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THE WEEK AHEAD: September 25-October 1, 2017

Check below this post for my Sunday preview and my predictions for the fall season!

It's premiere week and the premiere of a new weekly column I will do on the blog. Since I will no longer be doing daily rundowns, this column will look at the week ahead for each network as well as other TV news. It will appear every Sunday. Enjoy!

ABC
ABC is premiering three of their new shows this week but holding off their Tuesday lineup including The Mayor and Kevin (Probably) Saves the World until next week. Scandal is also held until next week due to a two hour premiere for Grey's Anatomy.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 The Good Doctor (SERIES PREMIERE)

TUESDAY
8:00 Celebrity Family Feud (Season Finale)
9:00 Dancing with the Stars

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Marvel's Inhumans (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 The Toy Box (Season Premiere)
8:00 Shark Tank (Season Premiere)
10:00 Ten Days in the Valley (SERIES PREMIERE)

CBS
CBS has the most premieres this week with four including a sneak preview of Young Sheldon on Monday night, which won't return until November on Thursdays. Their Thursday Night Football package also starts with a Packers/Bears game.

MONDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Season Premiere)
8:30 Young Sheldon (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Kevin Can Wait (Season Premiere)
9:30 Me, Myself, and I (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 Scorpion (Season Premiere)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Season Premiere)
9:00 Bull (Season Premiere)
10:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Survivor (35th Edition Premiere)
9:00 SEAL Team (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 Criminal Minds (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Football: Chicago at Green Bay

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver (Season Premiere)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Season Premiere)
10:00 Blue Bloods (Season Premiere)

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 48 Hours (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours (Season Premiere)

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 60 Minutes
8:30 Wisdom of the Crowd (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (Season Premiere)
10:30 Code Black (Repeat)

NBC
NBC has three series premieres including the highly anticipated return of Will & Grace on Thursday. They will also surely have the top scripted performance of the week from the much anticipated return of This is Us.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice (13th Edition Premiere)
10:00 The Brave (SERIES PREMIERE)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us (Season Premiere)
10:00 Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (SERIES PREMIERE)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Blacklist (Season Premiere)
9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Season Premiere)
10:00 Chicago PD (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore (Season Premiere)
8:30 The Good Place
9:00 Will & Grace (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:30 Great News (Season Premiere)
10:00 Chicago Fire (Season Premiere)

FRIDAY
8:00 Will & Grace (Repeat)
8:30 Superstore (Repeat)
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Seattle

FOX
FOX actually only has one series premiere this week with The Orville having already premiered and The Gifted not coming until next week.

MONDAY
8:00 So You Think You Can Dance (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Season Premiere)
9:00 The Mick (Season Premiere)
9:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season Premiere)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire (Season Premiere)
9:00 Star (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 The Orville

FRIDAY
8:00 Hell's Kitchen (17th Edition Premiere)
9:00 The Exorcist (Season Premiere)

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
7:30 Bob's Burgers (Season Premiere)
8:00 The Simpsons (Season Premiere)
8:30 Ghosted (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Family Guy (Season Premiere)
9:30 The Last Man on Earth (Season Premiere)

CW
The CW is still in summer mode for a couple more weeks.

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

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

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us
9:00 Whose Line is it Anyway?
9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)

FRIDAY
8:00 Masters of Illusion (Repeat)
8:30 Masters of Illusion (Repeat)
9:00 Masters of Illusion (Repeat)
9:30 Masters of Illusion (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- ABC's midseason drama For the People has temporarily halted production to work on scripts. While this is not uncommon, this seems to be another sign that this could be another Shondaland bust like The Catch and Still Star-Crossed.

The Mayor is available to watch online on abc.com ahead of its October 3 premiere while tonight is the fourth and final night you can catch the series premiere of Ghosted on Twitter ahead of its October 1 FOX premiere. It streams live at 9pm.

- NBC and Hulu are now streaming the original run of Will & Grace. NBC is all in on this Will & Grace revival but I still don't think people are as excited as the network is about this.

Chicago PD will start airing on USA and Oxygen in October. It is the first Chicago show to get this type of cable deal and the first broadcast drama in several years. Chicago Fire could not find a cable network or syndication deal last fall.

- Dick Wolf has secured a 13 episode series order from CBS (not NBC!) on a new drama called F.B.I. for the 2018-19 season. Centered on New York City's FBI bureau, it sounds like a Dick Wolf procedural on a network that loves its procedurals. It's just weird that it's not on NBC.

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