Today’s Top Picks
The Crown
on NETFLIX
Season 4 advances the story to the late 1970s, when Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and the Royal Family are preoccupied with finding an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at age 30. At the same time, divisiveness builds in Britain thanks to the policies of Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and war with the Falkland Islands.
The Reagans
8 p.m. on SHOWTIME – Series Premiere
This four-part documentary series explores several of the previously unexamined aspects of the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan and what life was like inside the White House during those eight years. Given special emphasis is how Nancy Reagan’s widely held public image as a paper doll and a clotheshorse actually was dramatically at odds with the immense hidden power she wielded throughout husband “Ronnie’s” presidency.
The E! People’s Choice Awards 2020
9 p.m. ET on E!
The 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards will originate this year from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., with hosts Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic. Among the categories for these fan-based awards, competing for best show are “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Never Have I Ever,” “Outer Banks,” “The Bachelor,” “The Last Dance,” “The Masked Singer,” “This Is Us” and “Tiger King.” Nominees for the best movie include “Bad Boys for Life,” “Extraction,” “Hamilton,” “Project Power,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Old Guard” and “Trolls World Tour.”
Candy Land
9 p.m. ET on FOOD – Series Premiere
Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth hosts this colorful new competition series based on the popular board game, with such familiar (and edible) lands as Peppermint Forest, Gumdrop Mountains and Lollipop Woods. In the series premiere, “An Inside Look at Magical Creatures,” Chenoweth challenges five teams of cake and sugar artists to create their vision of fantastic creatures from this enchanted realm. Nacho Aguirre and Aarti Sequeira are the judges. David Bromstad also hosts a behind-the-scenes look at this production.