TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
7 PM G 25th Annual Critics’
Choice Awards Presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, this awards ceremony — which honors the year’s best in films and TV/streaming — observes its silver anniversary. In the movie categories, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” leads this year’s pack of nominees with 14 nods, followed by Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (12). One of last year’s acting winners, Mahershali Ali (“Green Book”), is back this year as a nominee for HBO’s “True Detective.” 8 PM ( HALL) (HMM) MOVIE A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery After being badly injured and incurring a painful loss in the line of duty, Boston police detective Jeff Jackson (Jesse Metcalfe) retires to a quiet life in his late father’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. After a mysterious visitor to the community turns up dead, however, the local police chief (Eric Keenleyside) recruits Jeff to help in the investigation
... which also involves medical examiner Zee Madeieras (Sarah Lind), who has a history with Jeff.
9 PM ^ Sanditon on Master
piece Screenwriter Andrew Davies — who has four well-received Jane Austen adaptations to his credit — picks up Austen’s final, unfinished work in this new eight-hour miniseries, which takes place in the sleepy British seaside town of the title. Tom Parker (Kris Marshall, “Death in Paradise”), an eccentric local, is obsessed with transforming the community into a fashionable health resort with the backing of Lady Denham (Anne Reid, “Last Tango in Halifax”). Rose Williams (“Reign”), Theo James (“Golden Boy”), Crystal Clarke (“Ordeal by Innoncence”) and Jack Fox (“Riviera”) also star.
9 PM (HBO) The Outsider Adapted from a novel by Stephen King, this new psychological thriller follows Georgia police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) as he investigates the murder of an 11-year-old boy. Eyewitness accounts and physical evidence point to an unlikely suspect: Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman), a popular local teacher, husband and father. Mare Winningham also stars. Another episode immediately follows.