Sunday, December 10, 2017

THE WEEK AHEAD: December 11-17, 2017

Here is a look at Week #12!

ABC
ABC has a lot of holiday episodes and Christmas specials this week. They are also finally starting the burnoff of cancelled Ten Days in the Valley with two episodes on Saturday.

MONDAY
8:00 The Great Christmas Light Fight
10:00 The Bachelor: Countdown to Arie (Special)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Middle (Christmas episode)
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat (Christmas episode)
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 The Mayor (Christmas episode)
10:00 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (Christmas episode)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs (Hanukkah episode)
8:30 Speechless (Christmas episode)
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 American Housewife (Christmas episode)
10:00 Designated Survivor

THURSDAY
8:00 Wonderful World of Disney Holiday Special (Special)
8:30 Disney Prep & Landing (Special)
9:00 The Great American Baking Show

FRIDAY
8:00 Once Upon a Time
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (Special)
9:00 Ten Days in the Valley
10:00 Ten Days in the Valley

SUNDAY
7:00 Movie: The Sound of Music

CBS
CBS has the most normal lineup this week with a few Christmas episodes sprinkled in. They are airing two episodes of Hawaii Five-0 on Friday instead of Blue Bloods. Other than that, it's a very typical week for CBS.

MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Superior Donuts (Christmas episode)
9:30 9JKL
10:00 Scorpion

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 Bull (Christmas episode)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 SEAL Team
10:00 Criminal Minds

THURSDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Christmas episode)
8:30 Young Sheldon
9:00 Mom
9:30 Life in Pieces
10:00 S.W.A.T.

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver (Christmas episode)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Christmas episode)

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
9:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 Wisdom of the Crowd
9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:30 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC is down to just a few of its regular shows - The Voice, Blindspot, Chicago Med, and Dateline NBC. They have several Christmas specials mixed in and two nights of football (including a dud game on Thursday night). They are also previewing the new season of Better Late than Never which will air on Mondays in January.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Better Late Than Never (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Gwen Stefani's Make You Feel Like Christmas (Special)
10:00 Chicago Med

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Wall (Repeat)
9:00 Golden Globes 75th Anniversary Special (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 Football Night in Indianapolis
8:30 Thursday Night Football: Denver at Indianapolis

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Will & Grace (Repeat)
8:30 Superstore (Repeat)
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Dallas at Oakland

FOX
FOX has a mix of new episodes and specials. They are airing the fall finales of Empire and Star as well as the last scheduled episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which will return sometime in the spring. Friday night brings the Season Finale of The Exorcist, which seems like it will be a series finale but I thought that last year too. Sunday night has A Christmas Story Live! The last FOX musical, Grease Live!, did extremely well with viewers and critics back in January 2016 so we'll see if they can strike gold twice.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Gifted

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Christmas episode)
9:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Showtime at the Apollo Christmas (Special)
9:00 Taraji's White Hot Holidays (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
9:00 The Exorcist (Season Finale)

SATURDAY
8:00 UFC Fight Night

SUNDAY
7:00 A Christmas Story Live! (Special)

CW
The CW is heading into holiday mode with only three regular shows: Valor on Monday and then Christmas episodes of Riverdale and Dynasty on Wednesday.

MONDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)
9:00 Valor

TUESDAY
8:00 Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2017 (Special)
9:00 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (Special)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Christmas episode)
9:00 Dynasty (Christmas episode)

THURSDAY
8:00 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (Special)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- The CW announced that Supergirl will go on hiatus starting February 12 and be replaced in its Monday 8PM slot by the rest of the season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Supergirl will return on April 16 and run all the way until mid-June. Still no word on what will air at 9pm Mondays after Valor completes its initial order.

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