The Crown: Season 4 Lookback and Season 5 Preview

Decoding TV

David Chen

Tv & Film, Netflix, Tv, Television, Streaming, Recap, Hulu, Fx, Hbo, Max

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Decoding TV is kicking off our coverage of The Crown today! In this episode, David Chen and his wife @joyonapping offer their overall thoughts on the show, why it continues to be compelling after all these years, and what the next seasons might have in store.

Programming Note: While Decoding TV will cover Season 5 of The Crown, we’re still working out the details of our coverage. At the very least, we can promise there will be one more Decoding TV podcast episode discussing season 5 but we may or may not have weekly coverage given that the show will be released binge-style on Netflix beginning November 9th. Stay tuned to Decoding TV for more details.

The Crown is returning to Netflix on November 9th for its fifth and penultimate season. Its last season drew attention for its depiction of Princess Diana and her marriage to Charles - an event that even many millennials such as myself remember in their lifetimes. Season five promises to begin following that story to its horrifying conclusion (the show currently plans to end with season six).

The production of The Crown is estimated to cost over $100 million per season, making it one of the most expensive TV shows ever made. It’s also one of the most critically acclaimed: The Crown has been nominated for hundreds of awards since its premiere in 2017, including Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys and Best Television Drama at the Golden Globes. In 2021, it won all seven drama categories at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the first show to ever do so.

Listen to this episode to hear David and Joy discuss where we left off with every plotline from season four and what topics we think season five will probably tackle.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome to decoding TV a podcast about television
0:03.6	I'm David Chen and it's an exciting day here today at decoding TV because we're announcing
0:08.9	That we're kicking off coverage of a brand new TV show at least it's new to us
0:14.4	I'm pleased to announce that decoding TV will be covering the crown season five
0:21.0	Right here a podcast at decoding TV.com and joining me for that coverage
0:25.4	She is my wife
0:28.2	And she's also an extremely talented podcaster as well as royals observer
0:34.1	Joy of napping. Thank you so much for joining me today
0:37.8	It's great to be here
0:40.1	Didn't know that I was a royals observer, but I think I do observe and they are royals
0:43.9	So I think that's accurate. I should say that joy. Oh napping is not her real name
0:50.2	That's just her Twitter handle, but that's what we'll be calling her on this podcast joy for short
0:55.7	so
0:56.9	Anyway, the crown
0:59.3	You may have heard of it and you may be wondering David Chen
1:02.6	Why are you covering this show? It's a really weird show for David Chen to cover David Chen's usually covering shows like
1:08.8	Westworld and Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon
1:11.8	Well, let me tell you a little bit about the crown to start with okay
1:14.9	The crown is a show created and primarily written by Peter Morgan
1:18.6	If that name sounds familiar, it's because he's one of the people
1:22.2	That's behind films such as The Queen and Frost Nixon the Damned United and Rush. These are high quality films
1:30.8	The crown depicts the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and how she and her family navigate their roles in a monarchy
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