What to Watch on Wednesday: Things get crabby on ‘MasterChef’

MasterChef (8 p.m., Fox) – The cooks compete to prepare the best crab dish, and the winner gets an advantage over the others in the next round.

Chocolate City (8 p.m., BET) – A new movie starring Michael Jai White, Carmen Electra and Vivica A. Fox about a college student who becomes a male stripper.

Why We Left Earth (9 p.m., Science) – Physicist Brian Cox crosses the globe to understand a new theory about mankind’s journey into space. At 10, a show called “Why Are We Here?” has Cox examining evidence that supports a theory about what happened before the Big Bang.

Player Gets Played (9:30 p.m., Oxygen) – The start of a new series about getting revenge on cheaters. In each episode, a suspicious woman learns through friends and social media that her man is cheating and then they all join together to plot a surprising “reveal” to teach him a lesson.

Ripper Street (10 p.m., BBC America) – A chemist is murdered and there’s evidence that he may have been an abortionist. Also, Dr. Frayn tells Susan to hire Dr. Rolle.

This story was originally published June 10, 2015 at 2:00 AM with the headline "What to Watch on Wednesday: Things get crabby on ‘MasterChef’."