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ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: For Season 3, the setting moves, temporarily, from Storybrooke to Neverland, where some of the show’s characters have set off on a trip to the second star to the right, and straight on till morning. Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is aboard, of course, and interacting on board with an unexpectedly handsome Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), both pictured here. And soon to come are some new characters, including Rose McIver as Tinker Bell. This new episode is preceded, at 7 p.m. ET, by a one-hour special getting viewers up to speed.

THE GOOD WIFE

CBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: The Good Wife ended last season with Alicia (Julianna Margulies) answering her door, and greeting Cary (Matt Czuchry) with the news that she would join him in his effort to defect from Lockhart/Gardner and start a new law firm. “I’m in,” she said – and so are we, for a reboot that promises to shake things up on a seismic scale. What kind of betrayal does that feel like, to Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and Will Gardner (Josh Charles)? For very different reasons, they feel like very different types of betrayal.

BREAKING BAD

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES FINALE: Welcome to the biggest TV event in years. That’s no exaggeration, even though the Nielsen ratings won’t see it that way. The ending of Vince Gilligan’s pitch-perfect drama series has suddenly become so anticipated, so discussed and so celebrated, even in advance, that it’s proof, all by itself, that TV still matters. So get ready for one last thrill ride, and enjoy. For a proper sendoff, see Eric Gould’s Cold Light Reader.

HOMELAND

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 3, based on the first two episodes provided for preview, begins with the intensity, intelligence and unpredictability that made Season 1 such a thrill to watch. The action begins a few weeks after the explosion, and its aftermath, that ended Season 2. Brody (Damian Lewis) is nowhere to be seen, not even by us viewers – but Carrie (Claire Danes) is in full view, and off her meds. And, like Mandy Patinkin’s Saul, delivering one of the best TV performances of the year.

MASTERS OF SEX

Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Get set for another strong series to add to your weekly viewing list. With the addition of this new Showtime series, Sunday night, on this particular evening at least, presents four programs that are likely to end up on my end-of-year 10 Best list: Breaking Bad, Homeland, The Good Wife and now Masters of Sex. That we can watch four TV shows of this caliber any one season is impressive enough – but to see them all on a single night almost seems like an embarrassment of riches. In this new series, Michael Sheen stars as the repressed but curious Dr. William Masters, and Lizzy Caplan as his confident assistant and research partner, Virginia Johnson. Sheen has been reliably great before, as in Frost/Nixon, but Caplan’s work here is revelatory. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.

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