Sunday, March 25, 2018

THE WEEK AHEAD: March 26-April 1, 2018

Here is a look at Week #27!

ABC
It's a big premiere week for comedies on ABC with the heavily hyped return of Roseanne after over 20 years on Tuesday night. The show has gotten a ton of promotion and so a big premiere has to be expected or else that would be a big disappointment. ABC also has comedy premieres of Splitting Up Together on Tuesday and Alex, Inc. on Wednesday. Alex, Inc. has the better slot but Splitting might get some afterglow if Roseanne does in fact premiere big. Elsewhere, the season finale of freshman hit The Good Doctor is Monday night and we'll see how week two of Station 19 goes after an underwhelming premiere.

MONDAY
8:00 American Idol
10:00 The Good Doctor (Season Finale)

TUESDAY
8:00 Roseanne (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Splitting Up Together (SERIES PREMIERE)
10:00 For the People

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Alex, Inc. (SERIES PREMIERE)
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 Splitting Up Together (Repeat)
10:00 Designated Survivor

THURSDAY
8:00 Grey's Anatomy
9:00 Station 19
10:00 Scandal

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: The Ten Commandments

SUNDAY
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
8:00 American Idol
10:00 Deception

CBS
After a couple weeks of basketball interruptions, the full CBS schedule is back this week with new episodes across the board in their normal timeslots.

MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Superior Donuts
9:30 Living Biblically
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 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Instinct
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Madam Secretary

NBC
NBC has its regular lineup for most of the week except Wednesday is a special recap episode of The Voice and Sunday is the next live musical: Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter Sunday. It has a big name cast but I feel like there hasn't been a ton of buzz about this project and Easter is always a tricky time to program.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Good Girls

TUESDAY
8:00 The Voice
9:00 Rise
10:00 Chicago Med

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Voice Special
10:00 Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute to a Superstar (Special)

THURSDAY
8:00 Superstore
8:30 A.P. Bio
9:00 Will & Grace
9:30 Champions
10:00 Chicago Fire

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Taken
10:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 Genius Junior (Repeat)
9:00 Genius Junior (Repeat)
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Little Big Shots (Repeat)
8:00 Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (Special)

FOX
FOX has a mostly new week with a Lethal Weapon repeat sprinkled in on Tuesday. Wednesday brings the return of Empire and Star, which have been off all winter. I have seen a lot of promotion for Empire but less for Star so we'll see what happens.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Resident

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon (Repeat)
9:00 LA to Vegas
9:30 The Mick

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

THURSDAY
8:00 Gotham
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo

FRIDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior
9:00 9-1-1 (Repeat)

SATURDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior (Repeat)
9:00 Showtime at the Apollo (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (Special)
7:30 Bob's Burgers
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 The Last Man on Earth

CW
The CW has a mostly new week except for The Flash on Tuesday and the Friday 9pm slot, which is vacant until The Originals premieres on April 20 now that Jane the Virgin has ended.

MONDAY
8:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow
9:00 iZombie

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash (Repeat)
9:00 Black Lightning

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 Life Sentence

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Arrow

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty
9:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Repeat)

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
- FOX is the second network to announce some summer premiere dates. Beat Shazam and Love Connection kick things off on May 29 followed by Masterchef the next night. On June 4, FOX will have the season premiere of the long running So You Think You Can Dance. A new unscripted show: Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back premieres June 13 at 9pm.

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