THE WEEK AHEAD: April 30-May 6, 2018

With Upfronts fast approaching, check back all week for my schedule suggestions for each network!

Here's a look at Week #32!

ABC
ABC has an all new week starting with the season premiere of the short run of Dancing with the Stars: Athletes. The regular Dancing didn't run this year, but they will have this for a few weeks. It will be interesting to see how it compares to a regular run of Dancing.

MONDAY
8:00 Dancing with the Stars: Athletes (Season Premiere)
10:00 The Crossing

TUESDAY
8:00 Roseanne
8:30 The Middle
9:00 Black-ish
9:30 Splitting Up Together
10:00 For the People

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The Goldbergs
8:30 Alex, Inc.
9:00 Modern Family
9:30 American Housewife
10:00 Designated Survivor

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

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 NBA Basketball Playoffs

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

CBS
CBS has a regular week. Monday has the season premiere of Elementary which, like Code Black, has a very late spring premiere.

MONDAY
8:00 Kevin Can Wait
8:30 Man with a Plan
9:00 Superior Donuts
9:30 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
10:00 Elementary (Season Premiere)

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 (Season Finale)
9:00 Hawaii Five-0
10:00 Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00 Ransom
9:00 NCIS (Repeat)
10:00 48 Hours

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

NBC
NBC also has a regular week with the season finale of Good Girls on Monday night. Early May means pretty much all shows still in force before the season finales start rolling in.

MONDAY
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Good Girls (Season Finale)

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

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

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Blindspot
9:00 Dateline NBC

SATURDAY
8:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs
10:00 Saturday Night Live (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 Genius Junior
9:00 Genius Junior
10:00 Timeless

FOX
Continuing what I said with NBC, FOX has an all new, regular week with season finales of LA to Vegas on Tuesday and The Last Man on Earth on Sunday. Either or both could also be series finales.

MONDAY
8:00 Lucifer
9:00 The Resident

TUESDAY
8:00 Lethal Weapon
9:00 LA to Vegas (Season Finale)
9:30 New Girl

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Empire
9:00 Star

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

FRIDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior

SATURDAY
8:00 Masterchef Junior (Repeat)

SUNDAY
7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
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 (Season Finale)

CW
The CW is all new all week with their regular lineup.

MONDAY
8:00 Supergirl
9:00 iZombie

TUESDAY
8:00 The Flash
9:00 The 100

WEDNESDAY
8:00 Riverdale
9:00 The Originals

THURSDAY
8:00 Supernatural
9:00 Arrow

FRIDAY
8:00 Dynasty
9:00 Life Sentence

TV NEWS & THOUGHTS
It was a quiet week for news other than ABC picking up reality show The Proposal for this summer. That will change in a huge way over the next couple weeks with Upfronts just two weeks away!