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THE WEEK AHEAD: December 4-10, 2017

Here is a look at Week #11!

ABC
ABC has quite a few originals this week including the 200th episode of The Middle and season premieres of annual holiday runs for The Great Christmas Light Fight and The Great American Baking Show. It will also be interesting to see how The Good Doctor does with its winter finale.

MONDAY
8:00 The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Premiere)
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 Shrek the Halls (Special)
8:30 Toy Story That Time Forgot (Special)
9:00 The Great American Baking Show (Season Premiere)

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 Movie: Mary Poppins

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Christmas episode)
8:00 Movie: Frozen
10:00 Encore! (Special)

CBS
CBS has a mix of new episodes and repeats this week. CBS is forgoing a Kevin Can Wait repeat to give Man with a Plan a Big Bang Theory repeat lead-in instead. CBS is also trialing a repeat of S.W.A.T. in the Scorpion slot and a repeat of SEAL Team in the Bull slot.

MONDAY
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Superior Donuts
9:30 9JKL
10:00 S.W.A.T. (Repeat)

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 SEAL Team (Repeat)
10:00 Bull (Repeat)

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 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Special)
9:00 Frosty the Snowman (Repeat)
9:30 Frosty Returns (Special)
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC has a lot of Christmas themed programming mixed with some originals. With This is Us done until the new year, they are airing special Christmas themed episodes of Will & Grace and Superstore that have gotten a lot of promotion and should do well.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 The Wall (Christmas episode)

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Will & Grace (Christmas episode)
9:30 Superstore (Christmas episode)
10:00 Chicago Med

WEDNESDAY
8:00 A Very Pentatonix Christmas (Special - Repeat)
9:00 Law & Order: SVU
10:00 Chicago PD

THURSDAY
8:00 Football Night in America
8:30 Thursday Night Football: New Orleans at Atlanta

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: Baltimore at Pittsburgh

FOX
FOX is all new this week including the season finale of The Orville, which had a limited first season but has already been renewed for season 2. On Sundays, they are airing a one hour Bob's Burgers Christmas episode after The Simpsons. With the NFL halo, it should do well.

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 (Season Finale)

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

SATURDAY
8:00 The Gifted (Repeat)
9:00 Lethal Weapon (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Bob's Burgers (Christmas episode)
9:30 Family Guy (Christmas episode)

CW
The CW has another week of all originals in their regular slots as they have many times already this fall. They are a pretty boring network when it comes to the schedule!

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 given a de facto cancellation to Wisdom of the Crowd as it will not pick up any more episodes, leaving it at only 13. While all 13 are likely to air, it would take a miracle for it not to be the end of the road for the disappointing Sunday drama especially with the Jeremy Piven accusations.

- CBS gave full season orders to Superior Donuts and Man with a Plan, which had only been picked up for 13 seasons each. With only one new comedy slated for midseason and the disappointments of 9JKL and Me, Myself & I, this was not a surprising move.

- After that news, CBS released its midseason schedule. The Amazing Race will serve as a Survivor bridge, premiering January 3. Celebrity Big Brother will air as competition to the Olympics on NBC, premiering right before the Olympics on February 7. New Comedy Living Biblically will take over the Monday 9:30pm slot starting February 26 while new drama Instinct premieres March 11 at 8pm. No premiere dates have been announced for Code Black or Elementary, though Elementary was given an additional 8 episodes for its sixth season, bringing its total to 21.

- NBC announced its winter replacements for The Voice. On Mondays, it will be The Wall, which did well last year as a Voice filler, and Better Late Than Never (last seen in Summer 2016) starting January 1. On Tuesdays, it will be the new Ellen's Game of Games, which will get a sneak preview after The Voice on December 18 and begin airing regularly on January 2.

- FOX has ordered six more episodes of Ghosted and will bring it Paul Lieberstein as a new showrunner. While not a full season, it is certainly a good sign for the freshman sitcom especially with New Girl ending and Brooklyn Nine-Nine likely to join it.

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