Sunday, October 29, 2017

THE WEEK AHEAD: October 30-November 5, 2017

Here is a look at Week #6!

ABC
ABC has yanked Ten Days in the Valley off the air, the first show pulled this season (more below) so they will double up the Shark Tank airings next Sunday in what will certainly be a ratings improvement for ABC. The rest of the week has a normal schedule. Tuesday could get slammed by Halloween and the World Series not only for ABC but also for CBS and NBC.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars (Halloween episode)
10:00 The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8:00 The Middle
8:30 Fresh Off the Boat
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 The Mayor
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 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 America's Funniest Home Videos
9:00 Shark Tank
10:00 Shark Tank

CBS
CBS has a big week with the debut of their Thursday lineup and their revamped Monday lineup. Thursday should go well but Monday could be rough. Kevin Can Wait will return to 8pm while they made a last minute decision to premiere Superior Donuts at 9pm instead of moving the low rated Me, Myself and I up a half hour. Thursdays brings The Big Bang Theory back to the night while pairing it with Young Sheldon, which was last seen on the first night of the season receiving huge ratings. It will be interested to see how many come back for episode two after being off for over a month. The solid Mom and Life in Pieces pair continues at 9pm while the new Shemar Moore-led reboot of S.W.A.T. is the final fall show to premiere at 10pm that night.

MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait
8:30 9JKL
9:00 Superior Donuts (Season Premiere)
9:30 Me, Myself & I
10:00 Scorpion (Halloween episode)

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 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Young Sheldon
9:00 Mom (Season Premiere)
9:30 Life in Pieces (Season Premiere)
10:00 S.W.A.T. (SERIES PREMIERE)

FRIDAY
8:00 MacGyver
9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Halloween episode)
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

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 has its regular lineup. It will be very interesting to see the This is Us numbers as it will be dealing with a lead in from a clip show, Halloween, and Game 6 of the World Series. I imagine a season low is coming and it could be a somewhat brutal hit for a family drama on Halloween night though I'm sure it will recover if that does happen.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 The Brave

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice Clip Show
9:00 This is Us (Halloween episode)
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
8:30 The Good Place
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Great News
10:00 Chicago Fire

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 2017 Breeders' Cup
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

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

FOX
FOX will definitely get a Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night with the series currently tied 2-2. If the Dodgers and Astros split the next two games, they will get a Game 7 on Wednesday as well. If not, Empire and Star will return. Either way, getting to preempt the low rated Tuesday lineup for a second week is not a bad situation for FOX.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Gifted

TUESDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 6

WEDNESDAY
8:00 MLB World Series Game 7

or

8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 The Orville

FRIDAY
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
9:00 The Exorcist

SATURDAY
8:00 College Football

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

CW
The CW has their regular lineup across the board. Nothing too exciting to see here!

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
- CBS has cancelled Zoo after three summer seasons. This comes as no surprise as the show was never a hit and it trended downward over the three summers it aired (1.1 demo average in 2015, 0.7 in 2016, 0.5 in 2017).

- ABC has handed a series order to The Rookie, which will bring Castle's Nathan Fillion as an older man who moves to Los Angeles to fulfill his dream of being an LAPD cop, despite being surrounded by much younger peers. Fillion is a popular ABC brand and the show in general seems on brand for ABC.

- ABC has basically cancelled Ten Days in the Valley as the show will be yanked off Sundays effective immediately. It will return in December on Saturday nights where it will air its final four episodes. Considering it was a limited series anyway with minuscule ratings, its future was never really a question, but ABC is not even going to let it air out the string on Sundays.

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