If you’re one of those Rick Springfield fans willing to wince through the crass “Californication” just to see the ageless hunk in action (seriously, how is it possible that this man is 60?) get the TiVo set for 10 p.m. Sunday.

But a heads-up – there is very little Springfield in this first of four episodes he’ll appear in throughout the season of the Showtime series. Don’t look for him in the Oct. 18 ep, either. Gotta give David Duchovny’s sleazy Hank Moody more time to ruminate over whether he should sleep with his stripper/student, his teacher’s aide or the wife of his boss, the dean at the university where he now teaches. Or maybe he’ll take a spin with all of them since Moody’s libido is the engine of “Californication.”

I don’t know what it is about this show – I’m impossible to offend and I adore Duchovny, yet I can’t get past the ick factor in nearly every scene.

Anyway, Springfield is basically playing a more salacious version of himself when he’s summoned to a restaurant meeting with Moody’s agent, Charlie (Evan Handler), and his boss, Sue Collini (Kathleen Turner, looking like a drag queen and sounding as if she burns through a carton of Parliaments every day).

Though he looks great and that hint of Australian accent is still present, Springfield’s only scene is a quick conversation with the two agents about reviving his career.

The rabid followers will be happy to know that not only is Springfield working on a new album, a children’s book and an autobiography, but he’ll bare his backside by the end of his “Californication” stint this season. Shades of “Hard to Hold”?