The holidays are for one thing and one thing only: TV. No disrespect to food and family, but when else in the year do we have close to a week of uninterrupted screen time that doesn’t involve spreadsheets or whatever it is other people do at work? Not only is December a great time to catch up on all the shows you’ve been meaning to get to this year, but a month with its own impressive lineup of new shows premiering consistently throughout.

With Disney+ dropping a new Star Wars series and Max premiering “Creature Commandos,” big franchises maintain their presence as the year closest out — not to mention the massive franchises unpacked in Peacock’s “Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story” and Prime Video’s “Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story.” It’s quite a month for big stars on the small screen, like Keira Knightley...