Bryan Cranston is used to playing an upstanding citizen who feels forced to be unlawful. Playing a New Orleans judge who tries to shield his son from consequences of a deadly hit-and-run is the premise of the new “Your Honor” (Showtime, 10 p.m.). But it’s no “Breaking Bad.” Though its cast includes such notables as Michael Stuhlbarg, Hope Davis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and eventually, Maura Tierney and Margo Martingale, and might have made a passable feature film, the prospect of nine episodes makes things move terribly slow.
It accompanies the ninth and final season for “Shameless” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), which is also caught up in the pandemic and gentrification.
There’s already a whole lot of Dolly Parton this Christmas, with her new holiday movie ““Christmas on the Square,” streaming on Netflix amid her recent ones getting reruns, including “Christmas of Many Colors” and “A Country Christmas Story.” Now there’s a music special “A Holly Dolly Christmas” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) named after her new holiday album.
The show you’d least expect to have a special Christmas episode is “Euphoria” (NBO, 9 p.m.) which plays the first of two episodes that will serve as a bridge to the second season.
“The Reagans” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) concludes with a look at his final years in office, plagued by the Iran-Contra scandal.