Breaking Bad  Sunday at 10 p.m., AMC

This season premiere isn’t just compelling — it’s magnetic. And you’ll know what I’m talking about when you watch. This is a series

I do not hesitate to call riveting. It moves so slowly, and so surely, it makes the viewer acutely feel the characters’ anxiety. In this eight-

episode run, we’ll get to know Mike (Jonathan Banks, above right, with Bryan Cranston, center, and Aaron Paul) better, although I doubt he can fill the drama gap left by Gus, who got Fring-ed at the end of last season.

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Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish and Carla Gugino as Susan Berg in “Political Animals.”

Political Animals   Sunday at 10 p.m., USA

This six-part soap is an election-year confection. It’s all about a dysfunctional former first family, with lots of cheating and boozing against the backdrop of international crises. As the Hillary Clinton-like former first lady and current Secretary of State, Sigourney Weaver (left, with Carla Gugino) is the moral center. Everyone else around is bent and twisted, including her mother, a lush played by Ellen Burstyn.

Strange Sex  Sunday at 10 p.m., TLC

Like a revirgin.

The Newsroom   Sunday at 10 p.m., HBO

Snappy dialogue, or Adderall chatter?

In Time  Sunday at 7 p.m., HBO

Tick in a clock, girl.