TV This Week Oct. 26 - Nov. 1: ‘Winter’s Tale’ on HBO

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This week’s TV Movies

SUNDAY

As if college wasn’t scary enough, there’s the new made-for-cable terror tale “The Dorm.” 8 p.m. MTV

Tusk! Something prehistoric emerges from the Siberian tundra in the docu-special “Mammoth Unearthed.” 8 p.m. National Geographic Channel

“Masterpiece Mystery!” presents a two-part adaptation of P.D. James’ “Pride and Prejudice”-inspired whodunit “Death Comes to Pemberley.” 9 p.m. KOCE

A new special investigates tales of “Monsters Behind the Iron Curtain.” In Soviet Union, monsters investigate you! 9 p.m. Animal Planet

Nucky, we hardly knew ye: The Prohibition-era crime drama “Boardwalk Empire” calls it quits after five seasons. Steve Buscemi stars. 9 p.m. HBO

MONDAY

Kim Kardashian — definitely not a broke girl — guest stars as herself on the season premiere of “2 Broke Girls.” 8 p.m. CBS

Tru TV launches a raft of new programming with the game show “Hair Jacked.” 8 and 8:30 p.m. Tru TV

Get on the good foot with the new music doc “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.” 9 p.m. HBO

Nick Cannon, who starred in the original 2002 film, steps into a supporting role in the made-for-cable sequel “Drumline: A New Beat.” 9 p.m. VH1

“Independent Lens” probes the cause of a deadly commuter-train crash in Japan in 2005 in “Brakeless.” 10 p.m. KOCE

Lend him your ear: A former heavyweight champ voices his animated likeness in the wacky new series “Mike Tyson Mysteries.” 10:30 p.m. Cartoon Network

TUESDAY

A brand new season of “NBA Basketball” tips off with defending champs the San Antonio Spurs playing host to the Dallas Mavericks. 5 p.m. TNT

Boz the great and powerful: Former NFL linebacker Brian Bosworth is profiled on a new “30 for 30.” 6 p.m. ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ESPN2

May the spookiest Halloween display win in “The Great Halloween Fright Fight.” 8 p.m. ABC

Lean in with Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and other women who’ve made a name for themselves in the business world on a new “Makers.” 9 p.m. KOCE

A new episode of “Frontline” charts the rise of the terrorist group known as ISIS. 10 p.m. KOCE

The course of true love never did run smooth, as in the new reality series “Prison Wives Club” and “My Crazy Love.” 10 p.m. Lifetime; 10 p.m. Oxygen

A musical family just can’t wait to get on the road again in the special “Home Sweet Bus.” 10 p.m. TLC

Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings”) gets “Benched” in this new sitcom about an elite lawyer who winds up working as a public defender. 10:30 p.m. USA

WEDNESDAY

The Welsh writer Dylan Thomas does not go gentle into that good night in the bio-drama “A Poet in New York.” Tom Hollander stars. 8 and 11:30 p.m. BBC America

Figure skater Johnny Weir celebrates LGBT athletes who took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in “To Russia With Love.” 8 p.m. Epix

Curse you, Red Baron! A new edition of “Nova” remembers the pilots and planes that did battle in the skies over Europe during WWI. 9 p.m. KOCE

The U.S. Senate’s Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) team up for adventure in the Marshall Islands in the special “Rival Survival.” 10 p.m. Discovery Channel

THURSDAY

An out-of-work New Yorker has “hope” that his resemblance to the 44th U.S. president will “change” his fortunes in the 2013 documentary “Bronx Obama.” 7:30 p.m. Showtime

Who’s a good dog? Find out at the “American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards 2014.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Her name’s not Earl: Jaime Pressly guest stars on the season premiere of “Mom.” 8:30 p.m. CBS

Alyssa Milano (“Mistresses”) is back to host a new cycle of “Project Runway All Stars.” 9 p.m. Lifetime

Lana! Aisha Tyler (“Archer”) guest stars on the return of “Two and a Half Men.” 9 p.m. CBS

“Roseanne’s” Laurie Metcalf is the matriarch of “The McCarthys” in this new family sitcom set in Boston. 9:30 p.m. CBS

Guest star Gina Gershon is under suspicion on the season premiere of “Elementary.” 10 p.m. CBS

FRIDAY

“Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room” finds the singer-pianist holding court at the venerable NYC venue. With Tony winner Christine Ebersole and “American Idol’s” Jessica Sanchez. 9 p.m. KOCE

Happy Samhain! “Ghost Adventures: Ireland’s Celtic Demons” explores the pagan origins of Halloween. 9 p.m. Travel Channel

SATURDAY

An astronomer wrangles herself a hunky cowboy in the new holiday fable “One Starry Christmas.” With Sarah Carter. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Colin Farrell romances “Downton Abbey’s” Jessica Brown Findlay in the decades-spanning 2014 fantasy-drama “Winter’s Tale.” Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Will Smith also star. 8 p.m. HBO