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THE WEEK AHEAD: November 6-12, 2017

Here's a look at Week #7!

ABC
ABC's week has some preemptions thanks to country music. Most perplexing is the choice to preempt hit drama The Good Doctor for what will surely be a low rated Luke Bryan special. Why couldn't they have aired it on Tuesday and preempt Kevin (Probably) Saves the World? As usual, the CMA Awards will preempt their Wednesday night comedy block but the CMA Awards are usually a decent draw. Thursday marks the 300th episode of Grey's Anatomy and that will surely get it back into the 2s in the demo. Friday marks the season (and most likely series) finale of the low rated and critically trashed Marvel's Inhumans.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
10:00 Living Every Day: Luke Bryan (Special)

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 51st Annual CMA Awards (Special)

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 (Season Finale)
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 cancelled Me, Myself and I (more below) so their new Monday lineup has already changed. Before Man with a Plan returns next week, there will be a repeat of The Big Bang Theory this week. The rest of the week brings the usual lineup including the second week of their Thursday lineup and newbies Young Sheldon and S.W.A.T. It will be interesting to see how this group does in week two.

MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait
8:30 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
9:00 Superior Donuts
9:30 9JKL
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 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 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 S.W.A.T. (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

CBS has passed the Thursday Night Football baton to NBC and will carry the game for the next two months. The rest of the week has the normal lineup and it will be interesting to see if This is Us can rebound from a big, but expected, drop on Halloween and against the World Series. If it can get all the way back to where it was the week before, that will be great for NBC.

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 Football Night in America
8:20 Thursday Night Football: Seattle at Arizona

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 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 Football Night in America
8:30 Sunday Night Football: Denver at New England

FOX
After two weeks of World Series interruptions, FOX's dream is over and its back to reality with their regular lineup. It will be interesting to see how Empire and Star come back as they were easily the strongest FOX performers before two weeks off.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Gifted

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon
9:00 The Mick
9:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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

CW
There's not usually much to write about the CW. Once again, they have their full lineup and will probably see similar results.

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 cancelled Me, Myself & I this week, pulling the low rated comedy off the schedule after it dropped to a 0.7 on the new CBS Monday lineup. CBS decided it had enough of its post-Big Bang Monday lineup after just one week. In addition to Me, Myself & I getting cancelled, 9JKL has gotten a timeslot downgrade to 9:30pm while Man with a Plan will come off the bench and start its second season November 13. This was the best thing that could have happened for Plan, which was relegated to backup duty when the fall schedule was announced.

- FOX has renewed The Orville for a second season. It will not get additional episodes this season as it needs a lot of lead time and was conceived for a shorter run this season. After a strong post-football debut, it dropped hard on Thursdays as expected, but it has recovered and stabilized higher than many (including me) thought it would and it seems to be developing a cult following.

- ABC has ordered two extra episodes each of Grey's Anatomy, Black-ish, The Middle, and American Housewife bringing each show's total to 24. This is not a big surprise and a few other comedies could get extra episodes ordered too.

- FOX is planning to reboot 24 once again, this time with a female lead. Its last reboot, last season's 24: Legacy was a disappointment but FOX is hoping this will give it a fresh new look, which seems possible.

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