Season 3 picks up right where the second one left off, with a mad search for the kidnapped infant son of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and the equally mad flight of his mother, Gemma (Katey Sagal), who's been framed for murder. "Sons," which has come a long way from its original "Hamlet"-on-hogs premise, shares at least one thing with "The Sopranos": It's made me care about people in whom I've never before had the slightest interest.
A few other fall shows that might justify paying to watch:
FX's "Terriers" (10 p.m. Wednesdays) stars Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as unlicensed private investigators. Premieres: Tomorrow.
FX's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (10 p.m. Thursdays) launches Season 6 in HD, a seeming coup for what began as a very low-budget series but which is bound only to magnify the warts on this warts-and-all comedy set in and around a bar in South Philly. Guest stars this season include Phillies Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, but you'll really want to tune in to find out how the show deals with the real-life pregnancy of star Kaitlin Olson, who, along with husband and co-star Rob McElhenney, the show's creator, welcomed a baby boy last week - reportedly after she went into labor during a Phils-Dodgers game in Los Angeles. Returns: Sept. 16.
HBO's "Bored to Death" and "Eastbound & Down" (10 and 10:30 p.m. Sundays). New seasons for two of the premium cable channel's oddball comedies, the first starring Jason Schwartzman as a blocked writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private investigator (the "it" job of the fall?), the other starring Danny McBride as a former major leaguer trying to readjust to life in his hometown. Return: 10 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 26.
