Screentime January 8–14, 2023

By George Dickie

The image of a bearded, unkempt Bryan Cranston tells you a great deal about what’s ahead for “Your Honor” in the second and final season of the Showtime legal thriller.

Indeed, as the new round gets underway Friday, Jan. 13, on Showtime’s online and On Demand platforms (and Sunday, Jan. 15, on cable), Cranston’s character of New Orleans Judge Michael Desiato is in a state of grief so profound following the accidental shooting of son Adam (Hunter Doohan) in the closing moments of Season 1 that he’s really stopped caring about much of anything.

Which prompted the show’s star and executive producer to consider how that might

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look on screen — and on himself.

“It’s really allowed me to reflect on my own personal life,” the actor explains, “and the part of the process of dealing with tragedy or disappointment or grief is to allow yourself to feel it, to truly be in it and not try to hastily get out of that but put your arms around grief and almost welcome it as a way of process to then work through it. I think, the more we try to resist it, the longer it takes to process it, and it may then linger. It also may create and exacerbate other situations in your life. So, I think ... it’s allowing me to mature in understanding all of life and its ups and downs.”

Beyond Michael’s grief, Desire Gang leader Big Mo (Andrene Ward-Hammond)

will be making waves this season as she pushes to expand her empire throughout the city with the help of Little Mo (Machekanyanga); Fia Baxter (Lilli Kay) is forced to reckon with her family’s true nature in the wake of her boyfriend’s shooting while her brother Carlo (Jimi Stanton) is determined to follow in his father Jimmy’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) criminal footsteps; and Eugene’s (Benjamin Flores Jr.) attempt to avenge his brother’s death threatens to turn New Orleans into a tinder box ready to explode into all-out war.

Also, Rosie Perez joins the cast as Olivia Delmont, a charismatic U.S. Attorney who must manipulate an unwilling asset to bring down a crime organization. Other cast returning this season

include Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Charlie Figaro, a local politician and Michael’s best friend; Hope Davis as Jimmy’s formidable wife Gina; and Margo Martindale as Sen. Elizabeth Guthrie, the mother of Jimmy’s late wife.

“I think what’s hopefully really interesting about Season 2, or one of the aspects, is that it’s a continuation from Season 1, but it’s not a reset and a redo ...,” explains Joey Hartstone, who replaces creator Peter Moffat as showrunner this season. “So, expect to see the characters that you know, but because they all endured such trauma in Season 1, it’s impacted who they are and often changed who they are and how they react (and) are somewhat different from who you met.”

It started as a school project for Bob Heft’s junior-year history class in 1958, and it only earned a B-minus. His design had 50 stars, even though Alaska and Hawaii weren’t states yet; Heft figured the two would earn statehood soon and showed the government his design. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower called to say the design was approved, Heft’s teacher changed his grade to an A.

Bryan Cranston stars in “Your Honor” Friday on Showtime’s online and On Demand platforms.

The STREAM Scene

“The Test”

The sophomore round of this unscripted series from Down under pulls back the curtains on the inner workings and lives of the Australian men’s cricket team following the exit of Captain Tim Paine and the subsequent departure of Coach Justin Langer during the 2021-22 Test season. (ORIGINAL)

“Movie: Three Minutes: A Lengthening” Director/writer Bianca Stigter (“Occupied City”) and producer Steve McQueen are the creative forces behind this 2021 documentary that offers a meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II via three minutes of rare home movie footage.

“Ginny & Georgia”

The second season of this young adult comedy/drama picks up with Ginny (Antonia Gentry) coming to terms with not only the knowledge that her mother Georgia (Brianne Howey) is a murderess but that she killed to protect her daughter. Diesel La Torraca, Jennifer Robertson and Felix Mallard also return. (ORIGINAL)

In Focus

“Teen Wolf: The Movie” (Paramount+ — movie premiere, Jan. 26)

When a terrifying evil emerges, werewolf Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) calls on new allies and trusted friends to fight back against what could be the world’s most powerful and deadliest enemy in this original feature length continuation of the MTV supernatural thriller series. Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes and Shelley Hennig are also in the cast for director Russell Mulcahy (“Resident Evil: Extinction”).

“Chasing Waves” (Jan. 11) In the wake of surfing’s debut at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, this 2023 documentary series from National Geographic looks at the culture of surfing in Japan and spotlights the people and places that are defining Japan’s reach in the global surf culture.

