Friday's Best Bets on TV

“Ghost Hunters Live” (7 p.m., Sci-Fi Channel): A seven-hour live event has real-life ghost hunters poking around a Civil War site.

“The Ghost Whisperer” (8 p.m., CBS): It seems only fitting that we spend part of Halloween night with “The Ghost Whisperer.” This week, Melinda tries to figure out why the ghost of a high-school athlete is following a family that is not her own.

“Doomed to Die? 13 Most Shocking Hollywood Curses” (8 p.m., E!): Are Hollywood stars really star-crossed? Throughout show-biz history, a range of misfortunes have befallen celebrities involving plane crashes, car crashes, drug overdoses and fatal illnesses. Do they get more than their share? The E! Entertainment documentary “Doomed to Die? 13 Most Shocking Hollywood Curses” licks its chops and investigates the supposed “jinxed” casts of “The Exorcist” and the Superman projects, the generations of famous Hollywood families rumored to be cursed, and the untimely deaths of young rock legends. “Doomed to Die” counts down Hollywood’s Top 13 curses.

“The Host” (8 p.m., G4): A monster crawls out of a South Korean river and causes trouble.

“The Burning” (8:55 p.m., IFC): A disfigured caretaker sees to some fun-loving campers.