Sunday, December 31, 2017

THE WEEK AHEAD: January 1-7, 2018

Check below this post for My Top 20 Episodes of 2017!!

Here's a look at Week #15 and the first week of 2018!

ABC
ABC kicks off 2018 with the season premiere of The Bachelor on New Year's Day. It always does well but it doesn't usually have to start on a holiday so it could be down on a year to year basis. The comedies are new during the week except The Mayor is oddly preempted. Match Game will once again be the bridge for Designated Survivor on Wednesdays. The Thursday lineup doesn't come back for a couple more weeks so there are comedy repeats and another Truth & Lies special this week. Friday brings the premiere of the unscripted Child Support, which will be a bridge for Once Upon a Time. It won't do well but can it really do much worse than Once has?

MONDAY
8:00 The Bachelor (Season Premiere)
10:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Middle
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Modern Family (Repeat)
10:00 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Speechless
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 American Housewife
10:00 Match Game (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
8:00 The Middle (Repeat)
8:30 American Housewife (Repeat)
9:00 Truth and Lies: Waco (Special)

FRIDAY
8:00 Child Support (Series Premiere)
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 The Good Doctor (Repeat)
9:00 Ten Days in the Valley
10:00 Ten Days in the Valley (Season Finale)

SUNDAY
7:00 TBA
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 Shark Tank

CBS
CBS is going with repeats on Monday but then new episodes the rest of the week including the season premiere of The Amazing Race, which will be a bridge for Survivor. CBS often comes back strong in early January, will that be the case again this year?

MONDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:00 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:30 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
10:00 SEAL Team (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 Bull
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Amazing Race (Season Premiere)
9:00 SEAL Team
10:00 Criminal Minds

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

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 NFL Wild Card Game

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

NBC
NBC has all new episodes for the first four days including the bridge shows for The Voice: The Wall, Better Late Than Never (double pumped on Monday) and Ellen's Game of Games (double pumped on Tuesday). Both The Brave and This is Us don't come back until next week. Friday and Saturday bring figure skating to NBC while Sunday has the Golden Globes.

MONDAY
8:00 The Wall
9:00 Better Late Than Never
10:00 Better Late Than Never

TUESDAY
8:00 Ellen's Game of Games
9:00 Ellen's Game of Games
10:00 Chicago Med

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Blacklist
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 The Good Place
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Great News
10:00 Chicago Fire

FRIDAY
8:00 2018 US Figure Skating Championships

SATURDAY
8:00 2018 US Figure Skating Championships

SUNDAY
7:00 Golden Globe Awards Preshow
8:00 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards (Special)

FOX
FOX has the busiest week with four premieres including three series premieres. Tuesday has new comedy LA to Vegas, which has gotten a ton of promotion but is airing in a difficult slot. Wednesday has the return of The X-Files, which hasn't aired since Spring 2016. It is followed by the series premiere of 9-1-1 which could get off to a good start if X-Files is as strong as it was two years ago. Thursday has the series premiere of FOX's new unscripted hope, The Four. I think this is the show that's most likely to have very disappointing premiere numbers. Sunday has an NFL playoff game leading into their comedy block so season highs seem quite likely

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Gifted

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon
9:00 LA to Vegas (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:30 The Mick

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The X-Files (Season Premiere)
9:00 9-1-1 (SERIES PREMIERE)

THURSDAY
8:00 The Four: Battle for Stardom (SERIES PREMIERE)

FRIDAY
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
9:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 The Four: Battle for Stardom (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Ghosted
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 The Last Man on Earth

CW
The CW is still in holiday mode with only Valor and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airing new episodes.

MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl (Repeat)
9:00 Valor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Repeat)
9:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale (Repeat)
9:00 Dynasty (Repeat)

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural (Repeat)
9:00 Arrow (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
Nothing from this past week but we're sure to get a lot of news soon with the TCA Winter Tour over the next two weeks!

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