Sports Zone

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1:00 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35 WNYW-5 WUTV-29 NFL Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN College Basketball Ohio State at Maryland. (N) (Live) Å

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MSG NBA G League Basketball Long Island Nets at Westchester Knicks. (N) (Live)

1:30 p.m. SNY Women’s College Basketball DePaul at Connecticut. (N) (Live)

2:00 p.m. WKBW-7 College Football FCS Division

I Championship: North Dakota State vs South Dakota State. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Houston at Cincinnati. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Iowa State at Oklahoma. (N) (Live) Å

4:00 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU12 PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Round. (N) (Live) Å

4:25 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35

WNYW-5 WUTV-29 NFL Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Washington at Arizona State. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Oregon at Arizona. (N) (Live) Å

ROOT NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Arizona Coyotes. (N) (Live)

7:55 p.m. FS1 Mexico

Primera Division Soccer Santos Laguna vs Tigres UANL. (N) (Live) Å

8:15 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 NFL Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

Monday

7:30 p.m. ESPN CFP

National Championship Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å MSG NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at New York Knicks. (N) (Live)

7:45 p.m. ESPN2 CFP National Championship Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

Tuesday

6:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Butler at St. John’s. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

MSG NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers. (N) (Live) ROOT NHL Hockey Vancouver Canucks at Pittsburgh Penguins. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

8:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Seton Hall at Georgetown. (N) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball (N) (Live) Å ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

10:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Wyoming at Utah State. (N) (Live)

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Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Basketball Creighton at Xavier. (N) (Live) Å

7:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks. (N) (Live) Å

MSG NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks. (N) (Live)

TNT NHL Hockey Nashville Predators at Toronto Maple Leafs. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

8:00 p.m. SNY Women’s College Basketball Connecticut at St. John’s. (N) (Live)

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 Women’s College Basketball Seton Hall at Creighton. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings. (N) (Live) Å

TNT NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

Thursday

9:00 a.m. ESPN2 Golf

Latin America Amateur Championship, First Round. (N) (Live) Å

1:55 p.m. ESPN2 Spanish Super Cup Soccer Real Betis vs Barcelona. (N) (Live) Å

6:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Minnesota at Ohio State. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings. (N) (Live) Å ESPN2 College Basketball Michigan at Iowa. (N) (Live) Å

BY GEORGE DICKIE

Kings winning again with Sabonis in the post

One of the NBA’s pleasant surprises of the 2022-23 season has been the Sacramento Kings. And at the front of the team’s push toward its first postseason appearance in 17 years is Domantas Sabonis. Indeed, in its 6-foot-11-inch power forward, the Kings have an inside presence who can do it all – score, rebound, play defense and pass. And teamed with young point guard De’Aaron Fox, the 26-year-old Lithuanian gives the team a solid nucleus around which to build for years to come.

As of early December, the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis was posting very solid numbers – 17 points per game on 60.9 percent shooting to go with 11 rebounds (sixth in the league) and 6.6 assists. But beyond that, he does a lot of other things that don’t show up in box scores.

His dribble handoffs have become a main feature of the Sacramento offense, and the team scores more points on the dribble handoff than any other in the league. He’s also a smart enough decision maker to know when not to deploy that play. And he’s one of the best post scorers in the NBA, one that almost always requires a double team, which often leads to wide open shots for the Kings.

Best of all, his unselfish play has made his teammates better, which is a hallmark of a playoff team. That’s what the Kings appear to be, something they haven’t been able to say since 2005-06. Sabonis and the Kings can be seen in action Wednesday, Jan. 11, when they play host to the Houston Rockets in the late game of an ESPN doubleheader.

MSG NHL Hockey Dallas Stars at New York Rangers. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Basketball Arizona State at Oregon. (N) (Live) Å

9:30 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Gonzaga at BYU. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

11:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Arizona at Oregon State. (N) (Live) Å FS1 College Basketball Stanford at Washington. (N) (Live) Å

Friday

9:00 a.m. ESPN2 Golf Latin America Amateur Championship, Second Round. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. USA Premier League Soccer Aston Villa vs Leeds United. (N) (Live) Å

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s College Gymnastics LSU at Kentucky. (N) (Live) Å

6:30 p.m. SNY Women’s College Basketball Monmouth at Stony Brook. (N) (Live)

7:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Villanova at Butler. (N) (Live) Å MSG NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Washington Wizards. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 Women’s College Gymnastics Auburn at Florida. (N) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball VCU at Dayton. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Basketball Michigan State at Illinois. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers. (N) (Live) Å 11:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Utah State at Nevada. (N) (Live) Å

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7:30 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Manchester United vs Manchester City. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Chelsea vs Crystal Palace. (N) (Live) Å

12:00 p.m. WPIX-11 College Basketball Virginia Union at Virginia State. (N) (Live)

ESPN College Basketball Kentucky at Tennessee. (N) (Live) Å ESPN2 College Basketball West Virginia at Oklahoma. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Basketball Seton Hall at DePaul. (N) (Live) Å

SNY Women’s College Basketball Harvard at Columbia. (N) (Live)

12:30 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU12 Premier League Soccer Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth. (N) (Live) Å

USA College Basketball Loyola-Chicago at Saint Joseph’s. (N) (Live) Å

1:00 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE35 College Basketball Wisconsin at Indiana. (N) (Live) Å

WKBW-7 NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat. (N) (Live)

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SNY Women’s College Basketball Brown at Princeton. (N) (Live)

2:30 p.m. USA College Basketball Richmond at St. Bonaventure. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WUTV29 College Basketball Colorado at UCLA. (N) (Live) Å

4:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 Women’s College Basketball Creighton at Butler. (N) (Live) Å

6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. SNY College Hockey Boston College at Sacred Heart. (N) (Live)

8:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WUTV29 NFL Football Wild

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ESPN College Basketball Texas Tech at Texas. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. FS1 Women’s College Basketball New Mexico at UNLV. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. ESPN Boxing Top

Rank Boxing: Ajagba vs. Shaw. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 College Basketball Portland at Gonzaga. (N) (Live) Å

11:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Boise State at Wyoming. (N) (Live) Å

BEST ELVIS PRESLEY MOVIES

“Love Me Tender” (1956) Presley’s first movie role turned an average Civil War story into an event – and also got the picture’s title altered, thanks to one of the tunes

“Loving You” (1957) Mirroring Presley’s own rise to stardom, this rags-to-riches drama boasts one of his most sensitive performances, before he entered the phase of having his songs hung on threadbare plots.

“Jailhouse Rock” (1957) The famous scene with Presley singing, and gyrating to, the title tune says it all about this classic.

“Flaming Star” (1960) Guided by director Don Siegel, who later turned Clint Eastwood into Dirty Harr y, Presley puts real effort into playing a man of two cultures that clash, putting him in a bind.

“Wild in the Country” (1961) Presley and playwright Clifford Odets weren’t a

typical combination, but credit was due the still-early movie star for being ambitious enough to tackle sophisticated material that would challenge even the most experienced actor.

“Blue Hawaii” (1961) You couldn’t hope for the islands to look lovelier than in this combination of Elvis showcase and travelogue, also intriguing for Presley raising his acting game opposite a veteran talent by the name of Angela Lansbur y.

“Kid Galahad” (1962) Presley is sincere as a boxer who succeeds in the ring, though he desires a quieter life.

“Fun in Acapulco” (1963) Presley in his prime; Ursula Andress, fresh off being the first “Bond girl”; Mexican locations. What’s not to like?

“Viva Las Vegas” (1964) Presley’s ultimate star vehicle gave him an ideal

partner in Ann-Margret and pretty much set the blueprint (he races cars!) for numerous other Elvis movies.

“Roustabout” (1964) This arguably was the best of Presley’s efforts once he got into more of a cookie-cutter mode (he’s a motorcycle-riding carnival worker!) with his movies.

“Charro!” (1969) Commendably, Presley tried to turn his screen career around –but pretty late in the game – by not singing a note in this mature Western.

“Elvis: That’s the Way It Is” (1970) It’s ironic that one of Presley’s final movies offers one of his most dynamic screen appearances, before, during and after a Las Vegas concert performance. Turner Classic Movies shows this as part of a Presley birthday tribute Sunday, Jan. 8 (he would have turned 88).

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College Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

College Basketball Providence at Creighton. (N) (Live)

Honor” on Showtime

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Michael (Desiato)

Gina (Baxter)

Jimmy (Baxter)

Charlie Elizabeth (Guthrie)

(Bryan) Cranston (Hope) Davis (Michael) Stuhlbarg (Isiah) Whitlock Jr (Margo) Martindale

Grief-Stricken Redemption Revenge New Orleans (Crime) Organizations

Jana Kramer

OF ‘CHICAGO FIRE’ ON NBC

BY JAY BOBBIN

You do a now-rare series guest-star turn in the Jan. 11 episode of “Chicago Fire.” Who do you play?

Melissa is an insurance investigator who sees something that looks a little fishy, so she comes in and ruffles some feathers to try to get to the truth of what’s going on.

All of my scenes are with Taylor Kinney (alias the show’s Lt. Kelly Severide), and it was so much fun to work with him. He’s got really great energy on the set, and even when we weren’t filming, it was fun to have the off-camera banter and then get serious in the scenes. He’s an absolute sweetheart. Did you have much time to be around others on the “Chicago Fire” staff?

The crew is really awesome. You can see why they’ve been around for so many seasons, because they’re great. It’s a welloiled machine, and everyone is really nice.

This was presented to me as maybe a recurring role, so I’m hoping that she’ll come back around. At the very end, she says, “We might see each other again” ... so we’ll see. I would love that! It would be a dream to come back, because it was such a great experience. Were you looking to do a guest shot on an established series, or did this just happen to come along?

It just came along. I’m always looking for things, and I decided to audition for this and give it my best ... and when I got the call, I was so excited. I filmed for four days, and it was during the holidays, so I was kind of back-and-forth.

I haven’t had a vacation in a year, and I was supposed to be in the Bahamas for my birthday, then I got the call about this. My agents were like, “Well, good news: You booked ‘Chicago Fire.’

Bad news: You’re going to have to cancel your trip.’ But it’s all good. I got to go home and see the family, so it was cool.

In Focus

“Shotgun Wedding” (Prime Video — movie premiere, Jan. 27) Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel head the cast of this original comedy as a couple who get cold feet on the eve of their lavish destination wedding, but they soon have bigger problems when criminals take the entire wedding party hostage. Jennifer Coolidge, Sonia Braga, Cheech Marin, Selena Tan and D’Arcy Carden are also in the cast for director Jason Moore (“Pitch Perfect,” “Sisters”).

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