The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

last updated 8 January 2015

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As this dark satire begins its third season, the home of marijuana-dealing widow Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) lies in ashes, so she moves her brood and her business to a town on the Mexican border—leaving cohort Celia (Elizabeth Perkins) to take the rap with the DEA. Albert Brooks joins the cast for several episodes as Nancy’s less-than-doting father-in-law. Monday, June 16, at 10 p.m., Showtime

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Colin Dexter’s perspicacious Inspector Morse is gone, along with his portrayer, the late John Thaw. But the next best thing—Morse’s working-class partner, Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately)—returns in three new whodunits. “Whom the Gods Would Destroy” takes grieving widower Lewis and his scholarly partner (Laurence Fox) back to Oxford for a clever mystery whose clues involve the Greek god Dionysus. Sunday, June 22, at

An advertising executive is torn between her career and her desire for a baby; a young rapper dreams of stardom; a doctor worries about the uninsured; a public-interest lawyer risks the ire of authorities; entrepreneurs frantically launch start-up businesses and Internet cafes. It sounds like America in the ’90s, but it’s China today, where a blazing economy has created both opportunities and challenges for the nation’s mostly young population. As a rural economy gives way to modernity and long-held traditions fall away, Frontline follows nine young Chinese over four years. Some grab for prosperity as quickly as they can; others search for something more meaningful. Tuesday, June 17, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings