TV picks for Oct. 7:  "Resort Rescue," "30 for 30," "America: Facts vs. Fiction"

October 6, 2014 at 5:49PM
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2005 file photo, Henry Hill sits in the dining room of the Firefly restaurant in North Platte, Neb. Hill, whose life as a mobster and FBI informant was the basis for the Martin Scorcese film "Goodfellas," has died. Hill's girlfriend Lisa Caserta says he died in a Los Angeles hospital after a long illness. He was 69. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Henry Hill’s role in the 1970s Boston College basketball fixing scandal is among the stories told in ESPN’s “30 for 30” sports documentary series. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Checking in

Travel Channel is doubling down on its efforts to help assure that you have a relaxing vacation. "Hotel Impossible" returns for a fifth season with host Anthony Melchiorri visiting Daytona Beach's Streamline Hotel, the place where NASCAR was born but is now starting to sputter. That's immediately followed by the new series "Resort Rescue," where host Shane Green tries to help a Southern hotel with some communication issues. 8 p.m. Travel

The fix is in

"30 for 30," the excellent sports documentary series, continues with a look at the 1978-79 scandal that involved fixing Boston College basketball games. Among the featured characters: Henry Hill, who would later go on to be portrayed by Ray Liotta in "Goodfellas." 8 p.m. ESPN

History lessons

"America: Facts vs. Fiction" returns for a second season with back-to-back episodes that examine the California Gold Rush, the stock market crash of 1929, the Alamo and Custer's Last Stand. 9 p.m. American Heroes Channel

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