TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
8 PM G Critics Choice Super Awards
Writer-director Kevin Smith and actress-writer Dani Fernandez co-host this inaugural special from the Critics Choice Association honoring some of the most fervent, fan-obsessed genres in film and TV, including superhero, sci-fi and fantasy, horror, action and animation. Among TV shows, HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” leads the nominees with six nods; “Palm Springs” leads the film categories with five possible wins. Patrick Stewart and Sonequa Martin-Green accept the Legacy Award for the “Star Trek” franchise.
8 PM ( LIFE) MOVIE The Nanny Murders
In this 2021 thriller, Jamie (Mia Topalian) has long admired Warren (Coby Ryan McLaughlin), a famed business magnate, from afar, so when her professional idol hires her to be his children’s nanny, she is delighted beyond words. It’s not long, however, before Warren starts making unwelcome sexual advances, and when she rebuffs him, Jamie discovers he has a dark side that he’s willing to kill to keep secret.
8 PM ( STRZ) American Gods
As Season 3 of this series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy epic opens with a premiere called “A Winter’s Tale,” Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) is doing everything he can think of to fly under the supernatural radar of multiple deities, all of whom are working their own agenda. His enjoyable work in a Milwaukee foundry, under an assumed name, proves short-lived, however, once Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) reappears on the scene, determined to recruit Shadow’s aid in Wednesday’s war against the New Gods of Technology. Graham Greene co-stars.
9 PM ^ All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
A fondly remembered TV adaptation from nearly 50 years ago of James Herriot’s stories about his life as a 1930s Yorkshire veterinarian gets a glowing new treatment in this seven-part series, starring newcomer Nicholas Ralph in his television debut as Herriot, with Samuel West as Herriot’s crusty mentor, Siegfried Farnon. Rachel Shenton stars as Helen Alderson, who becomes Herriot’s love interest. Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley and Matthew Lewis co-star.