Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, December 1. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Treme (HBO, 9 p.m.): The fourth and final season of this David Simon show premieres tonight, continuing its quiet and small-scale storytelling that never made much of a splash. Todd VanDerWerff reviewed the final season and gave it a laudatory A-minus, saying: "In his earliest musings on the series, Simon suggested that if The Wire was about what’s wrong with American cities and systems, Treme would be about what was worth preserving. But it’s possible to go even further than that. The Wire is about what happens when things fall apart, while Treme is about the hard, but necessary work of putting them back together again." And on that bittersweet note, welcome back to your work week. Phil Dyess-Nugent will be covering tonight's premiere and the rest of the season, week-to-week.
REGULAR COVERAGE
Once Upon A Time (ABC, 8 p.m.): Peter Pan gets ready to achieve his final form, but that puts Henry in peril. Regina takes this terrifying moment as an opportunity for a leisurely flashback episode about how she adopted her little boy. Gwen Ihnat questions the evil queen's sense of timing.
Bob’s Burgers (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): According to the episode summary, Linda gets back together with her high-school bandmates to "rock" their class reunion. Was their band named The Alllriiiights? If it wasn't, Pilot Viruet is going to file an official complaint.
The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.): "Just as things start to calm down at the prison, Rick and the group face imminent danger." Well, that can't be good. Zack Handlen had just settled down for a cozy, happy episode, too.
Homeland (Showtime, 9 p.m.): Brody set off on a crazy mission last week, and this week, we get to watch how that goes down. Todd VanDerWerff hands off tonight's review to Sonia Saraiya, who is decidedly more optimistic about the show this season. She might fill the entire review with "CARRIE + BRODY + QUINN OT3 4EVA," but don't let that stop you.
The Good Wife (CBS, 9:30 p.m.): CBS has quietly pushed back this show right to 9:30 p.m., to make more room for the American juggernaut that is football. Tonight, Alicia inherits money from a client, but Lockhart-Gardner moves to block the inheritance. So things are getting a little Downton Abbey in that neck of the woods. David Sims does not approve, but that's mostly because he thinks Eli doesn't do well in Edwardian dresses.
American Dad (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): Just once, we'd like to see an episode of American Granddad, where Stan sits on his front porch in a walker and yells at kids who trespass on his lawn. But that means Steve would have to procreate, and we're not sure if Kevin McFarland is ready for that.
Getting On (HBO, 10 p.m.): The second episode of this show's short season continues the long, awful march towards obscurity and death. Oh, we meant the show, not the patients! Sonia Saraiya does not think this joke is very funny.