HBO's "Game of Thrones" answers the looming question:
"What if Bob Guccione Had Produced 'Lord of the Rings'?"
I had budgeted some Sunday night bonding time with my tween son, who likes anything with armor and sword fights, but the series turned out to contain more softcore pornography (some featuring Peter Dinklage) than seemed absolutely necessary.
Certainly "Thrones" takes the chastity belt off of Middle Earth. HBO could have called it "LOTR: Doggie Style."
Also not appropriate for kids, but a very good Sunday night show - "The Killing." Only downside: the more you watch it, the less you feel like ever visiting Seattle.