis Smiley

PBS, check local listings

Hurricane Katrina Anniversary

Jimmy Kimmel

ABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT

Mandy Moore, Jon Hamm, Joss Stone, Vaclav Klouda

Conan O'Brien

NBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT

Kelly Preston, Ryan Reynolds, Ozomatli

Craig Ferguson

CBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT

Brenda Blethyn, Mike Rowe, Army of Me (repeat)

Contributors: Matthew Fishbane, Heather Havrilesky, Amy Reiter


By Salon Staff

MORE FROM Salon Staff


Related Topics ------------------------------------------

Television