Sunday, October 22, 2017

THE WEEK AHEAD: October 23-29, 2017

Here is a look at Week #5!

ABC
ABC has a lot of Halloween episodes this week with their comedy blocks. Sometimes that can lead to an uptick in ratings but I'm not convinced that's going to happen this year. Will The Good Doctor be able to get a 2.0 demo or higher for a fifth consecutive week?

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 The Good Doctor

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

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Once Upon a Time
9:00 Marvel's Inhumans
10:00 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 The Toy Box
8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 Ten Days in the Valley

CBS
CBS has a mostly normal week except for Friday night, where a Halloween special airs at 8pm and MacGyver slides to 9pm for one week, preempting Hawaii Five-0. This is also the last Monday with The Big Bang Theory and things could get really ugly for the night after Big Bang heads back to Thursday.

MONDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 9JKL
9:00 Kevin Can Wait
9:30 Me, Myself, & I
10:00 Scorpion

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

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

THURSDAY
8:00 Thursday Night Kickoff
8:30 Thursday Night Football: Miami at Baltimore

FRIDAY
8:00 Michael Jackson's Halloween
9:00 MacGyver (Halloween episode)
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat)
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC has the arrival of Blindspot to Fridays this week. I wouldn't expect much but it did surprise on Wednesdays this past season. Anything close to a 1.0 would be a success.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 The Brave

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 This is Us
10:00 Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot (Season Premiere)
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: Pittsburgh at Detroit

FOX
FOX's lineup is majorly altered this week due to the World Series on five of the seven nights (unless one team sweeps it in four). This will obviously mean FOX will be far more competitive than usual. The only two nights with regular programming are Monday and Thursday.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Gifted

TUESDAY
8:00 2017 World Series Game 1

WEDNESDAY
8:00 2017 World Series Game 2

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 The Orville

FRIDAY
8:00 2017 World Series Game 3

SATURDAY
8:00 2017 World Series Game 4

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 The OT
8:00 2017 World Series Game 5

CW
Nothing too exciting on the CW this week with their regular lineup. But I do wonder which show will be the first to fall to a 0.1 demo. It's going to happen to one of these 10, I think, in the near future. Most likely one of the new shows or one of the Friday shows.

MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 Valor

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

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Dynasty

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Arrow

FRIDAY
8:00 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
9:00 Jane the Virgin

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- Alicia Keys will return as a coach for the spring edition of The Voice alongside Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and newcomer Kelly Clarkson

- In a surprising development, CBS has renewed low rated summer drama series Salvation for a second season. It will surely not come back until Summer 2018, but even that seems not necessary.

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