Sunday, March 11, 2018

THE WEEK AHEAD: March 12-18, 2018

Here is a look at Week #25!

ABC
ABC has a lot going on this week including night two of American Idol on Monday (it premieres tonight). It will surely be down from its Sunday premiere but the million dollar question is how it does in its premiere? That will give us a better guess for Monday. On Tuesday, there is a double pumping of Black-ish to lead into the new Shondaland drama For the People, which is being thrown to the wolves in a death slot for ABC. With its season almost over, Speechless is being double pumped on Wednesday while the season finale of How to Get Away with Murder and the last 9pm episode of Scandal follow on Thursday. Sunday brings us the second week of American Idol and Deception.

MONDAY
8:00 American Idol
10:00 The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Middle
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Black-ish
10:00 For the People (SERIES PREMIERE)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Speechless
8:30 Speechless
9:00 Modern Family (Repeat)
9:30 American Housewife
10:00 Designated Survivor

THURSDAY
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
9:00 Scandal
10:00 How to Get Away with Murder (Season Finale)

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 20/20 (Repeat)
9:00 Deception (Repeat)
10:00 For the People (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 American Idol
10:00 Deception

CBS
CBS has a mix of repeats and new episodes to start the week before giving way to the NCAA Tournament starting Thursday. Then after three days of basketball, they are premiering the drama Instinct on Sunday night. I'm sure it will get a lot of promotion during the tournament, but I don't think that will keep it from a low premiere.

MONDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Young Sheldon (Repeat)
9:30 Living Biblically
10:00 NCIS (Repeat)

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor
9:00 NCIS (Repeat)
10:00 Criminal Minds

THURSDAY
8:00 NCAA Basketball Tournament

FRIDAY
8:00 NCAA Basketball Tournament

SATURDAY
8:00 NCAA Basketball Tournament

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Instinct (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC has the season finale of This is Us on Tuesday night and it is followed by the series premiere of Rise. Rise was a very buzzy project last year and seemed like a natural successor to This is Us but the buzz now seems to be at a minimum so it could be in for a disappointing premiere. Sunday night has the season premiere of Little Big Shots and the series premiere of the new Neil Patrick Harris game show Genius Junior.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Good Girls

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us (Season Finale)
10:00 Rise (SERIES PREMIERE)

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 A.P. Bio
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Champions
10:00 Chicago Fire (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Taken
10:00 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 Little Big Shots (Season Premiere)
8:00 Little Big Shots
9:00 Genius Junior (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 Timeless

FOX
It's a pretty normal week for FOX. The Sunday lineup returns after many weeks off and Ghosted has been benched for the return of Brooklyn Nine-Nine to its own timeslot.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Resident

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The X-Files
9:00 9-1-1

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo

FRIDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior
9:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior (Repeat)
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 The Last Man on Earth

CW
The CW is mostly new with a regular schedule except a special preempts Supernatural on Thursday. The race to the bottom (a 0.1 demo) is on between Life Sentence and Dynasty.

MONDAY
8:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow
9:00 iZombie

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Life Sentence

THURSDAY
8:00 Tough Mudder: Tougher Together (Special)
9:00 Arrow (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty
9:00 Jane the Virgin

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- It might seem early but NBC is already thinking about summer, announcing early summer premiere dates. Summer staple America's Got Talent and last year's new hit World of Dance will have their season premieres on May 29 while American Ninja Warrior and Running Wild with Bear Grylls premiere a day later.

- ABC has renewed The Good Doctor for a second season. The hit freshman drama got an early renewal, which is no surprise a few weeks ahead of its season finale.

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