TV HIGHLIGHTS

Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, 7:02 PM on

STARZ: Cate Blanchett, who received her first best actress Oscar nomination for the 1998 historical drama “Elizabeth,” masterfully resumes the role of the British monarch by reuniting with director Shekhar Kapur for this 2007 sequel covering the later years of Elizabeth

I’s reign. Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), has her own eye on the throne; Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) poses other dilemmas, those of the emotional kind. Geoffrey Rush also returns from the original film.

Little Women: Atlanta, 8 PM on LIF; 12:01 AM

on LIF: Things are still pretty tense between Amanda and Juicy when they both find themselves in a pumpkin patch in the new episode “Rice to the Occasion.” Elsewhere, Juicy’s friend Mia X from No Limit Records throws down a challenge to the gang that has all the ladies boiling over. Later, Loni Love discusses the question of who really won that jingle competition with Abira and Ms. Juicy, who also reveals why she thinks Amanda got so irritated with her at the voter registration event. Another episode immediately follows.

When Nature Calls With Helen Mirren, 9 PM on

Ch. 22 and Ch. 9: Several unhappy animals find themselves stuck on an apparently endless Zoom conference call in “Uncle Antelope’s Truth Bombs,” a new episode of this familyfriendly “docu-comedy” narrated by Helen Mirren. Among other highlights, elephants receive lessons in etiquette, and a squirrel hosting a home shopping program is stalked by a deranged viewer. Also: a searing expose on lizards who hoard.