This week’s best bets

SUNDAY

7:20 p.m.

NFL FOOTBALL A clash of NFC West titans is on tap tonight in Seattle, where Russell Wilson and the Seahawks will welcome in Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers. With a wild-card berth last year and a bevy of talent on both sides of the ball this year, the Seahawks have big expectations in 2013. So, too, do the defending conference champion Niners, just a year removed from their Cinderella-like run to Super Bowl XLVII with the youthful Kaepernick guiding them.

8 p.m. THE 2014 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION Chris Harrison ( The Bachelor) returns as host alongside Lara Spencer ( Good

Morning America) for this edition of one of television’s oldest competitive reality shows — which was around long before television. After the finalists are chosen and take part in one last round of competition, Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan, crowns her successor.

9 p.m.

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! In the “Foyle’s War, Series VII” premiere “The Eternity Ring,” Foyle (Michael Kitchen) returns from the States to find MI5 has assigned him to investigate the possibility of a Russian spy network operating in London that may have infiltrated British atomic research. The assignment reunites him with Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks), now married and working for a scientist involved with the development of the atom bomb.

MONDAY

7 p.m.

DANCING WITH THE STARS The biggest change viewers will notice as Season 17 of the celebrity/pro dance competition gets under way tonight is the frequency. Gone are the twice-weekly one-hour airings, replaced by one two-hour episode combining the competition and results.

7 p.m.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER As Robin and Barney (Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick

+ Harris) prepare to tie the knot, their night of relaxation is sabotaged by an obnoxious couple (Casey Wilson, Keegan Michael Key). Ted (Josh Radnor) invites Lily (Alyson Hannigan) out to see that house he’s finally finished fixing up, while Marshall (Jason Segel) takes baby Marvin to Minnesota to see his family in “Something New.”

8 p.m.

SLEEPY HOLLOW The Headless Horseman isn’t just some guy who blew his top in this surreal new series. He’s one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and he’s on a killing spree in the present-day town of Sleepy Hollow. Only Ichabod Crane himself (Tom Mison) can stop him — as soon as he adjusts to having been pulled 250 years into the future.

TUESDAY

7 p.m.

LATINO AMERICANS Latinos have helped shape the United States over the past 500 years and have become its largest minority. Benjamin Bratt narrates this three-part, six-hour documentary that chronicles the rich and varied history of Latinos in this country, starting with “Foreigners in Their Own Land” — which covers the period from the first Spanish explorations to the Mexican-American War — and “Empire of Dreams,” about Latino immigration from 1880 to 1940.

7 p.m.

MOVIE: IRON MAN 2 Robert Downey Jr. reprises the part of Tony Stark, who gets plentiful new use for his superpowered costume, in the Marvel Comics hero’s second live-action iteration for the big screen. Returning director Jon Favreau folds a lot into the adventure, as Stark deals with the alluring Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) as well as the evil Whiplash (Mickey Rourke). Gwyneth Paltrow is back as well, with Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson also added to the cast.

7 p.m.

DADS Eli (Giovanni Ribisi, Ted) and Warner (Seth Green, Robot Chicken) are pals who came up with the idea for a video-game company while stoned in college. Now rich beyond expectation, they find surprise visitors on their doorsteps: for nervous Eli, his opportunistic father, Crawford (Martin Mull,

Fernwood 2Night); and for carefree Warner, his downer dad, David (Peter Riegert, The

Sopranos) — both of whom want to move in. Vanessa Lachey also stars.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 p.m.

THE MIDDLE Axl (Charlie McDermott) is mortified when he learns he and Sue (Eden Sher) are enrolled in the same Life Skills class. Brick (Atticus Shaffer) gets counseled by the school therapist (guest star Dave Foley) on how to make friends, and Frankie and Mike (Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn) are unable to get their insurance company to pay for her broken windshield in the episode “Life Skills.”

8 p.m.

MODERN FAMILY Phil (Ty Burrell) is psyched when he’s asked to discuss the finer points of residential real estate during career day at Luke and Manny’s (Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez) school — that is, until his nemesis (Rob Riggle) shows up. Meanwhile, Gloria (Sofia Vergara) challenges Jay’s (Ed O’Neill) aspirations to become a novelist, and Mitch and Cam (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet) make an expensive mistake while carrying out tooth-fairy duties in “Career Day.”

9 p.m.

NASHVILLE Country superstar Brad Paisley guest stars as himself and performs with Rayna and Deacon (Connie Britton, Charles Esten) in “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” — which happens to be the eerily prophetic title of a Hank Williams song. Hayden Panettiere also stars.

THURSDAY

7 p.m.

THE BIG BANG THEORY Leonard (Johnny Galecki) is offered a terrific job opportunity, but it means he’ll have to move overseas — an idea that will take some getting used to for Sheldon and Penny (Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco) in “The Bon Voyage Reaction.”

8 p.m.

GREY’S ANATOMY One doctor fights to stay alive as the ferocious weather brings busloads of patients into the hospital, whose resources are stretched to the limit and beyond. Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey and Justin Chambers star in the suspenseful episode “Perfect Storm.”

9 p.m.

SCANDAL The revelation of the mole’s identity is imminent, and Olivia (Kerry Washington) and her team find themselves in real peril. The latest White House scandal pushes Cyrus (Jeff Perry) to the brink in “White Hat’s Back On.” C

FRIDAY

7 p.m.

UNDERCOVER BOSS In the episode “Boston Market,” Chief Brand Officer Sara Bittorf finds herself in the position of having to terminate an employee after he makes disparaging remarks about the customers. She also learns how to carve whole roasted chickens on the fly and has to keep things under control while managing a timed drivethrough window.

8 p.m.

HAWAII FIVE-0 The episode “Aloha. Malama Pono” kicks off when an unlisted plane lands on Oahu with four bodies onboard and a missing terrorist detainee. The CIA tasks Five-0 with finding him before he carries out an attack on U.S. soil. Kono (Grace Park) is on the run from the police for a murder she did not commit, and McGarrett’s (Alex O’Loughlin) prison visit to Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos) ends with a shocking discovery.

9 p.m.

GREAT PERFORMANCES This ambitious four-part series, premiering tonight, assembles four plays by William Shakespeare into a single chronological narrative, starting here with “Richard II.” Jeremy Irons, Patrick Stewart, John Hurt, Julie Walters and Tom Hiddleston ( Midnight in Paris) are among the formidable cast.

9 p.m.

BLUE BLOODS The Reagans band together against the leader of a gang responsible for the murder of someone close to them, with Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) focusing his efforts on the man’s girlfriend. A second crisis knocks Frank (Tom Selleck) for a loop in “This Way Out.”

SATURDAY

7 p.m.

MIKE & MOLLY When Molly (Melissa McCarthy) doesn’t get pregnant after weeks of trying, a distraught Mike (Billy Gardell) seeks advice from Carl and Samuel (Reno Wilson, Nyambi Nyambi). The answer may lie in his underwear in “Mike Likes Briefs.” Katy Mixon and Rondi Reed also star.

8 p.m.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES The NCIS: LA team hits the beach in the episode “Skin Deep” to investigate the connection between a surfer, an Internet video and a dead naval scientist. As Callen and Hanna (Chris O’Donnell, LL Cool J) look into the victim’s intelligence connections, Kensi and Deeks (Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen) pose as surfers to catch their suspects.