Frontline: Big Sky, Big Money
Montana recently challenged the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and lost, setting the stage for a contentious U.S. Senate race in which the free flow of corporate spending could decide which party controls Congress’s upper house. In this Frontline special, correspondent Kai Ryssdal heads to Big Sky country to get a close-up view. In another segment, colleague Hari Sreenivasan looks at how both presidential campaigns are seeking an Election Day edge by mining voters’ personal data. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 9:30 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
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An affecting report chronicles how an Iowa City girls’ volleyball team rallied to return to the state’s high school final despite the absence of its star setter, a highly popular teammate who was killed in a 2011 moped accident. Also: Gumbel interviews former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, now both an NFL analyst for Fox and Kelly Ripa’s new daytime talk-show co-host. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m., HBO
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
On Halloween night, a K-9 officer is found with his throat ripped out in a seedy section of Las Vegas, and the city’s CSI team views his dog partner as the prime suspect. In this episode of TV’s most-watched series, the animal actor channels Rin Tin Tin by delivering a performance that manages to steal the spotlight from such talented pros as stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 10 p.m., CBS
SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden
This dramatization of the covert operation that took down al Qaida’s leader portrays how the mission’s team of Navy SEALs came together, and then builds toward the climactic May 2011 storming of the terrorist’s Pakistani compound. The cast includes Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodriguez, and Xzibit. Sunday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., National Geographic Channel
Treme
An outstanding episode, set at the height of Mardi Gras and directed by Tim Robbins, unlocks the full potential of this distinctive drama about New Orleans. “Promised Land” teems with indelible moments, memorable music (including a Neville Brothers track), and colorful cameos (Emeril Lagasse and Al Roker). Sunday, Nov. 4, at 10 p.m., HBO
Other highlights
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
Dyslexia can be a gift as well as a challenge, according to this engaging documentary, which looks at how various dyslexics have managed to live with the learning disorder. Monday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., HBO
Ellen DeGeneres: The Mark Twain Prize
Kristin Chenoweth and Steve Harvey are among the performers who feted DeGeneres at a recent ceremony in her honor. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings
Malibu Country
Reba McEntire stars in this new sitcom as a country singer trying to restart her career in Malibu, Calif., where her mother, played by Lily Tomlin, has developed a taste for marijuana lollipops. Friday, Nov. 2, at 8:30 p.m., ABC
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